Editing Crespi d'Adda (section)

=== Religious Architecture ===
[[File:Crespi d'Adda church.jpg|thumb|Parish church]]
The parish church was built starting from 1891 under the direction of the engineer Pietro Brunati and it was opened in November 1893 with the inauguration by the bishop [[Gaetano Camillo Guindani]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Cortesi|first=Luigi|title=Crespi d'Adda, villaggio ideale del lavoro|publisher=Grafica Monti s.n.c- Bergamo|pages=106–109}}</ref> The church is the reconstruction of the Marian shrine in [[Busto Arsizio]]. The church was dedicated to S.Maria dell'Aiuto and dates back to 1517. The designer is unknown, but some important architects and sculptors, such as Lonati and Tommaso Rodari, worked on it.<ref name=":0" /> This church represents the ideal link between the hometown of the Crespi family, [[Busto Arsizio]], and the village, which represented the best expression of the textile industrial sector.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Chiesa|url=https://www.crespidadda.it/chiesa/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=VILLAGGIO CRESPI D'ADDA|language=it-IT}}</ref>

The parish church in Crespi d'Adda has a square plan with a base made up with [[Adda (river)|Adda]] strain and it ends with a large octagonal [[dome]] externally surrounded by a white marble loggia.<ref name=":1" /> Inside there are a lot of [[fresco]]s and canvas directly commissioned by [[Cristoforo Crespi]].<ref name=":0" />

Still today, the church is used by the local population for ordinary religious rites.