The House of Ludovico Ariosto is located in Ferrara in a building that differs from the traditional parameters of the Ferrara houses of the time. In fact, the dispositions of the fireplaces (upper floor) on the side opposite the street front seem innovative; just as innovative is the space reserved for the large room, which is accessed via the connecting staircase that connects the floors and living rooms. On the façade, carved on a long band of terracotta to adorn the entrance wall, the Poet keeps the pre-existing inscription, the couplet dictated by Dionigi dell'Aquila for Bartolomeo Cavalieri: "Parva, sed apta mihi, sed nulli obnoxia, sed non / sordida, parta meo, sed tamen aere domus "(The house is small but suitable for me, clean, not burdened by royalties and purchased only with my money). After a major renovation this "small house" and its courtyards are returned to their ancient role of places of art and culture and finally open to the public.