Palazzo Bentivoglio, Ferrara, Renaissance palace in central Ferrara, Italy.

Palazzo Bentivoglio is a monumental building on Via Garibaldi in Ferrara. Its Mannerist facade, attributed to Pirro Ligorio and executed by Giovan Battista Aleotti in 1585, has a rusticated portal topped by volutes, ground-floor windows on tall Ionic brackets, and reliefs of arrows, lances and flags. The Bentivoglio coat of arms sits above the portal, and a frieze crowns the front.

Duke Borso d'Este commissioned the building in 1449 and gave it to Pellegrino Pasino before the Bentivoglio family acquired it in 1583. Its current appearance reflects changes made over the following centuries.

The Bentivoglio family's rise is recalled by the marble military trophies carved between the windows of the facade, with arrows, lances and flags in relief. Cornelio Bentivoglio, marquis of Gualtieri and general of Duke Alfonso II, acquired the palace in 1583 and had it remodelled. Inside, the 17th-century grotesque ceiling paintings come from the Filippi workshop, to which Sebastiano Filippi, called il Bastianino, also belonged.

The palace sits on Via Garibaldi in the city center and is easily reached on foot, with its facade visible from the street. Since it now contains private offices and apartments, the interior is not open to visitors.

Napoleon Bonaparte stayed in this building in 1796 during his campaign in northern Italy. The renowned hydraulic engineer Teodoro Bonati spent his final days here in 1820.