FOURTH SECTION
The shoe district of Vigevano and the development of mechano - footwear industry
The shoe district of Vigevano and the development of mechano - footwear industry
THE START OF THE FOOTWEAR SYSTEM
By the late nineteenth century, it began a great story that will see as protagonist the entire town.
Film (Visible only with Google Drive)
Regia di Di Carlo Stagnoli
VIGEVANO AND SHOES
Vigevano is the Italian capital of shoes, a gigantic satellites activities moves around the shoe manufacturing
THE VIGEVANESE WEEK
The first exhibition of the Vigevano's industries (Year 1931) documented by vintage photographs
THE ECONOMIC BOOM
The video is a tribute to the work and industrial spirit of the people of VIgevano
URSUS GOMMA (Rubber shoes)
History of the largest shoe industry in Vigevano
THE MECHANICS
The story of the footwear in Vigevano continues where the first mechanical workshops were born and developed. Besides born factories to produce footwear in Rubber
THE PALACE OF EXHIBITIONS
The need of a place to show the large production of shoes accessories and machines for footwear. The architect Faludi creates a modern Palace of Exhibitions