Young craftsman Giuseppe Borghisani obtained a diploma as a mechanical expert and began designing chandeliers in Pieve San Giacomo for Murano glassworks.

The company had to close its doors in 1994 due to a severe crisis that had led workers to occupy the municipal headquarters in Pieve San Giacomo the previous year.

The municipal territory includes, in addition to the main town, the hamlets of Gazzo and Ognissanti, and the localities of Albere, Bredazze, Ca' de Varani, Canova, Canovetta, Casella, Castellazzo, Fornasotto, Gazzolo, Malpensata, Molino, Muradelle, Olzo, Riposo, Silvella, Silvelletta and Torre Berteri.

Popular imagination has it that there once lived in the waters of Lake Gerundo a dragon named Tarantasius, who, as he approached the shores, wreaked havoc on men and especially children and fouled the surrounding air with his asphyxiating breath.

The exhalations, in fact, were due to the presence of methane and hydrogen sulfide in the subsoil, a mysterious phenomenon for the population, which therefore blamed unknown and fanciful beings.

The phantom monster, according to legend, was slain by an unknown hero who also drained the lake: none other than the progenitor of the Visconti Family of Milan who, after such a feat, adopted as his coat of arms the image of the bisque.