Crespi d'Adda
Crespi d'Adda in Capriate San Gervasio in Lombardy is an outstanding example of the 19th- and early 20th-century 'company towns' built in Europe and North America by enlightened industrialists to meet the workers' needs. The site is still remarkably intact and is partly used for industrial purposes, although changing economic and social conditions now threaten its survival.
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Crespi d'Adda is a late 19th century model worker's village. It is one of the best preserved examples of the phenomenon of "company towns", which were developed by enlightened industrialists in Europe and North America. The aim was to house factory workers close to their work and the raw materials. The urban layout of Crespi d'Adda and its architectural appearance are still unchanged.
The town was founded in 1878 by the textile manufacturer Crlstoforo Benigno Crespi, who build a number of houses for his workers around a mill. His son, Silvio Benigno Crespi, turned this into a village based on an in ideological model. Besides single-family houses, with their own gardens, he constructed common services like a school, a theatre and a hospital.
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