Manresa Trip Overview
Discover the history and development of the Catalan and Manresa textile industry, from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day, thanks to the exhibition dedicated to cinteria. You can also discover in the exhibition dedicated to the Manresa irrigation channel how a canal built in the 14th century continues to supply more than 150,000 people today.
• Visit impressive water tanks built in the 19th century with a capacity of up to 12 million liters
• Learn about the history, uses and peculiarities of the Manresa textile industry par excellence, the cinteria.
• Discover the history of the Manresa canal, an impressive medieval canal that has supplied a large territory since the 14th century and which is still in use today.
• Family activities on demand, Museum Scape for up to 20 people!
Discover the secrets that a former textile worker left hidden in the museum and one of the reference museums in Catalonia.
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* Duration: 2 hours
* Starts: Manresa, Spain
* Trip Category: Sightseeing Tickets & Passes >> Attraction Tickets
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What to Expect When Visiting Manresa, Catalonia, Spain
Discover the history and development of the Catalan and Manresa textile industry, from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day, thanks to the exhibition dedicated to cinteria. You can also discover in the exhibition dedicated to the Manresa irrigation channel how a canal built in the 14th century continues to supply more than 150,000 people today.
• Visit impressive water tanks built in the 19th century with a capacity of up to 12 million liters
• Learn about the history, uses and peculiarities of the Manresa textile industry par excellence, the cinteria.
• Discover the history of the Manresa canal, an impressive medieval canal that has supplied a large territory since the 14th century and which is still in use today.
• Family activities on demand, Museum Scape for up to 20 people!
Discover the secrets that a former textile worker left hidden in the museum and one of the reference museums in Catalonia.
Visit: Museu de la Tecnica de Manresa, carretera de Santpedor, 55, 08242 Manresa Spain
The Manresa Museum of Technology was opened in 1992 within the city’s impressive water tanks, now emptied and restored. Since 2009 they host two exhibitions that tell us, on the one hand, the importance of the arrival of water in the city thanks to the construction of the Manresa irrigation channel, an impressive 26-kilometer canal built in the 14th century and which continues to supply the territory today. day, and on the other the evolution of the Catalan textile industry from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day, which has a set of machinery unique for its variety and good state of preservation.
