Convento dell'Annunciata, Gothic convent in Medole, Italy.

The Convento dell'Annunciata is a convent building in Medole that displays pointed arches and intricate stone details typical of Gothic style. The complex includes several interconnected rooms and courtyards that once structured the daily life of the religious community.

The convent began with a private oratory donated by Guglielmo Luchino Venturella of Castel Goffredo to the Augustinian Hermits, confirmed by a brief of Pope Callisto III in 1455. In 1467 the Lombard Congregation of the Augustinians held its General Chapter there, and nine such chapters met between 1467 and 1614. Emperor Charles V stopped at the convent on 28 June 1543 and gave the friars a breviary bound in silver. Suppressed in 1783 under Joseph II, the buildings were sold in 1808 to Giovanni Arrighi of Medole.

The name comes from the miraculous image of the Santissima Vergine Annunciata kept here, visited by the young Luigi Gonzaga, later canonised. Until the end of the 18th century a fair was held on 25 March, the feast of the Annunciation, on the road in front of the convent; a 1589 edict by Marquis Alfonso Gonzaga forbade carrying weapons into the church that day.

The convent is a private residence not open to the public; visits are by appointment only, and on request it can host receptions and cultural events. It stands in the Annunciata locality, in the south of Medole near the Castel Goffredo border, reached by a road that runs along the old boundary wall.

The convent has been recognized by the state as national heritage, reflecting its importance to Italy's cultural memory. This designation helped preserve its original Gothic elements despite many alterations over time.