Pianceri

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Pianceri
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Panorama from Fervazzo (Coggiola).
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Pianceri
Location of Pianceri in Italy
Coordinates: 45°40′54″N8°13′04″E / 45.68167°N 8.21778°E / 45.68167; 8.21778 Coordinates: 45°40′54″N8°13′04″E / 45.68167°N 8.21778°E / 45.68167; 8.21778
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Region Flag of Piedmont.svg  Piedmont
Province Biella (BI)
Comune Pray
Elevation [1] 520 m (1,710 ft)
Population (2001) [2]
 • Total 477
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code13867
Dialing code (+39) 015

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

"Frazione" is the Italian name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. It is cognate to the English word fraction, but in practice is roughly equivalent to "parishes" or "wards" in other countries.

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount.

Pray, Piedmont Comune in Piedmont, Italy

Pray is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Turin and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,434 and an area of 9.3 square kilometres (3.6 sq mi).

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Name

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

History

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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]

<i>Comune</i> third-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic

The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

Relevant buildings

Crypt stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a burial vault

A crypt is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics.

Baroque cultural movement, starting around 1600

The Baroque is a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the mid-18th century. It followed the Renaissance style and preceded the Rococo and Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well. The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to France, northern Italy, Spain and Portugal, then to Austria and southern Germany. By the 1730s, it had evolved into an even more flamboyant style, called rocaille or Rococo, which appeared in France and central Europe until the mid to late 18th century.

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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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