Tombstones on the floor of the Basilica
Tombstones on the floor of the Basilica
Santa Croce has been defined as the Pantheon of the nation's glories because within its walls are the tombs of famous figures such as Nicolo Macchiavelli, Galileo Galilei, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Gioacchino Rossini, Giorgio Vasari, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Vittorio Alfieri and Ugo Foscolo.
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Tomb of Galilei by Giulio Foggini
Tomb of Michelangelo by Vasari
Life-like statue of the deceased from Bartolini's Tomb of Countess Ctzartoriski of Warsaw
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Tomb of Vittorio Alfieri (by Canova) commissioned by the Countess of Albany
Tomb of Leonardo Bruni by Rossellino
Tomb of Machiavelli by Innocenzo Spinazzi