Prali

Prali
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	44 ° 53 '  N , 7 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 53 '0 "  N , 7 ° 3' 0"  E
height	1454  m slm
surface	72 km²
Residents	248 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	3 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10060
prefix	0121
ISTAT number	001202
Popular name	Pralini
Website	Prali

Ghigo district , near the head of the valley on the French border

Prali (until 1937 Praly ; Occitan Praal ) is a high alpine municipality with 248 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Valle Germanasca in the Italian metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region . It is located in the Cottian Alps near the border with France.

Ecumenical meeting center Agape, 1958.

The ecumenical meeting center Agape , founded in 1946 by the Waldensian pastor Tullio Vinay and planned by the architect Leonardo Ricci, is located near Prali . The construction of the Diakoniezentrum Monte degli Ulivi in Riesi , Sicily, goes back to her initiative .

geography

Valle Germanasca is a side valley of Val Chisone (French: Val Cluson) and one of the three Waldensian valleys , where the Calvinist lay movement of the Waldensians, with its center in Torre Pellice , had its retreat.

The municipality of Prali covers an area of ​​72 km².

The neighboring communities are:

• in Germanasca (down the valley) Salza di Pinerolo and Perrero
• in the main valley (north of the mountain range) Pragelato (French Pragela) and Sauze di Cesana
• in the Valle Pellice (southern parallel valley ) Angrogna as well as Bobbio Pellice and Villar Pellice
• across the French border Abriès-Ristolas with Abriès in the Hautes-Alpes department .

Parish partnership

• Abriès , France

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ https://agapecentroecumenico.org

Web links

Commons : Prali  - collection of images, videos and audio files