Theme Week Catalonia – Terrassa

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Mercado de la Independéncia de Tarrasa © flickr.com - Jaume Meneses/cc-by-sa-2.0

Mercado de la Independéncia de Tarrasa © flickr.com – Jaume Meneses/cc-by-sa-2.0

Terrassa is a city in the east central region of Catalonia, in the province of Barcelona, comarca of Vallès Occidental, of which it is the cocapital along with Sabadell. The city is heir to a rich medieval, Modernista and industrial legacy, and possesses an extensive network of libraries, historical archives and museums.

The city is located in the Catalan Prelitoral depression (Depressió Prelitoral), at the feet of the Prelitoral mountain range (Natural reserve of Sant Llorenç del Munt) and the average altitude of the city is 277 meters above sea level. It is 20 and 18 kilometres from Barcelona and Montserrat respectively.

Industrial School of Terrassa © Tallaferro/cc-by-sa-3.0 Castell de Vallparadís © Airunp/cc-by-sa-3.0 Ancient churches of Egara © Oliver Bonjoch/cc-by-sa-3.0 Masia Freixa of Terrassa © Airunp Town Hall © Airunp/cc-by-sa-3.0 Mercado de la Independéncia de Tarrasa © flickr.com - Jaume Meneses/cc-by-sa-2.0
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Mercado de la Independéncia de Tarrasa © flickr.com - Jaume Meneses/cc-by-sa-2.0
A lot of musicians and actors are based in Terrassa because of the large number of music schools, a long amateur theater tradition and the local seat of the University of Drama. From 1982 the Terrassa Jazz Festival is specially outstanding, with guests like Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Tete Montoliu, Dizzy Gillespie.

Terrassa was a pioneer in the introduction of field hockey and korfball in Catalonia and played an important role in the introduction of basketball. The most important sport in the city is field hockey. During the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992, Terrassa was the city where the field hockey competition was played. The great number of hockey players from Terrassa who have participated in the Olympic Games over the years has led to Terrassa’s being referred to as the “most Olympic city in the world“. Between 1928 and 2004, Terrassa sent 124 athletes to the Olympic Games, the majority of whom were hockey players.

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