Basilica palatina di Santa Barbara

The Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara is the Palatine Chapel of the House of Gonzaga in Mantua, Italy.

Next to the main altar, a staircase leads to a deep crypt consisting of a rectangular room and an oval shrine.

The brick bell tower, crowned by a small round temple, is one of the most characteristic elements of Mantua's urban landscape.

Inside, on the two side altars designed by Giovan Battista Bertani, there are two large paintings by Lorenzo Costa the Younger, the Baptism of Constantine and the Martyrdom of St. Hadrian.

The organ is housed in a richly carved, gilded Renaissance case which is placed above the choirs in the Cornu Epistulae.