▁in ▁the ▁Upper ▁Lake ▁Mag giore ▁and ▁G amb ar og no ▁river ▁areas . ▁ ▁Even ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁center ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁G amb ar og no ▁valley . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁Century , ▁the ▁Vic in anza ▁meet ings ▁were ▁held ▁in ▁the ▁church ▁square ▁in ▁Ta ver na . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 4 8 7 , ▁the ▁G amb ar og no ▁became ▁independent ▁of ▁Loc ar no , ▁and ▁San ▁N azz aro ▁became ▁the ▁seat ▁of ▁the ▁Pod est à ▁and ▁the ▁court . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁parish ▁of ▁V ira , ▁until ▁it ▁became ▁an ▁independent ▁parish ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁parish ▁church ▁of ▁SS ▁N azz aro ▁e ▁Cel so ▁was ▁first ▁mentioned ▁in ▁ 1 2 5 8 . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁re built ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 0 ▁in ▁the ▁classic ist ▁style ▁and ▁en larg ed . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁lived , ▁primarily , ▁from ▁agricult ure ▁and ▁gra zing . ▁ ▁The ▁local ▁economy ▁was ▁supp lement ed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁Century ▁by ▁em igration , ▁mostly ▁of ▁brick layers ▁and ▁build ers , ▁to ▁Italy . ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁Century ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁strong ▁population ▁growth , ▁as ▁the ▁village ▁became ▁home ▁to ▁a ▁few ▁tour ist ▁hot els ▁and ▁many ▁second ▁homes . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0