Firenze Trip Overview
The Basilica Santa Croce is a must in Florence and this guided tour is highly recommended to get to know it in depth.
Everyone loves it on this planet, poetry has been written about it and the most famous artists of all time have left at least one of their works of art there. The great personalities who made Italy famous in the universe are buried here.
Here are the tombs of Galileo, Machiavelli and Michelangelo, placed in iconic monuments in the nave of the Great Italians
We will get lost in the chapels of the largest Franciscan basilica in the world, we will explain the frescoes by Giotto and works by Donatello, we will marvel in the sacristy and in the huge chapel of the Medici family
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Firenze, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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The Basilica Santa Croce is a must in Florence and this guided tour is highly recommended to get to know it in depth.
Everyone loves it on this planet, poetry has been written about it and the most famous artists of all time have left at least one of their works of art there. The great personalities who made Italy famous in the universe are buried here.
Here are the tombs of Galileo, Machiavelli and Michelangelo, placed in iconic monuments in the nave of the Great Italians
We will get lost in the chapels of the largest Franciscan basilica in the world, we will explain the frescoes by Giotto and works by Donatello, we will marvel in the sacristy and in the huge chapel of the Medici family
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Stop At: Piazza Santa Croce, Piazza di Santa Croce 16, 50122, Florence Italy
Piazza Santa Croce is one of the main squares of the historic center of Florence, dominated by the homonymous basilica of Santa Croce. As the square is very large and regular in shape, in the Renaissance it became the ideal place for jousting, parties, shows and popular competitions, such as football in costume, which is still held every June.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Basilica of Santa Croce, Piazza Santa Croce 16, 50122, Florence Italy
The basilica of Santa Croce stands out unmistakably on the east side of the square, with its neo-Gothic facade built in the nineteenth century. Between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the Franciscans settled in the city founding this church, which thanks to the funding of the important families of the neighborhood (the Bardi, Peruzzi, Circles, Alberti, Baroncelli.), became one of the largest and most beautiful basilicas in the city. Today Santa Croce is above all famous, as well as for its artistic equipment, for being the burial place of many Italian personalities and artists: Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli are among the most famous to be buried here. Even Dante should have been buried here, and a cenotaph was in fact realized, but the city of Ravenna, the last destination of the poet’s exile, was always firmly opposed.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
