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TARRASA
, a See also:town of See also:north-eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Barcelona, 6 m
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W.N.W. of See also:Sabadell on the Barcelona-See also:Lerida railway, and in the midst of a narrow See also:plain surrounded by mountains
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Pop
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(1900) 15,956
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Tarrasa was a See also:Roman See also:municipality, and a bishopric from the 5th See also:century to the Moorish invasion in the 8th
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It was razed by the See also:Moors and rebuilt later by the Christians
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There are three See also:ancient Romanesque churches, in one of which, See also:San See also:Miguel, some Roman pillars are incorporated
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Tarrasa is now mostly a See also:modern See also:industrial town, with See also:fine public buildings, including the royal See also:college, built in 1864 for 450 students besides See also:day scholars, the school of arts and handicrafts, the industrial See also:institute, chamber of See also:commerce, hospitals, town See also: |
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