La Casa del Podesta was built in the mid-fifteenth as the headquarter of the representative of Venice, who controlled of territory.
Only in 1906, when it was purchased at public auction by the lawyer and liberal deputy Ugo Da Como, the building got back its value. The deputy, aware of the importance of the historic place, had it completely "restored" by the greater architect from Brescia: Antonio Tagliaferri (1835-1909).
The intent of the developer was to restore dignity to the ancient Venetian building, together with a series of appropriate furniture that could make it a house-museum to live in, according to a widespread fashion among ’800 and’900. The lonatese dwelling was initially lived mainly during the summer by Ugo Da Como († 1941) and his wife Maria Glisenti († 1944). The identity of this middle-class dwelling, inhabited until 1944, has remained unchanged until now.
The House today is part of a monumental complex of extraordinary beauty, dominated by the magnificent Rocca visconteo-Veneto. This set of buildings, portion of the "citadel" lonatese, belongs to a private foundation that Ugo Da Como wanted to establish at his death and that began in 1942.