Preci
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Preci grew up inside a fortress in the mountainous Castoriana valley, and from the late Middle Ages it was known for a school of surgeons who removed kidney stones. The October 2016 earthquakes left the old centre unusable and damaged the abbey of Sant'Eutizio, but part of the village reopened in 2019 and the abbey's façade has been pieced back together from its original stones.
Highlights
- The abbey of Sant'Eutizio on a cliff above the valley, with its rose window (IT)
- Giovanni del Biondo's Annunciation in the church of the Annunziata at Poggio di Croce
- Norcia IGP ham, cured in the hamlet of Abeto (IT)
- Emmer wheat (farro dicocco) grown on the uplands around Montebufo
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Preci (IT), Preci (EN)), Wikivoyage (Preci). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 681
Events through the year
- Feast of the Madonna della Pietà
- Ottobrata PrecianaEnd of summer festival
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Preci), Wikivoyage (Preci). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
Adapted from Wikipedia (Preci). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
8 places to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 5
- Campsites 2
- Hotels 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Hot spring: Lu Vurghe · ~1 h 02 by car
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
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