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Cistern

Installation in the cistern (top). Flower exhibition in the coal cellar (bottom).

This part of the building was on the basement floor of the former Capuchin brothers’ monastery of Sant Antoni, and is the oldest part, dating from before 1762. Among the parts of this floor we might note the cistern, an interesting example of a water tank with stone vaults set on pillars, measuring 15 metres high and 10 x 10 metres wide, used to collect and store the rainwater to supply the monastery.

Coal Cellar

The City History Museum has a varied schedule with many temporary exhibitions all the year round. These you can visit in the exhibition gallery, while for the coal cellar and cistern, you can required about which exhibitions can be seen at the time of your visit.