Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Lombardy
- Province
- Bergamo (BG)
- Comune
- Capriate San Gervasio
- Elevation
- 465 m (1,526 ft)
- Demonym
- Crespesi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- (+39) 0974
- Patron saint
- Saint Maurus
- Website
- Official website
- Criteria
- Cultural: iv, v
- Inscription
- 1995 (19th Session )
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Encyclopedic overview
Crespi d'Adda is a village in northern Italy and hamlet (frazione) of Capriate San Gervasio, a municipality in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy. It is a historic settlement and 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 intact and is partly used for industrial purposes, although changing economic and social conditions now threaten its survival. Since 1995 it has been on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crespi d'Adda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.