The one hundred and fifty years of the Industrial School are a first- m testimony to the historical trajectory of the city of Barcelona and of all Catalonia. From the beginning, quan the Batlló family t s factory was located on the outskirts of Barcelona, to the current site, which is very m open, for public use and located in the heart of the Eixample, a century and a half has passed that has seen the rise of Catalonia at the turn of the century.