Mannerist churches

English: This page features media of churches that are built in the style of Mannerism. Mannerism emerged in European art and architecture in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy; Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century. It was preceded by High Renaissance style and followed by Baroque style.
Be aware that during the long course of their existence many of these buildings underwent extended alterations and/or additions in order to implement new architectural styles. Therefore, some of the churches on this page may not be examples of pure Mannerist style.
Productive mannerist architects are marked with an asterisk (*).

Italy edit

San Carlo al Lazzaretto, Milano (1488–1884) edit

Filarete, Pellegrino Tibaldi*

Santa Maria dell'Orto, Rome (1489–1567) edit

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola* or Martino Longhi the Elder* (facade), Guidetto Guidetti

Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Milan (1493–late 16th century) edit

Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono, Giovanni Battagio

Santa Maria della Passione (1496–late 16th century) edit

Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Giovanni Battagio, Cristoforo Lombardo, Martino Bassi, Giuseppe Rusnati (Baroque facade)

Beata Vergine dei Miracoli, Saronno (1498–1505) edit

Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Vincenzo Seregni*, Pellegrino Tibaldi*

San Vittore, Varese (early 16th century–18th century) edit

Pellegrino Pellegrini (nave), Leopoldo Pollack (Classicist facade)

Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome (1507–1585) edit

Antonio da Sangallo the Younger

Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Padova (1522–1754) edit

Michelangelo Buonarroti*, Girolamo Frigimelica (18th century)

Santuario della Madonna di Mongiovino, Tavernelle (1524–1728) edit

Rocco di Tommaso da Vicenza

Cattedrale di Sant'Ambrogio, Vigevano (1532–1606) edit

Antonio da Lonate*

San Vittore al Corpo, Milan (1533–1568) edit

Vincenzo Seregni*, Pellegrino Tibaldi*

Santa Maria delle Vergini, Macerata (mid 16th century–1573) edit

Galasso Alghisi

Chiesa del Carmine, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (16th century–1583) edit

Architect unknown

Madonnina in Prato, Varese (16th–18th century) edit

Giovanni Antonio Speroni (bell tower)

Sant'Angelo, Milan (1552–1630) edit

Domenico Giunti; the facade is late-Mannerist and early-Baroque

Santi Barnaba e Paolo, Milan (1558–1568) edit

Galeazzo Alessi*

Santa Caterina dei Funari, Rome (1560–1564) edit

Guidetto Guidetti, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola*, Ottavio Mascherino

San Cristoforo, Lodi (1563–?) edit

Pellegrino Tibaldi*

Church of the Gesù, Rome (1568–1584) edit

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola*, Giacomo della Porta; facade is Early Baroque

San Fedele, Milan (1569–1579) edit

Pellegrino Tibaldi*

Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi (1569–1679) edit

Galeazzo Alessi*, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola*

Cattedrale metropolitana di Sant'Eusebio, Vercelli (1570–1763) edit

Pellegrino Tibaldi*, Benedetto Alfieri (1757–1763), Luigi Barberis (1757–1763), Giuseppe Locarni (19th century)

Santa Maria della Vittoria, San Vito dei Normanni (1571 or later–1595) edit

Architect unknown; interior is partially Baroque

San Raffaele, Milan (1575–1582) edit

Pellegrino Tibaldi*, Galeazzo Alessi*, Paolo Cesa Bianchi (1890)

San Sebastiano, Milan (1576–1616) edit

Pellegrino Tibaldi*, Pietro Antonio Barca, Fabio Mangone (additions in 1616–1617)

San Gaudenzio, Novara (1577–1887) edit

Pellegrino Tibaldi* (basilica), Benedetto Alfieri (campanile), Alessandro Antonelli (cupola)

Santa Maria Scala Coeli, Rome (1582–1584) edit

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola*

Sant'Antonio Abate, Milan (1582–1832) edit

Francesco Maria Richini (modifications in 1630), Giuseppe Tazzini (Neoclassical facade)

Monte dei Cappuccini, Turin (1583–1656) edit

Ascanio Vittozzi, Giacomo Soldati, Ludovico Vanello

San Girolamo dei Croati, Rome (1585–1587) edit

Martino Longhi the Elder*

San Luca, Pavia (1586–1609) edit

Architect unknown

San Benedetto, Fabriano (1590–1605) edit

Lorenzo Rinalducci

Santi Cosma e Damiano, Ozieri (1593–?) edit

Architect unknown

Natività di Maria Santissima, Vicoforte (1596–1884) edit

Ascanio Vittozzi, Francesco Gallo

Santa Maria della Fontenuova, Monsummano Terme (1602–1605) edit

Gherardo Mechini

Chiesa dei Cappuccini, Fontevivo (1605–1609) edit

Architect unknown

Portugal edit

Sé de Viseu (1289–17th century) edit

João de Castilho (early 16th century); multiple styles (Romanesque, Gothic, Mannerism, Baroque)

Sé de Leiria (1550–1574) edit

Afonso Álvares

Concatedral de Miranda do Douro (1552–1566) edit

Goncalo de Torralva, Miguel de Arruda

Sé Catedral de Portalegre (1556–1575) edit

Afonso Alvares

Church of Santa Cruz, Viana do Castelo (1560) edit

Julião Romero

Santa Maria da Graça, Setúbal (1565–1570) edit

Antonio Rodrigues

Sé Catedral de Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira (1570–1618) edit

Luís Gonçalves Cotta, João de Carvalho

Sé Catedral de São Tiago Maior, Beja (around 1590) edit

Jorge Rodriguez; this church is partially Baroque

São Bento da Vitória, Porto (1598–1707) edit

Diogo Marques Lucas

Catedral de São Paulo, Lisbon (1606–1611) edit

Architect unknown

Igreja do Colégio, Funchal, Madeira (1624–1647) edit

Architect unknown

Church of São Miguel, Lisbon (1673–1720) edit

Architect unknown; restored in the Mannerist style

Sé de Santarém (?–1711) edit

Mateus do Couto

France edit

Oratoire Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Ajaccio (1565) edit

Architect unknown

Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, Ajaccio (1577–1593) edit

Giacomo Della Porta

Malta edit

Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta (1572–1577) edit

Girolamo Cassar*, Mattia Preti (Baroque interior, 17th century)

Saint Andrew's Church, Luqa (1634–1635) edit

Giulju Muscat (main) and Andrea Micallef (copula and extensions); interior is Baroque

Germany edit

Saint Michael, München (1585–1597) edit

Friedrich Sustris, Wendel Dietrich

Saints Nantovinus and Laurentius, Wolfratshausen (1605–1620) edit

Architect unknown; transition between Mannerism and early Baroque

Village church Osterwohle (around 1610) edit

Architect unknown; first built in 13th century, then remodeling in Mannerist style

St. Michael's Church, Aachen (1628) edit

Christoph Wamser, Peter Friedrich Peters (additions to the facade)

City parish church Mariä Himmelfahrt, Weilheim (1624–1628) edit

Hans Krumpper

Spain edit

Catedral de Santa Cruz, Cádiz (1597–1602) edit

Cristóbal de Rojas; partially Baroque

San Buenaventura, Sevilla (1622–1626) edit

Diego López Bueno

Poland edit

Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (1603–1609) edit

Jan Maria Bernardoni, Paul Baudartha

Our Lady of Graces/Jesuit Church, Warsaw (1609–1626) edit

Jan Frankiewicz; destroyed in World War II, later rebuilt in a simplified architectural style

Saints Catherine and Florian Church, Gołąb (1626–1634) edit

Architect unknown

Ukraine edit

Saint Lawrence's Church, Zhovkva (1606–1618) edit

Paolo the Lucky, Paolo of Rome, Ambrozy Przychylny

Brazil edit

Cathedral Basilica of Salvador, Bahia (1657–1672) edit

Francisco Dias

São Luís do Maranhão Cathedral, São Luís (1690–1699) edit

João Felipe Bettendorf

Santo Alexandre, Belém do Pará (1698–1719) edit

Architect unknown

São Francisco, Salvador (1708–1797) edit

Francisco Pinheiro?

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption, Mariana (1711–1761) edit

Jacinto Barbosa Lopes, António Coelho Fonseca

Czech Republic edit

Church of the Holy Spirit, Jihlava (1661) edit

Architect unknown; first built in 1559, later restored in the Mannerist style