Buriano, Castiglione della Pescaia

Buriano
Buriano
Frazione
	View of Buriano
	Buriano Location of Buriano in Italy
	Coordinates: 42°50′44″N10°59′20″E / 42.84556°N 10.98889°E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Castiglione della Pescaia
Elevation	184 m (604 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	178
Demonym	Burianesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58040
Dialing code	(+39) 0564

Last updated November 02, 2023

Buriano is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 257.^[1]

History

The village dates back to the Early Middle Ages, when it was one of the towns held by the Aldobrandeschi family; then it was ruled by the Lambardi (until the 14th century) and by the Appiani of Piombino (until 1815).^[2]

Main sights

Church of Santa Maria Assunta (9th century), main parish church of the village,^[3] 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, Virgin Mary appears to saint William of Maleval.
Rocca aldobrandesca (10th century), large fortress which lies on the top of the hill, it was the seat of the Aldobrandeschi family in Buriano.

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References

↑ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine , Istat.
↑ (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Buriano Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine », Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
↑ (in Italian) Parish of Buriano, CEI official site.

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.