516:. In the post-Medieval period, the village saw major development with the construction of the Borgo Nuovo or Stagno, largely completed by the 17th century, on the plain of the small river Ghiararo. This area is characterised by interesting painted 17th and 18th-century houses, some built on much earlier buildings. A further phase of urban development took place at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries with the opening of two new thoroughfares, the present Corso Italia and Corso Roma. From 1950, the village experienced further growth, culminating during the 1970s in the present townscape.
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532:(Church of Saint Andrew). An example of 13th-century Ligurian Gothic style with its façade decorated in black and white stripes, and a magnificent rose window surmounting the main door. The chalice of emperor
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