A medieval village on the left bank of the Neva, upstream of its confluence with the Centa. Cisano still has its original quadrangular plan, with a tower set at each corner of the settlement. The parish church of Santa Maria Maddalena stands opposite the civic tower, which was converted from a late Romanesque campanile.
The village includes the hamlets of Conscente, dominated by a well-preserved 15th-century castle with multiple towers, and Cenesi, tucked into a small side valley. Cisano was acquired and fortified by the commune of Albenga in 1274, then transferred to Genoa at the end of the 13th century. On the national highway to Albenga, the so-called "tower of the Saracens" is actually a Roman-era tomb. Local farmers produce olives, fruit, wine grapes and vegetables.