The castle stands on the higher border of the town, in a position where the path leading to the Vogogna Rocca starts.

[2] Since the erection of the Vogogna Rocca, probably a rampart defended the path that led to it from the site of the current castle.

[3] In 1446, Filippo Maria Visconti granted the castle and its territory to his treasurer Vitaliano Borromeo, a banker of Tuscan descent.

[5] In 1515, Swiss troops, supported by men from the upper Val d'Ossola, occupied and damaged the castle.

In the 20th century, the Vogogna municipality gave increasing attention to the historical importance of the castle.