 The Cistercians and the Colonna alternatively ruled Genzano until 1563, when the castle was ceded for 150,000 scudos to the Massimi, from which it was bought by Giuliano Cesarini.Livia Cesarini, the last exponent of the family and wife of Francesco II Sforza, together with architect Giovanni Iacobini, designed and built "Genzano Nuova" (New Genzano) in 1708, according to the most modern urban planning of that time.The painter Maratti was one of the citizens who settled in Livia Sforza-Cesarini's new town.