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The splendid ancient Greek city of Erbesso may have stood in its territory; in mediaeval times it belonged to the Ventimiglia and the Montaperto families, and from the early l8th c. to the La Grua Talamanca family. The town gets its name from the numerous caves in the area, some actually in the town itself.

The town layout is still typically mediaeval, although some demolition was carrried out in the 19th c. for the construction of a long main street, Corso Garibaldi. In Piazza Umberto, besides the Chiesa del Carmine (16th c.), there is the Town Hall, which stands on the site of a forrner Carmelite convent. The typically l8th c. Chiesa Madre, with its geometric façade and attached pilaster-strips, stands in the Piazza del Popolo.