The village
From a scenographic vegetation of varied composition, among evergreen shrubs, vineyards and thick woods the village of Pigna emerges. Recently, traces of primitive human settlements dating back to prehistoric times were found, suggesting that the primitive settlement could have been a payment of the municipality of Ventimiglia. The earliest records date back to the Middle Ages, when the Counts of Ventimiglia built a castle for defensive purposes, strategically positioned from Ventimiglia to Triora, thus connecting the coast with the Ligurian, Piedmont and Nice hinterland.
The history
From 1200, the village of Pigna passed under the directives of the Counts of Provence, erecting it to a free and independent commune, also from an agricultural-pastoral productive point of view. Subsequently, the entire valley was the protagonist of intense clashes between Guelph and Ghibelline factions, especially between the Kingdom of Provence and the Republic of Genoa, which were appeased with the transfer of the land to Amadeus VII of Savoy, attested on parchment kept in the municipal archive. In modern times, the territory became part of the French Republic, Kingdom of Sardinia and in the last Kingdom of Italy. Pigna is history but also sport: passionate hikers, with a track that includes olive and chestnut groves and the surrounding woods, can reach the Margheria dei Boschi, a unique place considered the largest in the region for breadth and arboreal varieties. In addition, festivals dedicated to local products, the mushroom in the first place, complete the varied landscape offered by mother earth.
