Province Province of Mantua | Phone +39 0376 320220 | |
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Address Piazza Canonica S. Pietro, 11, 46100 Mantova MN, Italy Architectural style Italian Gothic architecture Burials Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua Similar Rotonda di San Lorenzo, Basilica of Sant'Andrea - Mantua, Palazzo Bonacolsi, Palazzo Ducale - Mantova, Piazza delle Erbe | ||
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Mantua Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di San Pietro apostolo; Duomo di Mantova) in Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy, is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter. It is the seat of the Bishop of Mantua.
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History
An initial structure probably existed on the site in the Early Christian era, which was followed by a building destroyed by a fire in 894. The current church was rebuilt in 1395–1401 with the addition of side chapels and a magnificent Gothic west front, which can still be seen in a sketch by Domenico Morone (preserved in the Palazzo Ducale of Mantua). The belltower has seven bells tuned in the scale of Bb.
After another fire in the 16th century, Giulio Romano rebuilt the interior but saved the frontage, which was replaced however in 1756–61 by the current Baroque one in Carrara marble. Notable characteristics of the Renaissance structure are the cusps, decorated with rose windows on the south side, which end at the Gothic bell tower.