Monument to Arquera Layetana

Built in the first imperial period (1st century BC) and remodeled at the beginning of the 3rd century AD, the villa had a rich decor of marble and mosaics, with traces of stucco and paint. It was owned by several wealthy owners who possibly resided in the villa with his family and their slaves. An inscription has been found linking it to Gaius Marius. The villa was used until the Middle Ages when it fell into disrepair and ruin. .

The industrial building of the textile cooperative "La Obrera Mataronense" is the only witness to the project of 30 homes and a social building, with an assembly hall and a factory, which was commissioned to a recently graduated Antoni Gaudí, and which only partially executed (1883). The interest of this youthful work lies, more than in its architectural quality, in the significance of Gaudí's participation in a project of this kind, and that he occupied it between 1877 and 1882 with a series of preliminary sketches and studies on the operation of cooperatives.

This is the city centre and you can find many shops, bars, restaurants and terraces.

The Coll i Regàs house is a modernist building designed by the Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1898 and commissioned by the entrepreneur Joaquim Coll i Regas, a major textile manufacturer Mataro (Barcelona). Exponent of the significant elements of decorativism that characterized the modernist movement was declared in 2000 a Cultural Interest, in the category of historical monument. Today it is owned by the Fundació Iluro of Mataró.

born from the legacy of the artist Jordi Arenas i Clavell in his hometown and is the specific extension of the Museum of Mataró specializing in art, with special attention to the artistic activity of the city of Mataró (Maresme). Cultural activities such as exhibitions, workshops, conferences, talks and audiovisual screenings are held therey.

Can Serra is the section of Mataró Museum dedicated to the city’s history, with a permanent exhibition with two main themes: the Roman period, then the Middle Ages until the present day. It was built by Jeroni Serra Arnau, the first trustee of the town in Corts, it was built in 1565. The building, in Renaissance style, preserves the original structure with a wide entrance from which the stone staircase and the large central room on the first floor that maintains the original wooden roof.