Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua

Basilica di Sant'Andrea
Façade and belltower
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Minor basilica, co-cathedral
Location
Location	Mantua, Italy
Geographic coordinates	45°9′32″N 10°47′39″E / 45.15889°N 10.79417°E / 45.15889; 10.79417
Architecture
Architect(s)	Leon Battista Alberti
Type	Church
Style	Renaissance
Groundbreaking	1472
Completed	1790
Website
www.diocesidimantova.it

The Basilica of Sant'Andrea is a Roman Catholic co-cathedral and minor basilica^[1][2] in Mantua, Lombardy (Italy). It is one of the major works of 15th-century Renaissance architecture in Northern Italy. Commissioned by Ludovico III Gonzaga, the church was begun in 1472 according to designs by Leon Battista Alberti on a site occupied by a Benedictine monastery, of which the bell tower (1414) remains. The building, however, was only finished 328 years later. Though later changes and expansions altered Alberti's design, the church is still considered to be one of Alberti's most complete works. It looms over the Piazza Mantegna.