Pianceri

Pianceri
Frazione
Panorama from Fervazzo (Coggiola).
Pianceri
Location of Pianceri in Italy
Coordinates: 45°40′54″N 8°13′04″E / 45.68167°N 8.21778°E / 45.68167; 8.21778Coordinates: 45°40′54″N 8°13′04″E / 45.68167°N 8.21778°E / 45.68167; 8.21778
Country  Italy
Region  Piedmont
Province Biella (BI)
Comune Pray
Elevation[1] 520 m (1,710 ft)
Population (2001)[2]
 • Total 477
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 13867
Dialing code (+39) 015

Pianceri is a frazione (and a parish) of the municipality of Pray, in Piedmont, northern Italy.

Name

In former times the village was named Planum ad Cerreta.[3]

History

Former town hall

The first permanently inhabited groups of houses in the Pianceri area go back up to 1100.

The local parish of San Grato was established in 1629. From 1736 to 1928 Pianceri has been a separate comune (municipality).[4]

Relevant buildings

  • Oratorio del Guarnero: after a fire which almost destroyed it the church was rebuilt between 1691 and 1733. Its crypt was frescoed in the early 16th century.[4]
  • San Grato: it became an independent parish church in 1629. Built in 1620 in a baroque style by Antonio Gilardi di Campertogno, it was completed between 1756 and 1845.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
  2. ↑ 14 °Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni, Istat on-line data: dawinci.istat.it (accessed in September 2014)
  3. ↑ Goffredo Casalis (1846). Dizionario geografico-storico-statistico-commerciale degli Stati di S. M. il Re di Sardegna. 14. Torino: Maspero. pp. 433–434.
  4. 1 2 Le Frazioni - Pianceri, page on www.prolocopray.it (accessed on September 2014)
  5. ↑ Pianceri Alto origini, web page on www.gruppocechinpiancerialto.it Archived 2014-09-10 at the Wayback Machine. (accessed on September 2014)

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