Prossenicco Rural Village

The village, located near the Slovenian border, features buildings aligned along the street. The first mention of the locality dates back to 1170 when Ulrico of Attimis donated the villa of Prossenicco to the Patriarch of Aquileia. From 1211 until the 17th-18th centuries, it fell under the jurisdiction of the steward of Tricesimo, and was later taken over by the Zanchi Locatelli family. The buildings have retained their original masonry structure, with wooden balconies or loggias. One of the oldest buildings is the "Casa Nera” (black house): it extends over three floors with the facade delimited at each end by two stone walls, with wooden beams that support the loggia floors. Inside the portico, there is a wooden staircase leading to the upper floors, characterized by wooden racks once used to dry agricultural products. On the ground floor there was a kitchen without a chimney, so the smoke from the fire on the floor escaped through the door, blackening the external masonry; on the upper floor were the bedrooms, and on the top floor, the granary and additional rooms. The Church of San Leonardo, recently restored, dates back to 1852, although a stone placed beside the church dated 1794 and the stone stoup from 1798 testify to its earlier origins. The pedimented facade features a central entrance framed in stone with a cornice surmounted by a lunette and niches on the sides; inside, there is a rectangular nave with a cross-vaulted chancel.