particular village. Definable "company village" born to serve the former SNIA Viscosa industrial pole.
The village was built between the end of the thirties and the sixties of the last century.
Built according to corporate principles, it provided for separate types of housing for workers, technicians and company managers. Division still visible today wandering around the country.
It was also considered a "fascist" village for the public buildings built at the end of the 1930s: the elementary school, the kindergarten and the town hall which overlooks what is now Piazza del Popolo.
The rationalistic style of these buildings is particularly interesting, which beyond historical judgment, characterized the Italian architecture of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Harald

October 3, 2025

The first mention of the village of Torviscosa dates back to 1278, when it was known as Zuino. The surrounding area was rich in water due to numerous springs and threatened to become swampy without adequate canalization. The Counts of Savorgnan, who owned these lands from 1344 to 1818, therefore initiated the first reclamation measures at the end of the 17th century. On the drained land, only the tower of a medieval castle remained standing, which is why the village was renamed Torre di Zuino. Later, other buildings were added, and in 1727, the church of Santa Maria Assunta was added.

Until 1915, the village was the last Italian town before the border with Austria-Hungary, a fact commemorated by a plaque on the outskirts of the village.

Today, the industrial town of Torviscosa is a planned town built during the heyday of Italian fascism. It was founded in 1937 by Franco Marinotti and takes its name from the pre-war period (Torre) and the processed textile fibers (Viscosa).
The totalitarian regimes that shaped much of Europe in the middle decades of the 20th century had a significant impact on urban design. These regimes founded or rebuilt cities, often drawing on the most modern architectural and urban design projects of the time.

The oldest part of the industrial complexes included buildings intended for various purposes, all with red brick facades. The desire to organize civilian life based on the same rules that exist in factories was translated into urban planning by a clear separation of residential areas according to professional categories. The houses of the managers, the residences for employees and technicians, and the residential buildings for industrial workers were located in different areas of the main town, while the outskirts of the municipality were reserved for agricultural workers.

Even today, the planning and construction of that time are omnipresent and barely altered throughout the city. On the outskirts, buildings and houses have been constructed in keeping with modern times. In terms of social life, the city feels like a mixture of Disneyland, the film A Clockwork Orange, and film studios like Universal Studios.

Sources: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrikstadt_Torviscosa, grado.it/de/reisetipps/umgebung/torviscosa

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