What to see in Mantua

The Rio

Built in 1190, the Rio is a canal that bisects the city, connecting the Lower Lake to the Upper Lake. To realize this work aimed at regulating the waters of the lakes through elevation changes, the marshes between the Civitas Vetus and the...

Virgilian National Academy of Sciences and Arts

The Accademia is an active cultural institution of great prestige, and one of the seven national academies. Of sixteenth century origin, it was equipped with a fine library still open to the public. 

Designed by Piermarini and built by...

House of Blessed Osanna Andreasi

The residence of Andreasi noble family is a well preserved remainder of Osanna (1449-1505), the second patron of Mantua, beatified in 1515, who was a lay Dominican and a counsellor of Gonzaga princes.

The house is a beautiful XV century...

Church of Santa Maria del Gradaro

Construction of this church was commenced in the year 1256 by the Canonici Regolari di San Marco, a Mantua order founded half a century earlier.

A former church is said to have stood on the same site, called Santa Maria in Campo Santo and...

Church of Santa Paola

House of Giulio Romano

Giulio Romano came to Mantua in October 1524; Federico II Gonzaga gave him a house in quarter Leopardo (near S. Andrea basilica) and then, since 1527, a new one in quarter Pusterla.
Giulio Romano built his own house in 1544. During XIX...

Piazza Canossa

Tower of the Zuccaro

The Zuccaro Tower is a medieval structure that rises in Via Tazzoli, in the immediate vicinity of the Gonzaga Ducal Citadel and the historically main square of the city, Piazza Sordello. The local population knows it in dialect as "Tor dal...

St. George's Bridge

Gallery "Art and Arts"

The Chamber of Commerce's building is the product of the great creative freedom of the architect Aldo Andreani and houses a prestigious collection of 20C paintings and sculptures, testimony to the artistic vibrancy of the Mantua area.

The...

Numismatic Museum

Museum of Numismatics: with its 2160 pieces in gold, silver and bronze the coin collection of Banca Agricola Mantovana is the most complete collection in the world, along with that of italian king Vittorio Emanuele II, of coins and medals issued...

Palazzo Canossa

The building, which was the residence of the Marquises of Canossa, was erected in the 17th century. The ashlared façade, enriched with stucco panels, shows windows and frame decorations and reminds of the 16th century solutions of Giulio Romano....

Bishop's Palace

Two large telamons flank the entrance of this mansion, constructed in the mid-18C for the Marchese Bianchi, who enriched it with a spectacular staircase and frescoes by Giuseppe Bazzani. 

After passing to the diocese in 1823, it now houses...

Palazzo Cavriani

Built in 1756 by Bolognese Alfonso Torreggiani for the marquis of Cavriani, it is a monumental construction with severe architectural divisions and ornamentation.
Opposite the palace is a garden designed for the Cavriani in 1826 by Giovanni...

Virgil's Shrine

Chain Port

Piazza Castello