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Propata was funded in the 10th century by the citizens
who survived to Saracen raids.
The Saracens judged the village location a safe place,
suitable for agricultural and pastoral activities because
of woods, pastures and watercourses, and inserted in
a vast system of routes connecting Propata both to the
sea and the River Po plain through the Trebbia Valley.
Propata followed Torriglia and the Republic of
Genoa’s fate; it was a possession of the Malaspinas
and fief to the Fieschis (13th century), after the predominance
of the Milan Duke (14th century) it became fief to the
Dorias.
The slanty village have notable analogies both structural
and distributive with the urban settlements of the upper
valley, even if trades and exchanges used to occur
more frequently around Torriglia and the Liguria region
rather than towards the Trebbia Valley.
St. Lawrence Parish Church, built up in Baroque epoch,
preserve a wooden statue by Maragliano, a choir of the
end of the 17th century and also a Baroque altar.
One of the village prides is the social shed well known
to the Genoese consumers; following the road that leads
to the Casa del Romano (the Roman’s house) and
continuing on this way towards the Mount Antola in a
splendid excursion, one can find cows, oxen and calves
pasturing quietly on the mountain slopes. |
