 To avoid paying a tithe to the nobles of Locarno, at the beginning of the 15th Century, the village split from Locarno to join the valley community of Verzasca and Valle Maggia.The village church, split away from the mother church of Locarno, S. Vittore in Muralto, in 1591.The parish church of San Gottardo was built in 1597, over the foundation of a church that was first mentioned in 1338.