MUSEOS DE LA SEDA / SILK MUSEUMS

Il Filatoio Rosso di Caraglio LAURA VIETTO Fondazione Filatoio Rosso di Caraglio AURELIO TOSELLI Architetto responsabile del restauro del Filatoio COMMETTEE FOR THE REVIVAL OF “IL FILATOIO” AND THE “FILATOIO ROSSO” FOUNDATION. CHOISES, WORK PATH AND OUTCOMES ( TEXTO EN INGLÉS DE LAURA VIETTO ) Historical premises related to the articles of Incorporation “Filatoio Rosso di Caraglio” dated July 6th, 2001. 1.) The historical building located in Caraglio, today called “Filatoio Rosso” ( ex Galleani Silk Factory) is the most well known historical – cultural industrial heritage in Piedmont, the only one as such by the 1993 Council of Europe , for the following characteristics: a) - The “Filatoio Rosso” is the most ancient example of silk factory intended as a complex mule room and silk spinning mill, wich construction was completed in 1678; b) - The “Filatoio Rosso” is the most ancient and important industrial archeological testimony of the silk world in Europe; c) – The “Filatoio Rosso” is among the still existing most ancient factories of the world, in which the production was already organized as a complete system, including all phases of the production cycle, from the raw material (coccoon) to the finished product (organzine, twisted silk thread, according to local habits), d) – The “Filatoio Rosso” has a known architectural value (work of the Ducal Architect Amedeo di Castellamonte), including two different uses, housing and production, since the installation phase, unique architectual features in the world, e) – The “Filatoio Rosso” is the historical testimony of the economical evolution in 1600, characterized by a leap in technological quality as the first mill (still existing) equipped with hydraulic machinery (woodden ones moved by water). 103