Editing Terrassa (section)

== History ==
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[[File:Masia Freixa 1.JPG|thumb|left|250px|The [[Masia Freixa]] of Terrassa, sea of parabolic arches]]
The remains that have been found indicate that the area where Terrassa stands has been inhabited since prehistory. In 2005, during the construction of a tunnel for one of the city's railway lines, a prehistoric site was found in [[Vallparadís Park]], with stone tools and fossils of hunted animals dating back 800,000 to 1,000,000 years, making this one of the oldest prehistoric sites in Europe.

Terrassa originated as the Roman town of ''Egara'' (''Municipium Flavium Egara''), which was founded during the time of the emperor [[Vespasian]] (69–79 CE), alongside the torrent of Vallparadís (nowadays an urban park) close to the [[Iberians|Iberian]] town of ''Egosa'', on the site of which some ceramics and coins have been found.

In the 17th century it was the sight of the [[Terrassa witch trials|Terrasa witchtrials]], where 6 women were arrested, tortured and convicted of witchcraft. Five of them were hanged on 27 October 1619 near a present-day railway bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|title=¿Qué eran y quiénes eran las brujas catalanas?|url=https://www.elnacional.cat/es/opinion/marc-pons-reportatge-brujas-catalanas_530646_102.html|access-date=13 September 2020|website=ElNacional.cat|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030103458/https://www.elnacional.cat/es/opinion/marc-pons-reportatge-brujas-catalanas_530646_102.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other important remains from the Middle Ages are the former cathedral, the castle of Vallparadís (from 1344 to 1413 a [[Carthusian]] monastery and today a municipal museum) and the tower of the castle-palace of the [[Counts of Barcelona|count-king]].

In the 19th century the city played an important role in the industrial revolution, specializing in woollen fabrics, and today there is a major ''[[Modernisme|Modernista]]'' legacy as a result of the city's importance at that time. Particularly notable ''Modernista'' buildings include the [[Masia Freixa]] (1907), the Vapor Aymerich, Amat i Jover [[textile mill]] (1907) (now the [[MNACTEC|Museum of Science and Industry of Catalonia]]), the Principal theater (1920), the city hall (1902), the Alegre de Sagrera house/museum (1911), [[School of Engineering of Terrassa|the Industrial School]] (1904), the Gran Casino (1920), the Parc de Desinfecció (1920), and the Independència market (1908).

Terrassa is a partner city of the [[Réseau Art Nouveau Network|Art nouveau network]],<ref>[http://www.artnouveau-net.eu Art Nouveau network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818130721/https://artnouveau-net.eu/ |date=18 August 2020 }}, artnouveau-net.eu. Accessed 4 August 2022.</ref> a European network of co-operation created in 1999 for the study, preservation and development of [[Art Nouveau]].

Terrassa is a famous [[Filmmaking|movie production]] center in [[Europe]] and was named a [[City of Film]] by [[UNESCO]]. The city is home to the largest film studios in [[Catalonia]] and the [[Iberian Peninsula]], the [[Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya]], where numerous movies and TV Shows such as [[Rec (film)|REC]], [[A Monster Calls (film)|A Monster Calls]] and [[Operación Triunfo (Spanish TV series)|Operación Triunfo]] have been filmed.

=== Catastrophes ===
{{See also|1962 Vallés floods}}[[File:Flood 1962.jpg|alt= Terrassa Flood 1962|thumb|Results of the 1962 flood in Terrassa the day after. Picture obtained in the Tobella's archive.]]
On 25 September 1962, after a long dry summer, between 212 and 252 litres of rain per square metre fell in three hours. It caused the rivers [[Llobregat]] and [[Besòs (river)|Besòs]] and their tributaries to overflow, creating a water avenue that caused 700 victims and heavy material losses.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

The [[Vallès Occidental]] ''[[Comarques of Catalonia|comarca]]'' was the most damaged. In particularly Terrassa, with 327 victims. The reason of these numbers was that building was permitted around two dry streams used to bring rain water to the [[Llobregat]] river. They met in a wedge shape and were not properly [[Channelized (river)|channelized]]. When the streams overflowed it created what was called "the dead triangle", with more than a hundred victims in the Ègara neighbourhood alone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://recordsdeterrassa.wordpress.com/riuades-1962/|title=Riuades 1962|date=4 March 2012|language=ca-ES|access-date=13 July 2016|archive-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316223829/https://recordsdeterrassa.wordpress.com/riuades-1962/|url-status=live}}</ref>