Sights and landmarks in Mataró

Sights and landmarks in Mataró

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   Basilica of Santa María de Mataró

   It was founded in 1675, with references to its existence dating back to the year 1008. It is declared a Cultural Property of National Interest. Before the current temple there was a Romanesque church and even before that a temple of Roman origin. There is a guided visit to the Dolors Chapel (Chappel of the sorrows)

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   Ca l’Arenas

   art Museum of Mataró

   born from the legacy of the artist Jordi Arenas i Clavell in his hometown and is the specific extension of the Museum of Mataró specializing in art, with special attention to the artistic activity of the city of Mataró (Maresme). Cultural activities such as exhibitions, workshops, conferences, talks and audiovisual screenings are held therey.

   Thu Fri 17:00-20:00, Sat 11:00-14:00, Sun and holidays (October 12, November 1 and December 6 and 8) 11:00-14:00

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   Casa Coll i Regàs

   The Coll i Regàs house is a modernist building designed by the Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1898 and commissioned by the entrepreneur Joaquim Coll i Regas, a major textile manufacturer Mataro (Barcelona). Exponent of the significant elements of decorativism that characterized the modernist movement was declared in 2000 a Cultural Interest, in the category of historical monument. Today it is owned by the Fundació Iluro of Mataró.

   €9 guided tour on Saturday

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   Casa Serra Arnau

   Can Serra

   Can Serra is the section of Mataró Museum dedicated to the city’s history, with a permanent exhibition with two main themes: the Roman period, then the Middle Ages until the present day. It was built by Jeroni Serra Arnau, the first trustee of the town in Corts, it was built in 1565. The building, in Renaissance style, preserves the original structure with a wide entrance from which the stone staircase and the large central room on the first floor that maintains the original wooden roof.

   Tue-Fri 17:00-20:00, Sat 11:00-14:00, Sun and holidays (October 12, November 1 and December 6 and 8) 11:00-14:00

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   Hermitage of St. Simon

   Hermitage of St. Simon (Ermita de Sant Simó) is a small Spanish parish church located in the east end of the Royal Road, in the faubourg of Havana, in the municipality of Mataró, comarca of Maresme. Dating to 1611, the seaside chapel is well-known along the Catalonia coast. It has a single nave in keeping with ancient seafaring tradition. The Feast Day is 28 October.

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   Museum of Santa María

   Casa Escolà

   It is a construction of the fifteenth century, completely modified and of which only a Gothic window is preserved on the facade.

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   Nau Gaudi

   The industrial building of the textile cooperative "La Obrera Mataronense" is the only witness to the project of 30 homes and a social building, with an assembly hall and a factory, which was commissioned to a recently graduated Antoni Gaudí, and which only partially executed (1883). The interest of this youthful work lies, more than in its architectural quality, in the significance of Gaudí's participation in a project of this kind, and that he occupied it between 1877 and 1882 with a series of preliminary sketches and studies on the operation of cooperatives.

   Tue-Sat 17:00-20:00, Sun 11:00-14:00

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   Plaça Santa Anna

   This is the city centre and you can find many shops, bars, restaurants and terraces.

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   Roman villa of Can Llauder

   Torre Llauder

   Built in the first imperial period (1st century BC) and remodeled at the beginning of the 3rd century AD, the villa had a rich decor of marble and mosaics, with traces of stucco and paint. It was owned by several wealthy owners who possibly resided in the villa with his family and their slaves. An inscription has been found linking it to Gaius Marius. The villa was used until the Middle Ages when it fell into disrepair and ruin..

   Guided tours in English, every Sat at 18:00·Free

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    The Prison

    La Presó

    Open in 1863 as a prison, today is a contemporary art museum. It was built by the architect Elies Rogent in 1851.The structure of this building clearly follows the historicist criteria of the same architect, author of the neo-Romanesque building of the University of Barcelona (1863-70) and of the restoration of the Ripoll Monastery (1886-93). In the case of the Mataró Prison, Rogent follows the canons of medieval constructions of a civil nature, typical of the western Mediterranean, in the Late Middle Ages.The building ceased to function as a prison in 1967.

    Tue-Fri 18:30-20:00, Sat 11:00-14:00 and 18:00-20:00, Sun and public holidays 11:00-14:00. Public holidays when closed: 1 and 6 January, Good Fri, 1 May, 24 June, 27 July, 15 August, 11 September, and 25 and 26 December.

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    Can Marfà Knitwear Museum

    Can Marfà. Museu del Gènere de Punt

    it is devoted to the knitting and hosiery industry. It is situated in one of the three-storey warehouses of the former Marfà factory in Mataró, the most important Knitted fabric factory in Spain before 1936.

    Thu-Sat 17:00-20:00, Sat Sun 11:00-14:00·free

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    Genovese city wall

    Muralla dels Genovesos

    Built between 1569 and 1600.

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    Monument to Arquera Layetana

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Mataró (CC BY-SA 4.0).