 In that century, the city grew in importance attracting all the maritime trade of the southern coast of Calabria.Independent of Seminara in 1632 in the 17th century, the city developed urbanistically and economically thanks to the commercial activity of its inhabitants and the foresight of the Marquis Andrea Arena Concublet that instituted a "fair".The walls to the east fell gradually to allow the coupling to the new agglomerations were to be formed as a result of population growth.