Fiano is located to the North West of Turin, on the borders of Varisella municipality, from which it is divided by the lower course of the Ceronda.
The historical center of the village is all around San Desiderio, the great parish church. Majestic and austere, the church recalls traditions and atmosphere belonging to the past that reflects on the old walls of the surrounding houses and on people faces. The XVIth century church had the facade renovated in 1791 by Architect Falchetto.
The name Fiano is mentioned for the first time in an 1159 document with which Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) granted the area, and other several pieces of lands, as feud to the Turin Bishop.
In 1246 Marquise Bonifacio of Monferrato assigned the territory to Guglielmo and Giacobino Viscounts of Baratonia. Around the mid-fifteenth century, Eleonora of Baratonia brought the viscountcy as dowry to Guglielmo Arcatore. The Arcatore family changed its name in Arcour, Harcour or D’Harcourt. In 1772 Carlo Emanuele III finally granted the feud to Giuseppe Francesco Hongram of Nizza Monferrato. Among others, the Counts of San Martino, the Borghese and Pamparato families were also lords of this territory.
