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0 Santa Croce

Work began around 1294 on the Gothic church of Santa
Croce, which contains tombs and monuments of famous
Florentines, such as Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli,
as well as radiant early 14th-century frescoes by Giotto and
his pupil Taddeo Gaddi. In the cloister alongside the church
stands the Cappella de’ Pazzi (Pazzi Chapel), a Renaissance
masterpiece designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. . Cappella de’ Pazzi
Brunelleschi’s domed chapel with
Classical proportions was begun
Tomb of Leonardo Bruni (1447) in 1441. The roundels (c.1442–52)
Rossellino’s effigy of this great humanist are by Luca della Robbia.
was unusual in its sensitive realism
and lack of monumental pomp.

Ticket booth
and entrance

Cimabue’s Crucifixion
Badly damaged in the Florence
flood of 1966, this 13th-century
masterpiece is among the
highlights of the collection, as
is Taddeo Gaddi’s magnificent
Last Supper (c.1355–60).

KEY
1 Refectory
2 Tree of Life by Taddeo Gaddi
3 Vasari’s Tomb of Michelangio
is decorated with figures representing
sculpture and architecture.
4 The Neo-Gothic façade by
Niccolò Matas was added in 1863.
5 Tomb of Galileo
6 Tomb of Machiavelli
7 Annunciation by Donatello
(15th century)
8 The Cappella Baroncelli, Exit
frescoed by Taddeo Gaddi between
1332 and 1338, contains the first true
night scene in Western art.
9 Sacristy
0 The Neo-Gothic campanile, was
added in 1842, after the original was
destroyed in 1512 by lightning.

For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp569–73 and pp590–96

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