Ottone Visconti unsuccessfully led a group of exiles against the city in 1263, but after years of escalating violence on all sides, in the Battle of Desio (1277) he won the city for his family.
Ottone Visconti predvodio je 1263. protiv grada grupu prognanika, ali nakon godina rastućeg nasilja na svim stranama, konačno, poslije pobjede u bitci kod Desija 1277. osvojio je grad za svoju obitelj.