- In Quesada, and housed within the Zabaleta museum, the Miguel Hernández/Josefina Manresa Museum has held the poet’s legacy since 2015.
- Visitors can enjoy a selection of the Hernández legacy, made up of more than 5,600 items: letters, press cuttings, manuscripts, photographs and personal belongings.
- They are laid out in five themed rooms matching different stages of the poet’s life: the shepherd poet, the poet in love, the soldier poet, the martyred poet and the poet as myth.
- Among the museum’s main aims are both to showcase the work of one of the most important poets in Spanish literature and to highlight values the poet stood for, such as social commitment, solidarity and the struggle for social justice and freedom.
More about this place…
Although the Miguel Hernández/Josefina Manresa Museum is well worth a visit on its own, the privileged surroundings of Quesada make it even more attractive. We can combine the museum with walks to natural monuments such as the Cueva del Agua, the Roman ruins of the Villa de Bruñel or the Atalaya del Infante Don Enrique, from which we can enjoy spectacular views. Beyond all that, the museum takes us through the life of one of the most important poets in our literature, delving into the figure of a humble man, generous and committed to social justice. Among the many personal belongings on display are the typewriter, an Underwood No. 5, on which Miguel typed many of his poems, and the suitcase with which he left Orihuela for Madrid in 1931, determined to make his way on the Spanish literary scene.
