The municipality was created in 1815 under the name of Vigoleno, then the larger village, which gave its name to a territory the same as today's. In 1851 Duke Charles III of Parma had the seat moved to Vernasca, and Vigoleno became a hamlet: its castle on the ridge between the Ongina and the Stirone is still the most visited thing in the whole municipality.
On 27 May 1944 Vernasca was freed by the partisans, among the first Italian municipalities to shake off the occupation; two years later, at the referendum, six voters out of ten chose to keep the monarchy. Part of the territory lies in the Piacenziano reserve, which takes its name from the geological stage defined on these clays and holds Pliocene fossils.
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Near Vernasca
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Outside Vernasca, but an easy day trip away.