Coassolo Torinese

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Coassolo Torinese

Coassolo (724 m), one of the biggest Valle Tesso municipalities, is situated on the Vaccarezza slopes. As far as the Coassolo name is concerned, an old legend dating from the Black Death times tells of a man desperate cry “sono qui solo ” (I am here alone) when he realized being the last man alive in the village. According to other academics, instead, it could have origins in the Latin word coactus meaning “not free, prisoner” and for this reason it is possible to think the territory as being site for a penal colony. Others believe the name’s origin is from the Latin word covum “cova” and the diminutive suffix eolus, meaning small-excavated place. Since the XIIth century, Coassolo’s history is bound to Lanzo’s. In the XVIth century all Lanzo Castle’s territories, that is Pessinetto, Mezzenile, Cantoira, Groscavallo, Ala, Ceres, Monastero and Coassolo, were incorporated in a feud granted by Duke Emanuele Filiberto to the Marquise of Este. The heavy duties imposed by the Marquise on the village inhabitants are still famous, particularly the 220 ducatoon milling duty. In 1615 Coassolo backed out of Lanzo’s domain and named a castle lord of its own. From 1792 up to Napoleonic times Coassolo became a feud of the Milanesio Counts. After incorporation by the Sardinia-Piedmont Kingdom, its history became the same as Italy’s. We must not forget Coassolo inhabitants’ contribution to the partisan guerrilla and to the evacuated population during World War II.

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