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The castle was built in the 12th century; in various documents from 1259 to 1273, the Delconte family is listed as the lords of Montebello. With the decline of the Delconte family, the fiefdom passed under the aegis of the Visconti of the Duchy of Milan. In 1469, the Beccaria family was awarded the title of Counts of Montebello, thus obtaining all the possessions, including the remains of the castle, which was rebuilt in 1472. In the early decades of the 16th century, it belonged not only to the Beccarias but also to the Bellocchio family of Pavia, who held it for 300 years. In 1851 Giuseppe Bellocchio sold the upper part of the palace, including the tower and half of the garden, to the lawyer Ernesto Ghislanzoni, while the lower part, with the other half of the garden, was purchased by the Municipality of Montebello, as a Town Hall, school and residence for municipal employees and in 1868 the municipal part was restored according to a design by the engineer Giuseppe Billotta. In 1893 the first post and telegraph office of Montebello was opened there. In 1923 the De Ghislanzoni family purchased the part from the Municipality. In 1942 his daughter Eugenia inherited it, having married Count Premoli, she began a series of renovations that deprived it of the two low wings that delimited the courtyard. In 2013 it was purchased by Cpf Immobiliare, with the aim of reviving the castle as a place of culture. The building, made of brick, has a rectangular plan, is equipped with buttresses and a tall tower at the end. Traces of another tower are visible; the structure has been significantly modified over time, taking on, especially after the seventeenth-century restorations, the characteristics of a large residential house. A large park is attached to the palace.
The castle was built in the 12th century; in various documents from 1259 to 1273, the Delconte family is listed as the lords of Montebello. With the decline of the Delconte family, the fiefdom passed under the aegis of the Visconti of the Duchy of Milan. In 1469, the Beccaria family was awarded the title of Counts of Montebello, thus obtaining all the possessions, including the remains of the castle, which was rebuilt in 1472. In the early decades of the 16th century, it belonged not only to the Beccarias but also to the Bellocchio family of Pavia, who held it for 300 years. In 1851 Giuseppe Bellocchio sold the upper part of the palace, including the tower and half of the garden, to the lawyer Ernesto Ghislanzoni, while the lower part, with the other half of the garden, was purchased by the Municipality of Montebello, as a Town Hall, school and residence for municipal employees and in 1868 the municipal part was restored according to a design by the engineer Giuseppe Billotta. In 1893 the first post and telegraph office of Montebello was opened there. In 1923 the De Ghislanzoni family purchased the part from the Municipality. In 1942 his daughter Eugenia inherited it, having married Count Premoli, she began a series of renovations that deprived it of the two low wings that delimited the courtyard. In 2013 it was purchased by Cpf Immobiliare, with the aim of reviving the castle as a place of culture. The building, made of brick, has a rectangular plan, is equipped with buttresses and a tall tower at the end. Traces of another tower are visible; the structure has been significantly modified over time, taking on, especially after the seventeenth-century restorations, the characteristics of a large residential house. A large park is attached to the palace.
