The building used for the fulling of woolen cloth, is located along the north bank of the River Aventine. It was built in 1826 when families Recchione and Falcocchio, prominent entrepreneurs in the textile industry, formed a company dedicated to the realization of this important facility in which the final steps occurred, in the production process of woolen cloth to be sold at fairs and markets in central and southern Italy.
The facility, which is spread over three levels, comprises of a large single space at street level which was to serve as an environment for storage and sorting of cloths. On the next floor a large plant with stone tubs and wooden machinery in which the pieces of cloth were processed, and a third floor, level with the river, where the excess water from the manufacturing process was collected.
In the second half of the XIX century the manufacture of woolen cloth in the valley of the Aventine suffered a significant setback caused by numerous factors, including the increase of the final cost and the decrease in the quality of the product. The building was therefore converted into a plant for the production of hydroelectric power, as evidenced by the turbine still on site, and then abandoned. Today its good can only be seen from the outside as an object of a complex restoration.
The building used for the fulling of woolen cloth, is located along the north bank of the River Aventine. It was built in 1826 when families Recchione and Falcocchio, prominent entrepreneurs in the textile industry, formed a company dedicated to the realization of this important facility in which the final steps occurred, in the production process of woolen cloth to be sold at fairs and markets in central and southern Italy.
The facility, which is spread over three levels, comprises of a large single space at street level which was to serve as an environment for storage and sorting of cloths. On the next floor a large plant with stone tubs and wooden machinery in which the pieces of cloth were processed, and a third floor, level with the river, where the excess water from the manufacturing process was collected.
In the second half of the XIX century the manufacture of woolen cloth in the valley of the Aventine suffered a significant setback caused by numerous factors, including the increase of the final cost and the decrease in the quality of the product. The building was therefore converted into a plant for the production of hydroelectric power, as evidenced by the turbine still on site, and then abandoned. Today its good can only be seen from the outside as an object of a complex restoration.
