Description

Preci is a hillside castle-town dating back to the 13th century which is located near the Saint Eutizio Abbey, to whose fief it belonged before becoming part of Norcia`s territory. Following its ambitions far independence, the castle-town was destroyed twice in the 16th century. Definitive peace with Norcia, which came about in 1555, allowed the castle-town to be restored.

This coincided with the flourishing of the surgical school that quickly became very famous. One need only refer to Durante Scacchi, who was Pope Sixtus V`s archiater doctor, and his brother Francesco, who operated on the cataract of Queen Elizabeth I in 1588, to appreciate fame of this surgical school. Preci`s surgeons handed down their art from father to son and were specialists in operations involving cataracts and lithotomy (or lithiasis of the bladder). The presence of Preci`s numerous medical families with their palazzos gave a noble air to the town, which conserves the Medieval remains of the two ancient entrance doors and of the "Palazzetto della Comunità".

 

Discover through a video the village of Preci and his territory, between past and present>>>