Buriano is a village in

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, central

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, administratively a

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of the

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Castiglione della Pescaia Castiglione della Pescaia (), regionally simply abbreviated as Castiglione, is an ancient seaside town in the province of Grosseto, in Tuscany, central Italy. The modern city grew around a medieval 12th century fortress ( it, castello) and a large ...

province of Grosseto The province of Grosseto ( it, links=no, provincia di Grosseto) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto. As of 2013 the province had a total population of 225,098 people. Geography The Province of Gro ...

. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 257. Buriano is about 17 km from

Grosseto Grosseto () is a city and ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the Ombrone river. It is the ...

and 20 km from

, and it is situated on a hill in the massif of Poggio Ballone.

History

The village dates back to the

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, when it was one of the towns held by the

Aldobrandeschi The Aldobrandeschi were an Italian noble family from southern Tuscany. Overview Of probable Lombard origin, they appear in history as counts in the 9th century. The first known count was Hildebrand II (857). Their possession extended to what i ...

family; then it was ruled by the Lambardi (until the 14th century) and by the Appiani of Piombino (until 1815).

Main sights

* Church of ''Santa Maria Assunta'' (9th century), main parish church of the village,Parish of Buriano
CEI official site. it was first mentioned in an act of 1051. * Oratory of ''San Guglielmo'' (18th century), built in 1703 in the hamlet of Piano della Fonte. * Hermitage of ''San Guglielmo'' (16th century), located in the woods south of the village, it was built in 1597 by priest Giovanni Nicolucci in the place where, according to legend,

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appears to saint

William of Maleval William of Maleval (french: Guillaume de Malavalle), also known as William the Hermit or William the Great, was a French Christian and the founder of the Catholic congregation of Williamites, an early branch of the Hermits of St. Augustine. H ...

. * ''Rocca aldobrandesca'' (10th century), large fortress which lies on the top of the hill, it was the seat of the Aldobrandeschi family in Buriano.

References

Bibliography

* Bruno Santi, ''Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto'', Nuova Immagine, Siena, 1995. * Giuseppe Guerrini, ''Torri e castelli della provincia di Grosseto'', Nuova Immagine Editrice, Siena, 1999. * Enrico Collura, Mario Innocenti, Stefano Innocenti, ''Comune di Castiglione della Pescaia: briciole di storia'', Grosseto, Editrice Innocenti, 2002, pp. 149–167.

History

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