Corte Ghirardina, Traditional courtyard farmstead in Motteggiana, Italy.

Corte Ghirardina is a courtyard farmstead in Motteggiana featuring a central building with two connecting wings that form an extended facade across the agricultural property. The structure integrates residential quarters, storage areas, and livestock facilities within a unified enclosed layout.

The estate was built between 1470 and 1477 under architect Luca Fancelli's direction for Ludovico Gonzaga. Its construction during the Renaissance marked a shift toward organized agricultural management and sophisticated rural estate design in the region.

The name Corte Saviola, also recorded for the complex, links it to the Saviola family branch of the Gonzaga. The building combines palace, courtyard, villa and castle in one structure, a form tied to Ludovico Gonzaga's control of Po trade and of the surrounding farmland.

The complex stands on the bank of the Po in the Motteggiana countryside, reached by rural roads across flat farmland. It is private property, so arrange access before setting out. Part of the courtyard was demolished in World War I and never rebuilt, so the surviving wings and long facade are what remains to see.

The sources mention a tunnel said to link the corte to the nearby parish church of San Girolamo, but no trace of it is visible today. Part of the complex was destroyed by bombing in World War I and never rebuilt, so the surviving plan is shorter than the Renaissance original.