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In the UK, there's a great example of a late-19C/early 20C "model village", called Bournville, created by the Cadbury family to house workers for its factory.
by samizdis 5y ago
In the UK, there's a great example of a late-19C/early 20C "model village", called Bournville, created by the Cadbury family to house workers for its factory. It was quite visionary in its day, and remains highly desirable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville
- jaclaz 5y agoIn Italy, there is Rosignano Solvay, a small town that is actually named after the company (producing essentially sodium bicarbonate): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosignano_Solvay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosignano_Solvay You'll need to use the italian wikipedia for more details: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosignano_Solvay https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosignano_Solvay The actual "Solvay village", i.e. the Company Town: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villaggio_Solvay https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villaggio_Solvay was built in the '20's and '30's.
- rjsw 5y agoOther one-company model villages in the UK are Saltaire [1] and Port Sunlight [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltaire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltaire [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sunlight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sunlight