The Masía Freixa has not only completed its comprehensive restoration, but it also opens its rooms to the public, including the upper floor and the tower. What today is one of the great icons of Terrassa’s modernisme first opened in 1899 as a factory. A short time later, in 1905, the architect Lluís Muncunill transformed it into the residence of the textile industrialist Josep Freixa.
This summer, after more than a year of restoration work, Masía Freixa inaugurated a new phase and officially joined Terrassa’s municipal network of museums, where the Cartuja de Vallparadís Castle, the Seu d’Ègara, the Casa Alegre de Sagrera, the Torre del Palau and the Cloister of the Convent of Sant Francesc are also listed.
What areas of the Masía can be visited?
Although up to now anyone strolling through Parc Sant Jordi could enjoy the undulating silhouette, the parabolic arches, the wooden shutters and the characteristic glass-covered fragments of Masía Freixa, the current proposal allows admiring spaces that until now were not part of the usual tour.
While the ground floor can be visited freely, the big novelty is that the upper floor and the tower offer a guided tour for small groups (maximum 7 people). With the aim of protecting the architectural heritage, this tour – which lasts about 30 minutes – does require booking through the official Terrassa Tourism website.
