The first humans settled near the river Terdoppio 
were about the recent  "mesolitico", in Celtic Age it
became a populated village, and are about of the
III century a.C., the necropolis of Dosso della Guardia 
and  della Belcreda. During the romanic Age it was 
an important and logistic centre for the garrisons 
menaged to opposite Annibale. Between the X and 
XIII century it growned as an important centre for the
developement of the Christianity in  Pianura Padana. 
The ruins of its castle are about of the XIII and XIV, 
when Visconti took it away from Pavia, but probably 
the village was arleady fortified in the X century. The
noble family Litta changed a part of a castle in private 
home, and today it is the centre of the Archeologic 
Museum of Lomellina. Between its important churches
the oldest is the one dedicated to S. Eusebio, built 
between the V and the  VI century on the rest of a 
romanic temple dedicated to Minerva.

The Castle

Detail

Villa Litta

Castle's view