 The tower was originally intended for land control and toll payment.Nearby the tower, the castle of Caccia, the family who controlled Mandello since the first years of 16th century, was built.Caccia owned the village until the 18th century.Then, the fiefdom was invested in the Vitta family who deeply engraved the history of Mandello so that, after the Italian Unification, in 1863 the comune changed its name into Mandello Vitta (r.d.