centro storico, lineare, Drapia, Drapea (denominazione storica, XVI secolo)

On a sloping shelf of land, the old centre of Drapia, once known as Drapea in the sixteenth century, presents a notably regular plan. The spine is Corso Umberto I, a long, straight axis that cuts cleanly across the small plateau; all the built fabric lines up along its sides. A handful of secondary streets, such as Via Fabio Filzi and Via delle Carcare, provide internal connections. Originally paved entirely in stone, the corso was unfortunately topped with bitumen in the last century. The buildings, of mixed stone-and-brick masonry, rise one or two storeys high under pitched roofs. They are ornamented with handsome granite and tufa portals and balconies. The finest element is the Parish Church of the Immacolata, which houses precious eighteenth-century sacred furnishings and artworks salvaged from the destroyed Monastery of San Sergio e Bacco. The whole sits within a striking landscape setting, the village strung along its linear route from edge to edge.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.