[4][5] In the 6th century the navigation had a high importance, so Theodoric imposed a removal of the fishing equipment along the river to not impede the passage of boats.

In the last phase of the wars, in 1452 Francesco Sforza regained the town after a two days-siege, but the next year Jacopo Piccinino brought back Pontevico under the Serenissima.

[12] Under the Venetian rule Pontevico was a very important port and stronghold for the Serenissima which granted privileges to the town which were named Curia, Castello and Borgo.

In the local port there was a trading station where colonial products were sold and fodder, linen, iron and wood was imported.

[13] Due to the big importance which Venetians gave to Pontevico, its inhabitants especially during the War of the League of Cambrai proved to be very loyal to the Republic,[13] to the point of organizing a revolt against the French where Serenissima was alone against France, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, in 1510.

[19] With the fall of the Republic of Venice (1797) and the disappearance of the fluvial market, caused by the appearance of the rail transport, the town during the 19th century experienced a phase of decline and the agriculture became the main activity.

But are also dated back to that period the closure of the Ospedale Civile Gorno Ruffoni, an important hospital located in the Frazione of Chiesuola, in 1977 and the crash of the bridge on the Oglio river, which fell in the same year and was rebuilt in 1978.

[9][23] Pontevico is crossed from south to north by the Strada Statale 65bis Gardesana Occidentale and from east to west by a provincial road.