The earliest information about the house, situated on the left bank of the Naviglio, go back to the first half of the sixteenth century when it was owned by the family Cittadini that kept it up until the end of the Eighteenth Century, as the arched openings and decorated with mouldings in terracotta, visible from Via Mazzini on the northern side of the building would show, as well as back entrance that looks like a small fortification in exposed brick.

Family linked to the Dukedom of Milan, the Cittadini are remembered in the main hall where the coat of arms is still visible : a tulip overturned. This family received in 1500, from the Dukedom of Milan, the gift of a deviation channel for the water from the Naviglio in exchange for military services demonstrated in battle, an extremely valuable gift.

In the 1975 the property was bought by the current owner, Benini Bossi family, with a lot of restoration work that brought it back to its ancient charm.

The complex of buildings is a regular plan organized in a U around a central garden open on the Naviglio Grande. Of the ancient home what remains today is the main body with a portico facing the canal, architraved in three sections on pink granite columns of Baveno and three windows corresponding to the floor of the nobles. Inside the two floors are joined by a monumental staircase with two flights, placed under the portico. The internal halls have still the sixteenth-century appearance with coffered ceilings and a large fireplace made of the “molera” stone.