Since 2005, the villa and the garden have been owned by the Municipality of San Giovanni in Croce and in 2014 they were opened again.

Rye and canals surround the red brick walls: this is Soncino, a walled village and an oasis of Renaissance beauty in the countryside.

The Visconti Castle in Pandino represents one of the best examples of fortified architecture of the Visconti family (14th Century).