Terrassa

Monumental church complex of Sant Pere is a Bien de Interés Cultural landmark in Terrassa, Province of Barcelona, Spain. The Romanesque complex of churches includes Sant Pere, Sant Miquel and Santa Maria (San Pedro, San Miguel and Santa María). They are situated at the confluence of Vallparadís and Monner (now Park Vallparadís), the most important artistic area of the city, which is noted for Catalan Romanesque art. It was the site of the former Diocese of Egara, an old Visigoth nucleus, in the 5th-8th centuries.

The Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa is a stadium in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of Terrassa FC. The stadium holds 11,500 spectators.The venue hosted the field hockey competitions for the 1992 Summer Olympics. Built in 1955, it was renovated in 1991 for those games. It was also used in a friendly match between the Catalonia national football team and Costa Rica on May 24, 2006, in which Catalonia won 2–0.

The Terrassa Museum is a museum entity which encompasses all the municipally owned museums in the city of Terrassa. It belongs to the History Museum and Monument Network of Catalonia and the Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network. The Terrassa Museum has different areas, elements and collections related to the cultural heritage of Terrassa. It comprises the following sections:

Terrassa Cathedral, or the Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Spirit (Catalan: Catedral de Terrassa, Catedral del Sant Esperit, Spanish: Catedral de Terrassa, Catedral del Espíritu Santo) is a Roman Catholic church located at the plaça Vella of Terrassa. It is the seat of the Diocese of Terrassa.

The Textile Museum and Documentation Centre (Catalan: Centre de Documentació i Museu Tèxtil) is a museum institution located in Terrassa, a city with an important textile tradition. Managed by a consortium consisting of Terrassa Town Council and Diputació de Barcelona (Barcelona Provincial Council), it presents a panoramic view of the different styles and techniques used all over the world in fabric making throughout history. It is part of the Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network. The documentation centre has an extensive library specialising in textile and fashion, a photographic archive and a rich fabric collection. The institution provides companies with different services and, through its training centre and various agreements with universities and educational institutions, it promotes contact and the exchange of knowledge among professionals in the sector. The museum has the IMATEX image bank, through which companies and individuals can access the museum's collection, which basically consists of clothing and fabric samples, especially from the Mediterranean area, from the first centuries of the Early Modern period up to the present day. There are collections from China and India and a small collection of samples from the pre-Columbian Americas. The museum also has a fabric restoration service and a lecture hall.The museum's extensive collection, with over 20,000 representative pieces of textile history from around the world, is presented in different temporary monographic exhibitions, lasting between ten and twelve months in the Modernisme area on the first floor, and two to three years on the second floor.

The National Museum of Science and Industry of Catalonia (Catalan: Museu Nacional de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya) known by its acronym (mNACTEC) is one of the three national museums of Catalonia, located in Terrassa, near Barcelona. Its mission is to showcase and promote an understanding of scientific, technical and industrial culture, and furthermore to preserve, study and present the establishment and evolution of scientific and technical advances in Catalonia, their industrial application, and above all their social implications and impact. The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Terrassa (Latin: Terrassen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Terrassa in the Ecclesiastical province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain.

Terrassa Rambla is a railway station of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) train system in Vallès Occidental in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is served by FGC line S1. The station is in fare zone 2C.The current underground station was opened on 10 March 1987, replacing a previous at-grade station from 1921 which in turn replaced a provisional station from 1919.

The School of Engineering of Terrassa (Catalan: Escola d'Enginyeria de Terrassa, EET), is one of the schools of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), a public university located in Spain. The school itself is located in Terrassa (province of Barcelona). It offers 8 degree programs and currently there are 1.500 students enrolled. EET is located in the Terrassa Campus of the UPC.

The Masia Freixa is a modernisme building located in Parc de Sant Jordi in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain.

Vallparadís Park (in Catalan and officially Parc de Vallparadís) is a natural urban space located in the municipality of Terrassa, in the province of Barcelona, Spain. Its construction began in 1991, from several previous approaches during the 19th and 20th centuries, which culminated in the final drafting of the project by Manuel Ribas i Piera. The park was declared an Bien de Interés Cultural by the Government of Spain. From north to south it is about 3.5 km long, and averages about 100 m wide. The first fossil findings in the area date back a million years; samples of Pleistocene flora and fauna have been discovered at the Cal Guardiola site, while the first evidence of human presence dates back to the Iberian period, found at the Egosa settlement. This site would eventually become Egara, now Terrassa.The park has a "Y" shape due to the Vallparadís torrent and the Monner torrent, which converge in the Monumental church complex of Sant Pere de Terrassa, a historical heritage made up of a patrimonial, archaeological and artistic ensemble, a fundamental piece of Romanesque art in Catalonia. It houses the Textile Museum and Documentation Centre, one of the main textile museum institutions, consisting of a library, an image bank and a fabric collection, and the Carthusian castle of Vallparadís, a fortification —also declared a historical heritage site—dating from 1110, the main section of the current Terrassa museum. In addition, the park has several architectural monuments of great importance such as the Casa Baumann, the Pont de Sant Pere or the Pont del Passeig.Inside the park there are different facilities —such as a 180 m long swimming pool or a large-scale train that runs through the center of the park— and events are held annually, such as the Jazz Picnic or the Festival of Colors, which attract thousands of spectators.

Vallès Occidental (Catalan pronunciation: [bəˈʎɛz uksiðənˈtal]) is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. Sabadell and Terrassa are the comarcal capitals. Along with Vallès Oriental it forms the grand comarca of Vallès.