A commune in the hinterland of Finale, it is situated on a fertile plain and characterized by scattered settlements that extend up to a height of 958 meters or 3143 feet on the Clavarezza hill. Formerly a possession of the Del Carretto of Savona and then the marchesi di Finale, it was ruled by the Spanish from 1598 to 1713, when it was taken over by the republic of Genoa. The trenches from the Napoleonic era at Pian dei Corsi recall events from more recent history. There are a few traces of a bridge dating from Roman times. The parish church of San Nicolò, built in the eighteenth century over the remains of a thirteenth-century structure has a lively baroque façade with two orders, decorated with stuccoes and an enormous dome supported by lateral pillars. Alongside it stands the oratory of San Carlo Borromeo. The church of San Sebastiano (on the road to Finalborgo) dates from the fifteenth century and has a nave and two aisles, quadrangular apse and fine portal. The church of San Lorenzo (on the road to Gorra) also has a Renaissance portal. In the sixties the town became home to a number of artists who were drawn by the originality and skill of the Genoese painter born in Calice, Emilio Scanavino. The agricultural landscape is characterized by orchards of peaches and oranges and by vineyards and olive groves. The influx of summer visitors, favored by the presence of wooded areas, is on the increase.