Pianceri Explained
| Pianceri |
| Coordinates: | 45.6817°N 8.2178°W |
| Province: | Biella (BI) |
| Comune: | Pray |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 520 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 477 |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Postal Code: | 13867 |
| Area 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
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.
- 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]
Notes and References
- Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
- 14 °Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni, Istat on-line data: dawinci.istat.it (accessed in September 2014)
- Book: Goffredo Casalis . Dizionario geografico-storico-statistico-commerciale degli Stati di S. M. il Re di Sardegna . 14 . 433–434. Maspero. Torino. 1846 .
- Le Frazioni - Pianceri, page on www.prolocopray.it (accessed on September 2014)
- Pianceri Alto origini, web page on www.gruppocechinpiancerialto.it (accessed on September 2014)
