The palace was built by Luigi Dal Verme (1390—1449), count of Sanguinetto, in the middle of the 15th century on land in the Contrada of San Giovanni sul muro donated by the Dukes of Milan.

[1] I Dal Verme began his career as a condottiere in the service of Conte di Carmagnola, whose daughter, Luchina Bussone, he married.

He was then a captain of fortune under the insignia of Filippo Maria Visconti, from whom he obtained the fiefs of Bobbio and Voghera, and after the latter's death fought alongside Francesco Sforza.

The courtyard is accessed through an entrance hall, which features the original Renaissance decoration consisting of frescoes covering the cross vaults, supported by carved corbels.

The arches are supported by stone columns surmounted by composite capitals with acanthus leaves, which house horse-head plaques with coats of arms that are no longer legible.