Priero
Sign in to savePriero is a small town and comune of the Langhe, located east of Ceva in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. Presently it has a population of 441.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Priero
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Priero
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Priero-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Piedmont
- Italian comune.province
- Cuneo (CN)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Andrea Paolo Boasso, elected 5 April 2005
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 20.2
- Italian comune.population_total
- 504
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 May 2007
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Prieresi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 475
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 12070
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0174
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Priero is a small town and comune of the Langhe, located east of Ceva in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. Presently it has a population of 441.
==History== The original settlement, on a hill called Poggio to the south of the present village, dates from around the beginning of the second millennium. A pieve, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, had authority over the churches at Costelnuovo, Montezemolo, Osiglia, Calizzano Murialdo and Perlo while the fortified ricetto was the seat of a viscount appointed directly by the Emperor. In the mid-14th century the Marquis of Ceva became Lord of Priero and in 1387 plans were drawn up for the construction of the settlement, which forms the basis of today's Priero.