Mannerist churches
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
editSan Carlo al Lazzaretto, Milano (1488–1884)
editFilarete, Pellegrino Tibaldi*
Santa Maria dell'Orto, Rome (1489–1567)
editGiacomo Barozzi da Vignola* or Martino Longhi the Elder* (facade), Guidetto Guidetti
Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Milan (1493–late 16th century)
editGian Giacomo Dolcebuono, Giovanni Battagio
Santa Maria della Passione (1496–late 16th century)
editGiovanni Antonio Amadeo, Giovanni Battagio, Cristoforo Lombardo, Martino Bassi, Giuseppe Rusnati (Baroque facade)
Beata Vergine dei Miracoli, Saronno (1498–1505)
editGiovanni Antonio Amadeo, Vincenzo Seregni*, Pellegrino Tibaldi*
San Vittore, Varese (early 16th century–18th century)
editPellegrino Pellegrini (nave), Leopoldo Pollack (Classicist facade)
Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome (1507–1585)
editAntonio da Sangallo the Younger
Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Padova (1522–1754)
editMichelangelo Buonarroti*, Girolamo Frigimelica (18th century)
Santuario della Madonna di Mongiovino, Tavernelle (1524–1728)
editRocco di Tommaso da Vicenza
Cattedrale di Sant'Ambrogio, Vigevano (1532–1606)
editAntonio da Lonate*
San Vittore al Corpo, Milan (1533–1568)
editVincenzo Seregni*, Pellegrino Tibaldi*
Santa Maria delle Vergini, Macerata (mid 16th century–1573)
editGalasso Alghisi
Chiesa del Carmine, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (16th century–1583)
editArchitect unknown
Madonnina in Prato, Varese (16th–18th century)
editGiovanni Antonio Speroni (bell tower)
Sant'Angelo, Milan (1552–1630)
editDomenico Giunti; the facade is late-Mannerist and early-Baroque
Santi Barnaba e Paolo, Milan (1558–1568)
editGaleazzo Alessi*
Santa Caterina dei Funari, Rome (1560–1564)
editGuidetto Guidetti, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola*, Ottavio Mascherino
San Cristoforo, Lodi (1563–?)
editPellegrino Tibaldi*
Church of the Gesù, Rome (1568–1584)
editGiacomo Barozzi da Vignola*, Giacomo della Porta; facade is Early Baroque
San Fedele, Milan (1569–1579)
editPellegrino Tibaldi*
Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi (1569–1679)
editGaleazzo Alessi*, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola*
Cattedrale metropolitana di Sant'Eusebio, Vercelli (1570–1763)
editPellegrino 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)
editArchitect unknown; interior is partially Baroque
San Raffaele, Milan (1575–1582)
editPellegrino Tibaldi*, Galeazzo Alessi*, Paolo Cesa Bianchi (1890)
San Sebastiano, Milan (1576–1616)
editPellegrino Tibaldi*, Pietro Antonio Barca, Fabio Mangone (additions in 1616–1617)
San Gaudenzio, Novara (1577–1887)
editPellegrino Tibaldi* (basilica), Benedetto Alfieri (campanile), Alessandro Antonelli (cupola)
Santa Maria Scala Coeli, Rome (1582–1584)
editGiacomo Barozzi da Vignola*
Sant'Antonio Abate, Milan (1582–1832)
editFrancesco Maria Richini (modifications in 1630), Giuseppe Tazzini (Neoclassical facade)
Monte dei Cappuccini, Turin (1583–1656)
editAscanio Vittozzi, Giacomo Soldati, Ludovico Vanello
San Girolamo dei Croati, Rome (1585–1587)
editMartino Longhi the Elder*
San Luca, Pavia (1586–1609)
editArchitect unknown
San Benedetto, Fabriano (1590–1605)
editLorenzo Rinalducci
Santi Cosma e Damiano, Ozieri (1593–?)
editArchitect unknown
Natività di Maria Santissima, Vicoforte (1596–1884)
editAscanio Vittozzi, Francesco Gallo
Santa Maria della Fontenuova, Monsummano Terme (1602–1605)
editGherardo Mechini
Chiesa dei Cappuccini, Fontevivo (1605–1609)
editArchitect unknown
Portugal
editSé de Viseu (1289–17th century)
editJoão de Castilho (early 16th century); multiple styles (Romanesque, Gothic, Mannerism, Baroque)
Sé de Leiria (1550–1574)
editAfonso Álvares
Concatedral de Miranda do Douro (1552–1566)
editGoncalo de Torralva, Miguel de Arruda
Sé Catedral de Portalegre (1556–1575)
editAfonso Alvares
Church of Santa Cruz, Viana do Castelo (1560)
editJulião Romero
Santa Maria da Graça, Setúbal (1565–1570)
editAntonio Rodrigues
Sé Catedral de Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira (1570–1618)
editLuís Gonçalves Cotta, João de Carvalho
Sé Catedral de São Tiago Maior, Beja (around 1590)
editJorge Rodriguez; this church is partially Baroque
São Bento da Vitória, Porto (1598–1707)
editDiogo Marques Lucas
Catedral de São Paulo, Lisbon (1606–1611)
editArchitect unknown
Igreja do Colégio, Funchal, Madeira (1624–1647)
editArchitect unknown
Church of São Miguel, Lisbon (1673–1720)
editArchitect unknown; restored in the Mannerist style
Sé de Santarém (?–1711)
editMateus do Couto
France
editOratoire Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Ajaccio (1565)
editArchitect unknown
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, Ajaccio (1577–1593)
editGiacomo Della Porta
Malta
editSaint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta (1572–1577)
editGirolamo Cassar*, Mattia Preti (Baroque interior, 17th century)
Saint Andrew's Church, Luqa (1634–1635)
editGiulju Muscat (main) and Andrea Micallef (copula and extensions); interior is Baroque
Germany
editSaint Michael, München (1585–1597)
editFriedrich Sustris, Wendel Dietrich
Saints Nantovinus and Laurentius, Wolfratshausen (1605–1620)
editArchitect unknown; transition between Mannerism and early Baroque
Village church Osterwohle (around 1610)
editArchitect unknown; first built in 13th century, then remodeling in Mannerist style
St. Michael's Church, Aachen (1628)
editChristoph Wamser, Peter Friedrich Peters (additions to the facade)
City parish church Mariä Himmelfahrt, Weilheim (1624–1628)
editHans Krumpper
Spain
editCatedral de Santa Cruz, Cádiz (1597–1602)
editCristóbal de Rojas; partially Baroque
San Buenaventura, Sevilla (1622–1626)
editDiego López Bueno
Poland
editBasilica of Our Lady of the Angels, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (1603–1609)
editJan Maria Bernardoni, Paul Baudartha
Our Lady of Graces/Jesuit Church, Warsaw (1609–1626)
editJan Frankiewicz; destroyed in World War II, later rebuilt in a simplified architectural style
Saints Catherine and Florian Church, Gołąb (1626–1634)
editArchitect unknown
Ukraine
editSaint Lawrence's Church, Zhovkva (1606–1618)
editPaolo the Lucky, Paolo of Rome, Ambrozy Przychylny
Brazil
editCathedral Basilica of Salvador, Bahia (1657–1672)
editFrancisco Dias
São Luís do Maranhão Cathedral, São Luís (1690–1699)
editJoão Felipe Bettendorf
Santo Alexandre, Belém do Pará (1698–1719)
editArchitect unknown
São Francisco, Salvador (1708–1797)
editFrancisco Pinheiro?
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption, Mariana (1711–1761)
editJacinto Barbosa Lopes, António Coelho Fonseca
Czech Republic
editChurch of the Holy Spirit, Jihlava (1661)
editArchitect unknown; first built in 1559, later restored in the Mannerist style