Editing Greccio (section)

{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Greccio
| official_name       = Comune di Greccio
| image_skyline       = Case del Borgo incantato! Uno dei Borghi più Belli d'Italia.jpg
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| image_caption       = view of Greccio
| image_shield        = Greccio-Stemma.png
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| coordinates         = {{coord|42|27|N|12|45|E|region:IT_type:city(1503)|display=inline}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region              = {{RegioneIT|sigla=LAZ}}
| province            = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=RI}} (RI)
| frazioni            = Limiti di Greccio, Sellecchia, Spinacceto
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Emiliano Fabi
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 17
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total    = 1529
| population_as_of    = 2008
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| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 705
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| saint               = 
| day                 = 
| postal_code         = 02040
| area_code           = 0746
| website             = 
| footnotes           = 
}}
'''Greccio''' ({{IPA|it|ˈɡrett͡ʃo|pron}}) is an old hilltown and ''[[comune]]'' of the [[province of Rieti]] in the [[Italy|Italian]] region of [[Lazio]], overhanging the [[Rieti Valley]] on a spur of the [[Monti Sabini]], a sub-range of the [[Apennines]], about {{convert|16|km|0|abbr=off}} by road northwest of [[Rieti]], the nearest large town.

It is one of [[I Borghi più belli d'Italia]] ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/lazio/|title=Lazio|access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}</ref> The town hall of the comune is in the ''[[frazione]]'' of Limiti di Greccio.

Greccio was the place where, in December 1223, [[Saint Francis of Assisi]] devised the first living [[Nativity scene]] (in Italian: ''presepe''). The Nativity scene tradition continues there to this day, and a memorial of Saint Francis, the [[Sanctuary of Greccio]], may be visited.<ref name="viadifrancescolazio">{{cite web|url=https://www.viadifrancescolazio.it/services/direttrice-salaria/20-cosa-vedere/215-santuario-di-greccio.html|title=Santuario di Greccio|access-date=9 January 2024|language=it}}</ref>