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Crespi d'Adda Workers Village

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Where
Villaggio Crespi d'Adda
Corso Manzoni, 18, Capriate San Gervasio (BG)
Contacts
+39 02 9091712
Official site
Infopoint
Infopoint Crespi d'Adda
Corso Manzoni, 18, Località Crespi d'Adda, Capriate San Gervasio (BG)
+39 02 9091712

The Crespi d'Adda Workers Village is part of the Unesco World Heritage Sites list since 1995.

Crespi is the surname of the family who owned an old cottonmill and built this complex. Its architectural value has been acknowledged for being a symbol of a crucial period of human history.

It is one of Unesco Sites in Lombardy, because it represents an ideal staff accommodation structure put into practice, in which employers provide for their laborers' every need instead of just giving them a job. 

This compound put not only provided a house and orchard for its inhabitants, but also a hospital, church, and a school fully equipped with books and teachers sponsored by the company. Besides the aforementioned free services that were already quite innovative for the early twentieth century, it had two indoor swimming pools as well, one full of freshwater and other with sea water. 

Amongst these houses a few residences stand out, reserved for major management figures and a castle, where the owners used to live in.

Back in the 1990s, the Municipality proposed a development plan that included erecting new buildings in the area, but a local cultural association did everything to preserve it as a testimony of the Industrial Revolution in Lombardy.


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Info e prenotazioni:
T. +39 02 9091712
info@crespidaddaunesco.org
info@crespidadda.it


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VADEMECUM - Per la scoperta rispettosa di Crespi d'Adda

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Places

Info Point Crespi d'Adda

Infopoint and Unesco Visitor Centre of Crespi d'Adda: information, ticket office, museum, meeting rooms, bookshop and much more
  • Infopoint
Info Point di Crespi d'Adda
37 mt

Park North Adda

  • Parks
Park North Adda
633 mt

Leonardo Adda Ecomuseum

Open-air museum along the Paderno Canal in which to rediscover the historical, artistic and naturalistic events of the territory
  • Art & Culture
Adda Leonardo Ecomuseum
831 mt

Visconti Castle

From the tower of the Castle the view of the river and of the surrounding territory is priceless, from the Pre-Alps to the plain
  • Art & Culture
Visconti castle
1.85 km

From Lecco to the Martesana Canal

  • Cycle Tourism
Borgo di Pescarenico on the Adda river
2.27 km

Villa Melzi d'Eril

Villa Melzi is a residential villa belonging to the Melzi family that looks out onto the River Adda
  • Art & Culture
Villa Melzi D'Eril
2.36 km

Vaprio d'Adda

A journey through time on the Adda, among the locations that inspired Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings.
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Naviglio Martesana

Also called 'Naviglio Piccolo', it is the canal that connects Milan with the river Adda
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Naviglio Martesana
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Villa Paradiso Golf Club

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Leonardo's El Rudun in Groppello

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Cornate d'Adda

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The Mulberry Tree of Cassano d'Adda

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Bridge of Paderno d'Adda

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Bridge of Paderno d'Adda
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The Ginkgo Biloba of Gorgonzola

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Infopoint Vimercate

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Infopoint Vimercate
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Vimercate

From the Vimercate district museum to the jewels of little Oreno. Discover what to visit in Vimercate.
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Vimercate
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A small naturist laboratory where the passion and the art of the workers bring together exotic plants with the indigenous ones
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Events

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The bridge festival

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The bridge festival
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  • Music and show
Ma mere l'oye, omaggio a Rave
11.68 km

Al centro del mio cerchio

Municipio
Via Lina Castelbarco, 1, 23898, Imbersago, Lc
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Al centro del mio cerchio
13.85 km

Mercatino dell'antico 2025

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19/10/2025
  • Lifestyle
Mercatino dell'antico 2025
13.9 km

Mercatino dell'antico 2025

Piazza Garibaldi e vie del paese
16/11/2025
  • Lifestyle
Mercatino dell'antico 2025
13.9 km

Hop hop street food

Via Alpini, 23807, Merate, LC
10/10/2025 - 12/10/2025
  • Food & Wine
Hop hop street food
14.08 km

Merate incontra la fotografia 11esima edizione

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04/10/2025 - 26/10/2025
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Merate incontra la fotografia 11esima edizione
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I giardini di villa Belgiojoso Sforza

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11/10/2025 - 12/10/2025
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I giardini di villa Belgiojoso Sforza
14.26 km

Profilo Basso

teatro Manzoni
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  • Art & Culture
Profilo Basso
14.29 km

Bentornata Mercoledì

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  • Art & Culture
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14.29 km

La guerra d'Italia

biblioteca di Osnago
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14.38 km

Cortili di Palazzo Prinetti Merate

Piazza Prinetti
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Cortili di Palazzo Prinetti Merate
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Musica e parole

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14.59 km

Le schiacciate

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Asini che volano

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Asini che volano
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Activities

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Where to sleep

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B&B ADDA

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HOTEL DEL BREMBO

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1.33 km

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PREVITALI LAURA

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B&B OASI

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B&B OASI
1.62 km

HOTEL TECH

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HOTEL TECH
1.71 km

BERTOLETTI STEFANO

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BERTOLETTI STEFANO
1.71 km

B&B LA COCCINELLA

BREMBATE
B&B LA COCCINELLA
1.89 km

B&B ZAGAMI ROSINA

BREMBATE
B&B ZAGAMI ROSINA
1.97 km

B&B PONTEVECCHIO

Brembate
B&B PONTEVECCHIO
2.12 km