Santa Croce is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Rossini, and Marconi. It is known also as the Temple of the Italian Glories
Jewish architect Niccolo Matas designed the church's neo-Gothic facade. Note the prominent Star of David.
Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Galileo Galilei, Monument to Dante Alighieri.
The Liberty of Poetry, side chapel, Florence Nightingale
Tombstones in the floor of Santa Croce
The Cloisters of Santa Croce
WW I Memorial, Looking at the Pazzi Family Chapel
The Pazzi Chapel in Santa Croce
Built mid-1400s
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