Villa La Favorita

The Villa La Favorita is a palace in Porto Mantovano, just north of Mantua, Italy.

Villa La Favorita was constructed between 1615 (or 1613) and 1624 by Duke Ferdinand Gonzaga, who intended to move his court from the ducal palace to here.

The ducal architect, Nicolò Sebregondi, provided the design and was responsible for the overseeing the building.

[1] Duke Ferdinand Gonzaga insatiable collected work of arts, which he brought together in the villa.

After this period, the duchy rapidly descended into a perpetual crisis, and the Gonzaga family was forced to sell all their goods.