 Its name, in Italian language, refers to a wood of "Sessile Oaks".In 1957 there was a constitutional crisis named "Fatti di Rovereta" (the Rovereta affair), in which the Grand and General Council was deliberately rendered inquorate to prevent the scheduled election of Captains-Regent.A provisional government was established in the village of Rovereta, in opposition to the outgoing Captains-Regent whose term had expired.