What is Santa Croce, Florence?
[[File:Santa Croce exterior Firenze Apr 2008.JPG|thumb|250px|Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence]] The '''Basilica di Santa Croce''' (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the main [[Franciscan]] church in [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. It is a [[minor basilica]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 metres south east of the [[Santa Maria del Fiore|Duomo]]. When the site was chosen, it was a [[marshland]] outside the [[city wall]]s. Many very famous Italians, such as [[Michelangelo]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Machiavelli]], [[Ugo Foscolo|Foscolo]], [[Giovanni Gentile|Gentile]], [[Gioacchino Rossini|Rossini]], and [[Guglielmo Marconi|Marconi]] are buried inside the church. For this reason, the church is also known as the ''[[Pantheon]] of the Italian Glories'' (''Tempio dell'Itale Glorie'' or ''Pantheon dell'Itale Glorie''). {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Roman Catholic churches in Italy]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Florence]] [[Category:14th-century buildings and structures]]