 For example, in 1727 some residents of Pigna stole the bells from Castel Vittorio's bell tower, now kept in the 56 meters high the tower next to the church.Castel Vittorio retaliated by stealing the stones from Pigna's village square.For a brief period from 1625 to 1633 Pigna fell to the Genoese, but it was soon back under Savoy's control, and remained so until the establishment of the kingdom of Italy in 1860.