Basilica of Sant'Andrea
Guide
Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeChurchAllow 20–40 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A huge church with a front like a Roman triumphal arch and one vast barrel-vaulted nave; Mantegna is buried in a side chapel.
A brief history
Designed by Leon Battista Alberti in 1472 to hold a relic said to be Christ's blood; it shaped church building for centuries.
Tips
- Best time
- Afternoon
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 20–40 min
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- Usually open daily (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Piazza delle Erbe: The market square, Sant'Andrea and the little round church: the lively heart.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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