 In the 18th century began the use of the villages' numerous hydraulic resources by using the Maglio (an area down near the Astico where an old hydroelectric factory and a steel foundry was) and its many mills, the first of which had been built in the 15th century.In 1797 under the Treaty of Campo Formio, the Republic of Venice was ceded to Austria.In 1805 this was annexed to other Napoleonic conquests on the Kingdom of Italy.