Palazzo Pastorio Bondoni

Pastorio Palace (now Bondoni Pastorio) is probably a building of the fifteenth century, inhabited by the family Pastorio since the beginning of the sixteenth century. Altered in the seventeenth century, the building assumed its present appearance in the mid-eighteenth century, when the new facade was completed in late baroque style of Lombardy. Inside there are valuable halls: the landscapes, the filthy room, dining coats of arms, salona floor.
The atrium is collacata a statue of Prince Francesco Gonzaga, dressed as a Roman emperor, created by the sculptor Giovanni Antonio Carra in 1611-16.
In the room the stove in the main floor, during the tragic days of the Battle of Solferino and San Martino, was hosted Henry Dunant, who conceived the idea here of the Red Cross.
Today the building is home to a foundation that aims at the enhancement of the historic and artistic center of Castiglione and ‘High Mantua.