THE WORKERS' VILLAGE AT CRESPI D'ADDA

The production plant and Crespi d’Adda workers’ village were built between the XIX and the xx century by the Crespi family, when also at a national level the modernly-conceived industry was growing through the development of the cotton textile sector. We are talking about an Epoch of great illuminated and paternalistic industry captains, inspired by the social catholic church doctrine by which they were engaged in improving their workers’ life inside and outside the factory. 

Unesco, on December 5th 1995, put the Crespi d’Adda site inside the world heritage list. Across Bergamo will guide you to the discovery of this outstanding example of archeological industry, talking about its origin, growth and developments. thanks to its features, the compound can be described as a model of ideal town, as a self-sufficient microcosm where the life of the workers and their families turned around the factory in an ideal world of order and harmony.