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Dar alguna luz à la historia antigua : les primeres excavacions arqueològiques al País Valencià en el segle XVIII

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This paper deals with the first archaeological excavations made in the Valencian country during the 18th century, aiming to discover the ruins of monuments from the Classical Antiquity and recover pieces of artistic value to enrich private collections. These works were developed in some Roman towns, as they were Saguntum, Ilici and Lucentum, and villages such as El Vilar (El Puig) and Els Banys de la Reina (Calp). Its proponents were important people from diverse backgrounds as some leading representatives of the Valencian Enlightenment, as well as members of the ecclesiastical hierarchy and even foreign travelers.