 It was here that Giovanni Antonio Marcacci (1769–1854) built La Baronata as a summer house.The building was bought by Mikhail Bakunin in 1873 with money he obtained from Carlo Cafiero.They planned that possession of the building would give Bakunin the status of a land-owner, helping him gain Swiss citizenship, and to provide premises for storing arms and providing accommodation in aid of the anarchist international.