Santa Croce, Florence
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| + | The '''Basilica di Santa Croce''' (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal [[Franciscan]] church in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], and a [[minor basilica]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. It is situated on the [[Piazza Santa Croce|Piazza di Santa Croce]], about 800 metres south-east of the [[Santa Maria del Fiore|Duomo]]. The site, when first chosen, was in marshland outside the city walls. It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as [[Michelangelo]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Machiavelli]], [[Ugo Foscolo|Foscolo]], [[Giovanni Gentile|Gentile]] and [[Gioacchino Rossini|Rossini]], thus it is known also as the '''Temple of the Italian Glories''' (''Tempio dell'Itale Glorie''). | ||
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| + | The Basilica became popular with Florentines as a place of worship and patronage and it became customary for greatly honoured Florentines to be buried or commemorated there. Some were in chapels "owned" by wealthy families such as the Bardi and Peruzzi. As time progressed, space was also granted to notable Italians from elsewhere. For 500 years monuments were erected in the church including those to: | ||
| + | * [[Leon Battista Alberti]] (15th-century architect and artistic theorist) | ||
| + | * [[Vittorio Alfieri]] (18th-century poet and dramatist) | ||
| + | * [[Eugenio Barsanti]] (co-inventor of the [[internal combustion engine]]) | ||
| + | * [[Lorenzo Bartolini]] (19th-century sculptor) | ||
| + | * [[Julie Clary]], wife of [[Joseph Bonaparte]], and their daughter [[Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte]] | ||
| + | * [[Leonardo Bruni]] (15th-century chancellor of the Republic, scholar and historian) | ||
| + | * [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] (buried in [[Ravenna]]) | ||
| + | * [[Ugo Foscolo]] (19th-century poet) | ||
| + | * [[Galileo Galilei]] | ||
| + | * [[Giovanni Gentile]] (20th-century philosopher) | ||
| + | * [[Lorenzo Ghiberti]] (artist and bronze-smith) | ||
| + | * [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] by [[Innocenzo Spinazzi]] | ||
| + | * [[Carlo Marsuppini]] (15th-century chancellor of the Republic of Florence) | ||
| + | * [[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] | ||
| + | * [[Raffaello Morghen]] (19th-century engraver) | ||
| + | * [[Gioachino Rossini]] by [[Giuseppe Cassioli]] | ||
| + | * [[Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern|Louise of Stolberg-Gedern]] (wife of [[Charles Edward Stuart]], '[[Bonnie Prince Charlie]]') | ||
| + | * [[Guglielmo Marconi]] (buried in his birthplace at [[Sasso Marconi]], near [[Bologna]]) | ||
| + | * [[Enrico Fermi]] (nuclear physicist, buried in [[Chicago]], Illinois) | ||
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| + | ==In literature== | ||
| + | [[A Room with a View]] (1908), [[E.M. Forster]], chapter 2 | ||
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The Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal Franciscan church in Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 metres south-east of the Duomo. The site, when first chosen, was in marshland outside the city walls. It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Foscolo, Gentile and Rossini, thus it is known also as the Temple of the Italian Glories (Tempio dell'Itale Glorie).
Funerary monuments
The Basilica became popular with Florentines as a place of worship and patronage and it became customary for greatly honoured Florentines to be buried or commemorated there. Some were in chapels "owned" by wealthy families such as the Bardi and Peruzzi. As time progressed, space was also granted to notable Italians from elsewhere. For 500 years monuments were erected in the church including those to:
- Leon Battista Alberti (15th-century architect and artistic theorist)
- Vittorio Alfieri (18th-century poet and dramatist)
- Eugenio Barsanti (co-inventor of the internal combustion engine)
- Lorenzo Bartolini (19th-century sculptor)
- Julie Clary, wife of Joseph Bonaparte, and their daughter Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte
- Leonardo Bruni (15th-century chancellor of the Republic, scholar and historian)
- Dante (buried in Ravenna)
- Ugo Foscolo (19th-century poet)
- Galileo Galilei
- Giovanni Gentile (20th-century philosopher)
- Lorenzo Ghiberti (artist and bronze-smith)
- Niccolò Machiavelli by Innocenzo Spinazzi
- Carlo Marsuppini (15th-century chancellor of the Republic of Florence)
- Michelangelo Buonarroti
- Raffaello Morghen (19th-century engraver)
- Gioachino Rossini by Giuseppe Cassioli
- Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (wife of Charles Edward Stuart, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie')
- Guglielmo Marconi (buried in his birthplace at Sasso Marconi, near Bologna)
- Enrico Fermi (nuclear physicist, buried in Chicago, Illinois)
In literature
A Room with a View (1908), E.M. Forster, chapter 2
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