Cologno Monzese
La Filanda
Formerly part of the Monastery of Sant Ambrogio, with a two-storey quadrangular body, with a central courtyard. By will of the owner who lived there, in the second half of the 1700s it was destined to Filanda. One of Cologno's first industries developed in the two halls measuring approximately 21 x 8 metres: around 100 people, mainly women, processed the cocoons coming from the silkworm farms of the local farms. Transformed into a textile workshop for ribbons and elastics, it remained in business until the early 1960s. Completely restored, it is now used as private homes and commercial establishments.
It was one of the first industries in Cologno which employed around 100 people, mostly women.
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Address: Piazza Castello, 22, 20093 Cologno Monzese (MI), Italia
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