- Oct 26, 2019
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Ralli Museum- Caesarea

In case you are looking for a place to visit on the weekend, or yearn to find a new location for your next photoshoot, the Ralli Museum in Caesarea is the right place for you.

In fact, there are two museums, next to each other.

The museums are located in a 40,000 square meter park.

The first Caesarea Ralli Museum exhibits mainly Latin American and Spanish paintings and sculptures.

The second museum exhibits 16th to 18th century paintings depicting biblical themes.

The Ralli Museums in Caesarea are part of five Ralli Museums in the world, an institution founded by Harry Recanati. The main aim of the museums is to distribute contemporary Latin American art.

Both museums effectively integrate the visual arts: architecture, sculpture and painting.

The museums were dedicated to the memory of the Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal during the Inquisition and of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki, which was almost completely exterminated in the Holocaust.

Ralli 1

The first Ralli Museum in Caesarea was built in a Spanish colonial style that perfectly fits the pastoral landscape of Caesarea. The building is located in the center of a sculpture garden with palm trees, carob trees, citrus and olive trees.

The museum has five exhibit halls, as well as several patios with a central fountain.

The square features sculptures in bronze, marble and acrylic by famous European artists such as Dali and Rodin, as well as Latin-American sculptors.

Ralli 2

The second museum commemorates the great golden age of Spanish Jewry.

The architectural style is Spanish and in the center of the large central courtyard stands a fountain with 12 lions, as in the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain.