Editing Mantua (section)

==Monuments and sites of interest==
[[File:Lombardia Mantova1 tango7174.jpg|thumb|center|800px|Piazza Sordello.]]
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
| Part_of = Mantua and [[Sabbioneta]]
| Image = Mantua2 BMK.jpg
| Criteria = Cultural: ii, iii
| ID = 1287-001
| Year = 2008
| Area = 175ha
| Buffer_zone = 1,900 ha
}}
[[File:MANTOVApiazzaerbe.jpg|thumb|Piazza delle Erbe.]]
[[File:Mantova - Profilo di Mantova.jpg|thumb|Panorama of Mantua.]]
[[File:Museo diocesano "Francesco Gonzaga", Mantua.jpg|thumb|Museum Francesco Gonzaga.]]
The Gonzagas protected the arts and culture, and were hosts to several important artists such as [[Leone Battista Alberti]], [[Andrea Mantegna]], [[Giulio Romano (painter)|Giulio Romano]], [[Donatello]], [[Peter Paul Rubens]], [[Pisanello]], [[Domenico Fetti]], [[Luca Fancelli]], and Nicolò Sebregondi. Though many of the masterworks have been dispersed, the cultural value of Mantua is nonetheless outstanding, with many of Mantua's patrician and ecclesiastical buildings being uniquely important examples of Italian architecture.

=== Religious architecture and sites ===
* ''[[Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova|Basilica of Sant'Andrea]]'' was begun in 1462 according to designs by [[Leon Battista Alberti]] but was finished only in the 18th century when was built the massive dome designed by [[Filippo Juvarra]].
* ''[[Duomo di Mantova|Duomo]]'' (Cathedral of St Peter the Apostle)
* ''[[Rotonda di San Lorenzo]]''
* ''[[San Sebastiano (Mantua)|Church of San Sebastiano]]''
* ''Museo diocesano Francesco Gonzaga'', art museum displaying sacred artworks, armor, coins, tapestries, pottery, ancient and contemporary paintings. 
* ''Santa Paola'', church built in the early 15th century by the will of Marchioness [[House of Malatesta|Paola Malatesta]], wife of [[Francesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua|Francesco I]]. Architects such as [[Luca Fancelli]] and [[Giulio Romano (painter)|Giulio Romano]] collaborated to its construction. It houses the tombs of five members of the Gonzaga family, including those of Paola and of [[Francesco II Gonzaga|Francesco II]].
* ''Santa Maria del Gradaro'', church built starting from 1256 on the site where, according to the tradition, [[Saint Longinus]] was buried. In 1772 it became a store, and was reconsecrated only in the 1950s.

===Secular architecture and sites===
* ''[[Palazzo Te]]'' (1525–1535), semi-rural palace of [[Giulio Romano (painter)|Giulio Romano]]<ref name=Guardian1 >Brunton, John (29 March 2013). 
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* ''[[Palazzo Ducale di Mantova|Palazzo Ducale]]'', famous residence of the Gonzaga family, made up of a number of buildings, courtyards and gardens<ref name=Guardian1 /> gathered around the ''Palazzo del Capitano'', the Magna Domus and the [[Castello di San Giorgio|Castle of St. George]] with the [[Camera degli Sposi]], a room frescoed by [[Andrea Mantegna]].
* ''Palazzo Vescovile'' ("Bishops Palace")
* ''Palazzo degli Uberti''
* ''[[Palazzo d'Arco, Mantua|Palazzo d'Arco]]'', a Neoclassical palace erected by the eponymous noble family from Trento starting from 1746. It is home to a museum and painting gallery with works by [[Bernardino Luini]], [[Alessandro Magnasco]], [[Frans Pourbus the Younger]], [[Anthony van Dyck]] and a painting cycle by [[Giuseppe Bazzani]].
* ''Torre della Gabbia'' ("Cage Tower")
* ''[[Palazzo del Podestà, Mantua]]'' 
* ''Palazzo della Ragione'' with the ''[[Torre dell'Orologio, Mantua|Torre dell'Orologio]]''
* ''[[Palazzo Bonacolsi]]''
* ''Palazzo Valenti Gonzaga'', an example of Baroque architecture and decoration, with frescoes attributed to Flemish painter [[Frans Geffels]]. The façade of the palace was designed by Nicolò Sebregondi.
* ''[[Teatro Bibiena|Bibiena Theater]]'', also known as the ''Teatro Scientifico'', designed by [[Antonio Bibiena]] in 1767–1769. Inaugurated officially on 3 December 1769 and on 16 January 1770, thirteen-year-old [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] played a concert.
* ''Casa del Mercato'', a frescoed Renaissance building designed by [[Luca Fancelli]] in 1462 and later used by Andrea Mantegna.
* ''House of Mantegna'', facing the church of San Sebastiano. It was built by the eponymous artist starting from 1476, and has plan with a circular internal court included within an external square building. It is now used for temporary exhibitions.