Rural Village Centa/Britof

The toponym "Centa" derives from the Friulian word "cente" (fenced land) while the Slovenian form "Britof" comes from the Slovenian word for cemetery, borrowed from the German "Friedhof."
Here, there were two fenced areas: one in the village still named Centa, northwest of Albana, and the other on the hill of the small church of Santo Spirito, used only as a refuge for the inhabitants.
The village (139 meters above sea level) consists of a compact cluster of small houses arranged around the church dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. The small settlement is protected by steep slopes on the south, east, and west sides and by a wall on the northeast side, of which some traces remain with large, well-squared stones, perhaps once present on the other sides as well.
Just at the entrance to the village, there are two houses restored after the 1976 earthquake. One constitutes the head of a long row, dates back to the 14th century, and is characterized by a shoe-shaped wall base. The other dates back to the 16th century and has an "L" shaped floor plan with the upper floor served by an external stone staircase and a wooden balcony. It features two lintelled doors with bracketed end uprights, one of them arched, all finely worked in stone. Inside, the cellar attic is made up of main beams resting on stone brackets. The southern wing, now raised, was probably once covered by a very steep thatched roof.