Exterior view

Palazzo Ghisilardi Fava is a Renaissance palace in Bologna, built for the notary and chancellor Bartolomeo Ghisilardi on designs of a local master, Zilio Montanari. It is a typical example of a 15th-century noble house of Bologna. The front features a graceful arcade with seven arches resting on capitals with Gothic-like pointed leaves, on top of which two rows of windows were added in the 16th century. In terms of proportions, the Medieval technique of 'triangulation' was still in use at the time in local buildings, even though Renaissance style was slowly taking hold.

Around the mid-16th century, the palace was purchased by the Fava family, who owned the nearby Palazzo Fava, where the Carracci decorated the famous hall in the piano nobile with the frieze representing Jason's myth.

At present, the Palazzo Ghisilardi Fava houses the Museo Civico Medievale (Medieval Museum).