TerrassaBarcelona, Spain

Location of Terrassa

Demography

• Population: 212.724 Habitants (2010)• Density: 3.030,26 hab./km²• Surface: 70,2 km²• Coordinates: 41°33 40″N 2°00 29″E′ ′

Beginnings of Terrassa

• Believe that Terrassa come from the ancien Roma, who founded the city of Egara (Ancien name of Terrassa) on ancient Iberian settlement which some founded remains, including coins. Algo founded Paleolithic remains around Vallparadis Stream, near of churches San Pedro of Terrassa.

Terrassa in XIX century• Terrassa ras one of the Spanish cities where the

industrial revolution, whit a large number of factories and industries engaged in the textile industry. Today, manu modernis buildings.

• City Hall (1902) ‘’Vapor Aymerich, Amat i Jover’’ (1907), Museum Of Science and Technology of Catalonia , ‘’Masía Freixa’’ (1907)

Culture Of Terrassa

• Terrassa have a two ‘’colles’’ of ‘’Castellers’’

Castellers de Terrassa

Minyons De Terrassa

Castellers

Culture Of Terrassa

• The ‘’Castellers’’ is a patrimony of humanity, and tradicionaly in Catalonia (State) Is a people up in towers of humans. I’m am a Casteller:

Castellers

Culture Of TerrassaArchitecture

City Hall Masia Freixa

Castle Of Valparadis

Culture Of Terrassa• City Hall: The City is a neo-Gothic building is a work

of the architect Lluís Muncunill, the years 1900-1902.• Masia Freixa: La Masia Freixa is a modernist building

in the city of Terrassa Park is located in the San Jordi. Built in 1896, renovated between 1907 and 1914 by Lluís Muncunill i Parellada.

• Castle Of Vallparadis: The castle is an old building Vallparadís near the torrent of Vallparadís. Since 1959 is the main section of the six that make up the Museum of Terrasa.

Architecture