Temple of the Italian Glories

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The Temple of the Italian Glories is the honorary name for Florence’s Basilica of Santa Croce, famed as the burial place of many illustrious Italians such as Michelangelo, Galileo, and Machiavelli.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorary name
alsoKnownAs Temple of the Italian Glories
surface form: Tempio dell’Itale Glorie
appliedTo Franciscan church
associatedPeriod Italian Renaissance art
surface form: Italian Renaissance

Italian Risorgimento
associatedWith Italian cultural heritage
Italian national identity
containsMemorialTo Dante's Tomb
surface form: Dante Alighieri (cenotaph)
containsTombOf Galileo Galilei
Gioachino Rossini
Guglielmo Marconi
surface form: Guglielmo Marconi (monument)

Michelangelo
surface form: Michelangelo Buonarroti

Niccolò Machiavelli
Ugo Foscolo (cenotaph)
Vittorio Alfieri
country Italy
dedicatedTo Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
surface form: Holy Cross (Santa Croce)
hasArchitecturalStyleOfBuilding Gothic
hasFunctionOfBuilding basilica
burial church
heritageContext historic centre of Florence
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Florence
honoraryNameOf Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
surface form: Basilica of Santa Croce
languageOfName Italian
locatedIn Florence
Italy
Tuscany
notableFor funerary monuments
role in Italian cultural memory
tombs of famous Italians
partOf historic centre of Florence
reasonForName burial place of illustrious Italians
refersTo Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
surface form: Basilica of Santa Croce
religiousAffiliationOfBuilding Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrderOfBuilding Franciscan Order
surface form: Franciscans
symbolizes glory of Italian arts and sciences
pantheon of Italian cultural heroes
touristAttractionIn Florence
usedAs cultural landmark
national memorial site

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Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence nickname Temple of the Italian Glories
Temple of the Italian Glories alsoKnownAs Temple of the Italian Glories
this entity surface form: Tempio dell’Itale Glorie