 In 1797 the Treaty of Campoformio was signed in a nearby villa owned by Ludovico Manin, marking Napoleon Bonaparte's victory, the fall of the First Coalition, and the cession of Friuli to Austria.In the final days of World War I, it was occupied by the 332nd Infantry Regiment, the only American military unit in the Italian theater.Traditional commercial emporium of Middle Friuli, for a long time the local economy was particularly active in the markets of grain and cattle.