Prossedi was made, tradition says, by six families who fled Privernum in the seventh century: it was first called Castrum, then Persei, after the six families. The present name is said to come instead from the Greek proséidon, «to look towards», because from here the whole Amaseno valley is under the eye. The village has the shape of a horseshoe, six towers on its walls and only two gates.
The place changed hands about ten times, until in 1762 Clement XIII made Angelo Gabrielli a prince and joined Prossedi, Pisterzo and Roccasecca dei Volsci into a single principality. The last prince, Placido, married his cousin Augusta Bonaparte in Paris in 1856: both were grandchildren of Lucien, Napoleon's brother. They had no children, and in 1911 everything went to another family.
Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
Near Prossedi
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Places to see within 25 km
Outside Prossedi, but an easy day trip away.