From 1770, when it was built in this form, until today, the villa has been the property of the Italian noble family of Mapelli-Mozzi.
With the back façade reaching almost 40 meters, the avant-corps and the lateral parts, it embodies one of the grandest neoclassical villas in the province.
Their son Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi married Ippolita Giulino of the Counts of Vialba.
By royal decree of March 13, 1913, and with letters patent of July 17, 1913, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy elevated the Mapelli Mozzi family into the hereditary title of count.
The villa has long held the family's significant works of art, with Alex Mapelli Mozzi (b.