 The town was built up in the 15th century around the moated and fortified house of the Sanvitale family, the "Rocca Sanvitale", on the borders of the domain of the Dukes of Parma.The house was occupied by the family until 1951, when it was sold to the commune.One notable feature of the Rocca Sanvitale is a room which serves as a large Camera Obscura in which a small hole acts as a lens causing an image of an outside scene to be projected inside the room.