Mantua was a producing district of fine horses. Te was a stable in Isla del Te in Mantua and later it was rebuilt as a villa. Giulio left Rome to go to Mantua in 1524 and soon he started to design for remodeling the villa to a palazzo. The east facade of east wing, seen from the east garden.
Te has a square court and large garden on the east side.
The facade of east wing is different from others by adding a row of Paladian motifs columns to a wall. The central part of the facade has three arched openings, a Loggia of David, and the wings whose Paladian motifs are gradually metamorphosing. The north facade. The four facades outside have flat pilaster and rusticated wall and it looks like two storied building. The facade is not symmetry and the spans of the columns are irregular.