Editing Mataró (section)

==History==
[[File:Catalonia Mataró Vil·laRomanaDeCanLlauder VistaGeneral.JPG|thumb|[[Roman villa of Can Llauder]].]]
Mataró dates back to [[Roman Republic|Roman]] times when it was a village known as "Iluro" or "Illuro". The ruins of a first-century BC Roman [[Thermae|bath house]] (known locally as the ''Torre Llauder'') were recently discovered and can be visited. The coastal {{nowrap|[[Carretera Nacional N-II|N-II highway]]}} follows the same path as the original Roman road, [[Via Augusta]].

Mataró was declared a city by royal decree, even though at the time (nineteenth century) the population fell short of the requirement for city status.

The first [[railway]] in [[peninsular Spain]] was the Mataró – [[Barcelona]] line which opened on 28 October 1848 by the [[Catalonia|Catalan]] businessman and Mataró native [[Miquel Biada]]. This line now forms part of the [[Renfe]]/[[Rodalies de Catalunya]] [[R1–RG1 (Rodalies de Catalunya)|R1]] suburban service between [[L'Hospitalet de Llobregat]] and [[Maçanet de la Selva|Maçanet-Massanes]]. Mataró is also connected with Barcelona and [[Girona]] by the {{nowrap|[[C-32 highway (Spain)|C-32 ''autopista'']]}} (freeway) and with [[Granollers]] by the {{nowrap|[[Autovia C-60|C-60 ''autopista'']]}}.

During the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, Mataró was the starting point for the [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|marathon]] events.<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s2.pdf 1992 Summer Olympics official report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528011647/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s2.pdf |date=28 May 2008 }} Volume 2. pp. 204-6.</ref>