Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence

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Franciscan church Roman Catholic church basilica church minor basilica

The Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence is a major Franciscan church renowned as the “Temple of the Italian Glories,” housing the tombs and monuments of prominent figures such as Michelangelo, Galileo, and Machiavelli.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Basilica di Santa Croce 1
Basilica of Santa Croce 1
Santa Croce, Florence 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Franciscan church ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ
basilica ⓘ
church ⓘ
minor basilica ⓘ
affiliation Archdiocese of Florence ⓘ
architect Benedetto Antelami ⓘ
surface form: Arnolfo di Cambio
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
burialPlaceOf Dante's Tomb ⓘ
surface form: Dante Alighieri (cenotaph)

Galileo Galilei ⓘ
Gioachino Rossini ⓘ
Leon Battista Alberti (cenotaph) ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
Niccolò Machiavelli ⓘ
Ugo Foscolo ⓘ
Vittorio Alfieri ⓘ
completionDate 14th century ⓘ
constructionStart late 13th century ⓘ
contains Pazzi Chapel ⓘ
altarpieces ⓘ
cloister ⓘ
frescoes ⓘ
funerary monuments ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo Holy Cross ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic ⓘ
facadeStyle Neo-Gothic ⓘ
function cultural monument ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
groundbreakingDate 1294 ⓘ
hasArtworkBy Taddeo Gaddi ⓘ
surface form: Agnolo Gaddi

Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ
surface form: Brunelleschi

Donatello ⓘ
Giotto ⓘ
Taddeo Gaddi ⓘ
hasFeature apse ⓘ
basilica plan ⓘ
campanile ⓘ
chapels ⓘ
cloisters ⓘ
large nave ⓘ
pointed arches ⓘ
ribbed vaults ⓘ
transept ⓘ
hasPart Pazzi Chapel ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of Historic Centre of Florence ⓘ
knownFor Franciscan Gothic architecture ⓘ
Renaissance art ⓘ
tombs of famous Italians ⓘ
length about 115 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Florence ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
nativeName Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basilica di Santa Croce
nickname Temple of the Italian Glories ⓘ
numberOfNaves 3 ⓘ
PazziChapelArchitect Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ
religiousOrder Franciscan Order ⓘ
surface form: Franciscans
status active church ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1982 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ
width about 38 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leonardo Bruni → burialPlace → Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Santa Croce, Florence
Michelangelo → burialPlace → Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence ⓘ
Florence → hasLandmark → Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basilica of Santa Croce
Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence → nativeName → Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basilica di Santa Croce