Presentation created by Antonio Machado school 4th grade students for their etwinning project with Italy, "Looking for penpals".

2. Mataró is the capital and largest city of the comarca of
the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia
Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the
Costa del Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava,
between Cabrera de Mar and Sant Andreu de
Llavaneres, to the 30 kilometres (19 miles) north-east
of Barcelona.

3.  Area Total 22.57 km2
 Elevation: 28 m
 Population: 122,932
 • Demonym: Mataroní

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5. Mataró dates back to Roman times when it was a
village known as "Illuro"

6. The ruins of a first-century BC Roman bath house (known
locally as the Torre Llauder) were recently discovered and can
be visited.

7. TORRE LLAUDER

8. The first railway in peninsular Spain was the Mataró – Barcelona line
which opened on 28 October 1848 by the Catalan businessman and
Mataró native Miquel Biada

10. MATARÓ MUSEUM

11. COLL I REGÁS HOUSE

12. Santa María Basilica

13. NAU GAUDÍ

14. Riera (main street)

15. Santa Anna square

16. Laia the archer

17. Santa Anna church

18. City Hall

19. Monumental Theatre

20. Our festivities and traditions

21. THE SAINTS
Les Santes (The Saints). The National Festival per excellence
of Mataró and in relation to our country. In honor to the
saints Juliana and Semproniana, patronesses saints of the city.

22. THE SAINTS

23. EASTER
Easter Processions. More than ten religious acts in
different places of the city define Easter in Mataró;
it unites all the fraternities, brotherhoods and Armed
(roman peace soldiers) of Mataró, in one of the events
with more followers. Each fraternity has its
processions in which they show their mysteries, but
there is one event, the pession of "Divendres Sant" ,
that gathers them all in a single route.

24. EASTER

25. Castells
A castell is a human tower built traditionally
in festivals at many locations within
Catalonia. At these festivals, several colles
castelleres or teams often succeed in building
and dismantling a tower's structure
In Mataro the “castellers” are called
“capgrossos” (big-heads)

28. Mataró has 2.2 km of granite sand beaches (platges)
organized, from west to east, into Ponent Beach,
Varador Beach, Callao Beach and Sant Simó Beach, all
equipped with multiple services.

29. Platja del Varador is situated between the breakwater
of the old Nautical Club and the Port of Mataró.

30. Platja del Callao is a family and sports beach
situated between the Riera de Sant Simó and the
breakwater of the old Nautical Club of Mataró

31. Platja de Ponent is a family beach located
between the port and the breakwater opposite
the tunnel from Ave.

32. Platja de Sant Simó extends from the Riera de
Sant Simó to the area of the Castell de Mata
Hotel.

33. SPORTS IN MATARÓ
Scuba Diving Windsurfing
Sailing
Fishing

34. NATURE
People who love mountains and forests can walk or do excursions on foot or by
bicycle in the Parc del Montnegre i Corredor, with interesting places such as Can
Bruguera, the Mata neighbourhood or the Parc Forestal.

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ANTONIO MACHADO
SCHOOL
4TB