Chieri

Chieri was a commune near Turin, known as the city of a hundred towers. Factional strife weakened its autonomy.

In 1339 Chieri submitted to Robert of Anjou, king of Naples, and granted half its lands to James of Savoy-Acaia. After his line died out, the whole city passed to Savoy. It endured French rule from 1551 to 1562 and plague in 1630, became a principality in 1785 and was later conquered by Napoleon.