Visconti Square and Podestarile Palace

The square that houses the Podestarile Palace

This square, created in 1932 following the construction of the Palazzo Podestarile, takes its name from the Visconti of Milan who built the seventeenth-century palace that overlooks the trajectory of Via E. De Amicis, a direct and privileged connection route with the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Sorrows.
Rho was in fact already in the possessions of the Visconti family since 1538, but it was Ercole II Visconti in 1659 who transformed Rho into a pole of family prestige by building in just ten years the stately palace that we still admire today.

Address:

Piazza Visconti, Rho MI

Open for visits:

Access to the square is free, while the palace can only be visited on the occasion of organized guided tours and/or on request

The Redevelopment of the Square

The redevelopment of Piazza Visconti, made possible thanks to NextGen European funds, aims to transform 8,000 square meters from a stretch of asphalt into a place for meeting and sharing. The project is designed by the French landscape architect Michel Desvigne, who envisioned a garden-square where greenery, shade, and water are the main features, a memory of the past and a trace of the future.
The study of the forms started precisely from a recovery of the history of the place, through maps, archival documents, and photos. The construction site, which began in February 2024 and was completed in January 2026, made it possible to reconstruct the passage of time more precisely through the findings that emerged during the excavations.

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WATCH THE VIDEO: "PIAZZA VISCONTI: STORIA DI UNA METAMORFOSI"

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