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The Romans in Chieri

The exact administrative borders of the “municipium” of Carreum-Potentia are unknown. It was located in the centre of a field that had been subject to drainage since the 2nd century B.C. It was inhabited by settlers from central Italy but was excluded from the great commercial route represented by the Leggi tutto…

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Early Middle Ages

Carreum suffered a drastic demographic decline and a downsizing of the town from the end of the second century AD, probably due to the hydrogeological instability that caused the landslide of the unstable hill of San Giorgio with the consequent abandonment of large sections of the city. In the area Leggi tutto…

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The year 1000

Characterized by the emergence of the Holy Roman Empire and the temporal power of the church, the early Middle Ages end with the year 1000. Chieri appears as a rural village, an imperial “Curtis” under the control of Landolfo, the bishop of Turin. In his testament (1037) he recalls that Leggi tutto…

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Internal fighting

Towards the end of the 13th century the local lords, many craftsmen and merchants from the villages and the countryside, flooded into the town. The new middle class united in the  “Society of San Giorgio” and challenged the ancient military aristocracy of the “Society of San Guglielmo”. The latter had Leggi tutto…

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