Villaggio Leumann - Leumann village -2

The "Company towns" were expression of the 800s entrepreneurial philanthropy. The personnel was stimulated to take special care in to looking after the house and garden through competition with prize, which was a of guarantee order and respect for environment.




















(testi stralciati dai pannelli del Comune esposti nel Villaggio)

->Villaggio Leumann Map (Corso Francia)

Leumann village - Villaggio Leumann

Leumann Village, the company town of the "Cotonificio Leumann" was built between the end of the 800s and the beginnings of the 900s.
It's the residential area Joined to the cotton mill founded in 1875. In Collegno there was the necessity to concentrate the available labor force. For this reason was reorganized the territory in favor of production. It's a unbelievable industrial archeology 's document.
Since 1997 the Leumann Village belongs to the province of Turin's network of eco-museum (Material, Culture, Project)















to be continued

->Villaggio Leumann Map (Corso Francia)