This path starts from Vaprio d’Adda and running along “Villa Castelbarco”’s estate passes through the pretty bridge over the river “Adda” and then finishes at the nice little village of Crespi d’Adda.
“Crespi” is the name of an industrial cotton Lombard family that in late 1800 created a modern “ideal work village” near its factory along the Bergamo shore of river Adda.
Crespi village is a real small town built from scratch by the owner of the factory for his workers and their family; each employee had a house with garden and all the needed services.
In this little perfect world the master ruled from his castle and looked after his workers’ needs as a father would have done: inside and outside the factory and “from cradle to grave”, even anticipating government protection. Only factory workers could live in the village and life of everybody turned arund the factory itself, its rhythm and needs.
Unesco hold Crespi d’Adda in his List of Protected World Heritage as an exceptional example of workers village, the most complete and best kept in South Europe.
From Crespi we ride along river Brembo before and river Adda after and will arrive at Martesana Canal which takes us back to our starting point (Vaprio d’Adda).