The Casa de la Enseñanza (House of Teaching) was built in Xàtiva in the mid-18th century, specifically in 1758, and was commissioned by Archbishop Mayoral to help the poor classes have access to education.
The Natural History Museum of the València Universit-M(UV)HN- is a new installation of the University of Valencia that it originates with the idea of bringing together in a single space the most relevant elements of its 32 scientific collections with hundreds of thousands of specimens and offer this huge cultural and scientific heritage to the Valencian society. In addition, the Museum becomes a space for research and training for the university community and the general public.
The collection of the Mesozoic era includes pieces from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, with importance being given to the first Prognathodon tooth discovered in the Spanish Levante, Castalla (Alicante), by Mr. Manuel García Ávila, and also to the Ammonite pieces of the Blas Giner Site, La Querola and Canteres de Comellars, as well as fossils of the Sierra de Mariola Natural Park.
The more than 1,200 fossil and models displayed within its halls provide a complete tour of the exciting history of life on our planet. It is made up of two floors.
The museum has two large areas for its exhibition space:
The museum has a collection of Natural Sciences that is divided into two, one devoted to "The Ecosystems of the Region" and another devoted to the "Regional Geology". The latter presents, following a stratigraphic treatment and a chronological order, fossils, rocks, minerals and formations of the different eras present in the region.
Alpuente is known in the world of palaeontology for the numerous and important dinosaur sites found in the area.
The museum has five exhibition areas:
The museum has an extensive collection of ethnological objects that represent the history and customs of this town within the province of Castellon.
This a visitor centre based on the theme of Onda's natural environment and of its neighbour, the Sierra Espadán nature reserve, the largest in the province of Castellón and second largest in the Region of Valencia.
You'll find a different way of immersing yourself in all the landscapes, plants and wildlife, trails and active tourism options available in and around Onda and the Sierra Espadán Nature Reserve.