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Can Marfà Knitwear Museum

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The Can Marfà Knitwear Museum (Catalan: Can Marfà. Museu del Gènere de Punt), located in Mataró (Spain). Part of the Mataró Museum 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.The facility has 1,800 m2 distributed over three floors.

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Can Marfà Knitwear Museum
Passatge de Can Marfà, Mataró

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Passatge de Can Marfà
08301 Mataró
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