- History -

In the year 1000 Buriasco, the ancient BURIADES,
was divided into two parts: Buriasco inferiore and Buriasco Superiore.
Buriasco Superiore consisted of the territory between the commune of Pinerolo,
to which it belonged, and the village of Buriasco Inferiore.

Like Pinerolo, in the years between 1075 and 1220 it was ruled
by despotic abbots before passing under the "signoria" of the Savoys until 1294,
the year in which Pinerolo became capital of the state of Piedmont.

The land and village of Buriasco Inferiore, Macello, Vigone and Riva
belonged to the Chapter of St. John of Turin from 1021 until 1399, when they were ceded
to Duke Amedeo VIII of Savoy. In 1305 Filippo I invested his trusty squire
Guglielmo di Montbel with the fief of Buriasco and the feudal castle of Buriasco Inferiore was built.

It was during the same year that the fief experienced the horrors
of religious inquisition, while the plague continued to reap victims until 1399.

 

In 1592 the French militia under marshal De Les Diguières failed in their
attempt to conquer Pinerolo. They stayed on, however, to sack the areas they had invaded.
In 1595 De Les Diguières set Buriasco to flame and razed Cumiana and Piossasco to the ground.
Only in 1598 did the troops of Carlo Emanuele succeed in sending
the French invader fleeing back over the Alps.

The valorous men of Buriasco put up stern resistance to the foreign foe as is
documented in a precious parchment conserved in the town hall.
In it Carlo Emanuele praises the conduct of the community.
Although most of their houses had been either burnt down or sacked,
the locals had steadfastly defended their castle.

With the approval of the Council of State, Carlo Emanuele rewarded the village
by exempting it and its inhabitants from paying taxes and tributes for ten years.

 

The House of Savoy guided the fortune of the new state until 1630,
when Louis XIII's militia under Cardinal Richelieu occupied Pinerolo.