Exclusive Tour to Florence of Santa Croce Basilica

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.
Here are the tombs of Galileo, Machiavelli and Michelangelo, placed in iconic monuments in the nave of the Great Italians.
But not only. We will see the funerary monument dedicated to Dante Alighieri, the tomb of Vittorio Alfieri, sculpted by the neoclassical artist Antonio Canova.
Ugo Foscolo also rests here. The 19th-century poet wrote “I Sepolcri”, a poem dedicated to the Basilica of Santa Croce and to those who are buried there.
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.

This square takes shape at the end of the thirteenth century, when the Basilica of Santa Croce, of the Franciscan Order, was rebuilt from scratch (1295), designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, and incorporated into the last walls of Arnolfo

«But more blessed than in a temple welcomed / Serbi l’Itale glorie» The basilica of Santa Croce in the homonymous square in Florence, is one of the largest Franciscan churches and one of the greatest Gothic buildings in Italy, and has the rank of minor basilica.

The Pazzi Chapel is the second chapel to the right of the choir in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence. It contains a cycle of dry paintings on the wall of Giotto, dating to about 1318-1322 and dedicated to Saints John the Evangelist and John the Baptist

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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• This Tour is Provided by Florence Tours by Made of Tuscany.
• Tour Timezone & Starts at Europe/Rome.
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• Maximum 15 Travelers is accepted for booking.