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The ruins of the Rocca Aldobrandesca in Buriano

Buriano

A small village in the heart of Maremma

A few kilometers from the Etruscan excavations of Vetulonia - in the municipality of Castiglione della Pescaia - lies Buriano, a small medieval village nestled in the greenery of the dense Maremma forests. 
Buriano emerged around the 10th century at the behest of the Counts Aldobrandeschi and passed into the hands of the Lombardi family, until 1332. In the 19th century, it moved to the dominion Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
The heart of the village is the central square, where there is a monument dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the First World War.

Things to see

The Museum of Sacred Art is an exhibition hall containing works of sacred art from churches in the parish of Buriano. Among the works on display, there are 18th-century ex-voto paintings commemorating the miracles of St. William - patron saint of the village - sacred goldsmithing objects and an 18th-century painting depicting the Eucharist.

The Rocca Aldobrandesca is one of the symbols of Buriano:  it is an imposing fortress dominating the village, built by the Aldobrandeschi family in the 10th century. 
Some ruins and the remains of the ancient walls are still visible today, providing evidence of the village's medieval past.

The Church of Santa Maria Assunta was known as the Parish Church of Santa Maria in Arcione in ancient times. 
The building has a rectangular single nave structure and features late Romanesque elements, the result of 14th-century renovation. 
Inside, there are depictions of the Birth of the Virgin Mary and the Assumption, as well as a fresco of the Nativity, an image of the Blessed Libertesca and the relics of St. William.

The Hermitage of San Guglielmo is a small rural church located within an agricultural complex, built on the place where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to St. William of Maleval. This building is a pilgrimage destination and is the arrival point of the solemn procession that takes place in Buriano on the second Sunday after Easter.

 

The Museum of Sacred Art is an exhibition hall containing works of sacred art from churches in the parish of Buriano. Among the works on display, there are 18th-century ex-voto paintings commemorating the miracles of St. William - patron saint of the village - sacred goldsmithing objects and an 18th-century painting depicting the Eucharist.

The Rocca Aldobrandesca is one of the symbols of Buriano:  it is an imposing fortress dominating the village, built by the Aldobrandeschi family in the 10th century. 
Some ruins and the remains of the ancient walls are still visible today, providing evidence of the village's medieval past.

The Church of Santa Maria Assunta was known as the Parish Church of Santa Maria in Arcione in ancient times. 
The building has a rectangular single nave structure and features late Romanesque elements, the result of 14th-century renovation. 
Inside, there are depictions of the Birth of the Virgin Mary and the Assumption, as well as a fresco of the Nativity, an image of the Blessed Libertesca and the relics of St. William.

The Hermitage of San Guglielmo is a small rural church located within an agricultural complex, built on the place where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to St. William of Maleval. This building is a pilgrimage destination and is the arrival point of the solemn procession that takes place in Buriano on the second Sunday after Easter.

 

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