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The building that looks onto Garibaldi Square was bought in 1995, and has hosted Cossi Costruzioni since 2000, after being completely restored, refurbished and adapted in order to meet the requirements of the company's headquarters.

Towards the middle of XVIII century the ground which today the palace stands on, was originally occupied by a hide tanning shop - the "garberia"- surrounded by a large garden owned by the Curties family from Ferrari district (the present Via Dante).

In the same years the Rusconis', a family of wealthy traders, came in Valtellina from the village of San Fermo (today Cesana Brianza), settled in Sondrio, rented the shop and started their activity.

In 1805, through notarial act, Giuseppe Rusconi bought the shop and on 30^th April 1821 wrote a letter to the Town Congregation in Sondrio asking permission to build within the garden of the "garberia" attaching the plan of the site that since then had been used to roll down and dry hides. He also asked the Authority to make sure that the neighbourhood had not anything against his purpose.

In 1822 the plan of the main building was presented and the construction site began. In May 1826 Mr. Rusconi asked the Congregation the permission to erect a wall and the relevant main door between his house and the Maffeis' one looking onto Riconoscenza Square (the present Garibaldi Square).

The Maffeis' would later widen an old building facing the square and adjust the style of architecture to the Rusconis' one, taking as landmark the string course bars and the eaves lines.

On 6^th July 1827 Giuseppe Rusconi wrote again to the Town Congregation asking to "reduce the façade of his "garberia" situated in 6, Ferrari district in order to give it an admirable form", practically to raise the building and redesign the openings, conforming their style and measures to the ones of the house he was building.

Lately, in 1831, he asked permission to raise the small house of his property between the street numbers 6 and 7, specifying that the details, the string course bars, eaves, etc. would have formed a single building together with the ones previously realised

We can say that at this point the building was as it is today.