 The burgh, known as "Pescino", was devastated by Rothari in 641 and by the Saracens in the 10th century.Later it was a fief of the Fieschi family until 1229, when it was acquired by the Republic of Genoa.In 1432 it was attacked by the fleet of Venice and in 1549, together with Rapallo, by that of Turgut.