The villa includes a 16th-century guard tower and the 17th-century former private chapel, now the Abbatial Church of Santa Maria della Sanità.

The current state was reached at the end of the 18th century, with the addition of the "Columns' Room" and the remake of the facade in the Neoclassical style.

Around 1930, the villa was sold to a land developing firm called Perrone, which built a number of residential homes in the park.

For some years, the villa became the home of the Museo Americanistico Federico Lunardi, which has recently been relocated to the D'Albertis Castle nearby.

[4] The Art Nouveau annex, also in poor state of conservation, is owned by the Carlo Felice Opera Theater.