THE PIEDMONT TEXTILE ROUTE

Centro di documentazione biellese (DocBi); (DocBi-Biella Documentation Centre); La fabbrica della ruota; I-13050 Mosso Santa Maria

The former Emilio Trombetta Factory; c/o Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto per l'Arte; Via Serralunga 27, I-13900 Biella; Tel. +390-15/526324; Fax. +390-15/2522540; http://www.cittadellarte.it

Filatoio Rosso; (The Red Spinning Mill); Statale 22 tra Caraglio e Dronero; Tel: +390.171/617711; Fax. +390-171/617720; email: caraglio.comune@tin.it

Education and research

The museum especially devote much attention to textile education for young people.

Textile production

A lively textile industry has survived in Piedmont to the present day, with important wool processing plants in the Biella regions and cotton and man-made fibre processing in the surroundings of  Chieri.

Additional information on piedmont and europe textile to click on the link here under:

http://www.etn-net.org/routes/I-Piemonte.htm

http://www.etn-net.org/routes/