In the 12th and 13th centuries the castle went under the control of the Novara commune, to finally become a property of the Visconti of Milan.

[1] Between 1356 and 1358, the castle was heavily damaged during the war that opposed the Visconti to the Marquess of Monferrato.

After the castle's demise, the Visconti di Invorio families moved to the nearby area, where they built new houses and a 16th-century villa.

The area of the ancient castle is isolated on the summit of a relief, surrounded by streets overlooked by the old Visconti houses and villas.

The access to the castle was probably located in Via Martinotti, few meters before the surviving tower, where a front gate surmounted by a Biscione carved in stone is visible.