La Frontera y Los Castillos Museum

Plaza de La Iglesia 7, Within "La Cilla" House

Visiting Times: Winter Opening Times 1030h to 14.00h and 1600h to 18.00h, Summer Opening Times 1030h to 14.00h and 16.00h to 19.00h, Mondays closed.

Entrance fee (Museum and Castle): 2 Euros except for local inhabitants.

Gallery

Located in the "La Cilla" House, this museum was opened in the summer of 1999 and is dedicated to the frontier and castles at the time of the Christian recapture of Spain. The museum was the first in all Andalusia to deal with this topic. There are two halls:

Hall I

• The Frontiers of the Iberian Peninsula. This explains the evolution of the frontiers between Al-Andalus and the Christian kingdoms from the 8th to the 15th Centuries.
• The Andalusia Frontiers. The creation of the frontier between Castilla and the Nazarí of Granada kingdom between the 8th and 15th Centuries.
• The "Sierra" Frontier. The geography of Olvera.
• Andalusian Castles and Castle in the "Sierra".
• The Conquest of Olvera by Alfonso XI.
• Distinguished People of Olvera: The Pérez de Guzmán, Stúñiga and Girón Families.

Hall II

Using elements of stage design and historical settings, the hall is divided into two parts.

Hall A: The Frontier as a war zone.

Part of the castle and wall has been recreated detailing the characteristic elements of their construction.

Another section is dedicated to different sections of the population of period (captives, crossbowmen, people in authority etc. and another in which the most common weapons of the day are displayed, lances, and shields, arrows, helmets...

Hall B: Daily Life on the Frontier.

Several scenes from the daily life of the period are depicted dominated by rural society and the subsistence economy. Of particular note are: the home, the market and the artisan's workshop.