In the interior are a Renaissance courtyard and a Baroque staircase.

No. 15/463 preserves a large Renaissance courtyard with arcades, as does 1/475, The House at the Two Golden Bears with its good 16C portal.

We passed through its sliding doors and humbly submitted our (prepaid) cards at reception and gawped at the superb Renaissance courtyard beyond.

Inside, it has a typical Renaissance courtyard with a cloister and a marble well; the latter is a particular characteristic typical of gardens in Ferrara.

A pitted rustic work doorway leads to the austere Renaissance courtyard.

The Hospital de Santiago, designed by Vandelvira in the late 16th century, with its square bell towers and graceful Renaissance courtyard, is now the home of the town's Conference Hall.

The House of the Litta has a beautiful rococo doorway behind which is an even more beautiful Renaissance courtyard with porticoes supported on Doric columns.

The Renaissance courtyard, the main staircase and the reception hall, and the frescoes on the piano nobile are all that is left today.

Inside it has a square Renaissance courtyard with two floors connected by a monumental staircase.

Further and more adventurous use of glass also enabled the open and arcaded Renaissance courtyards to be reproduced as lofty halls with glazed roofs.