Grande Anello Valnerina, itinerary for people with reduced mobility - Stage 2

GAV-pmr-02 The second day of the Grande Anello Valnerina, from the village of Casali Belforte to Preci as the end of the stage.

Leaving the hamlet of Casali Belforte, one continues along the SR209 road to the village of Ponte Chiusita, in fact entering the Marche region, which is immediately abandoned by turning right towards the bridge over the Nera. We soon reach another small hamlet of Preci: Corone. Rising at the crossroads of the old path coming from Castelvecchio and the one descending from the mountain of Preci, passing through S. Vito, this rural villa functioned as a trading and transit village in relation to the other fortified settlements in the area. Hence the presence of the industrious mill fed by the waters of the Campiano river, still present and active today and partly used for the production of clean energy. The few houses present are arranged along a main road intersected by steep alleys and steps that bear witness to its rurality.

The route continues along the same road for a few more kilometres, until we enter Preci, the first real urbanisation after our departure. Here stands the 17th-century church of the Madonna della Paschiera and nearby an ancient Benedictine oratory. Next to the church are the remains of some tanks that were used for trout breeding as early as 1600 AD.

Situated along the road up the Campiano, Preci also served as a trading centre for the present castle and other villages in the vicinity. In the vicinity of Borgo Preci, there is evidence of the presence of a mill, of which only a stable and a milling room, complete with all necessary machinery and a small farmyard, remain today. Next to the mill, the mule track that connected the Borgo to the castle still stands today.

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