[1] This building was ceded in 1480, passing into property to Ludovico Gonzaga (1460-1511), bishop of Mantua and marquis of Castel Goffredo,[2] who intended to make it his residence.

Every year the general neighborhood was gathered in the house which, composed of all the heads of the family, appointed the Council to take care of public service assignments.

A commemorative plaque on the right of the entrance recalls the battle of Solferino on June 24, 1859 and the French marshal François Certain de Canrobert.

The council hall, with a frescoed ceiling (1850) recently restored, in the nineteenth century housed the municipal theater of the city.

Inside, in modern style, there is an iron sculpture by the Mantuan sculptor Ferruccio Bolognesi (1924-2002) representing the characters of the Virgil's Aeneid which, according to some scholars, was born in the territory of Castel Goffredo.