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The Basilica di Santa Croce is the largest Franciscan church in the world and Florence's pantheon: Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and Rossini are all buried here. Its chapels contain frescoes by Giotto and Gaddi, and Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel is an early Renaissance masterpiece.
Traditionally attributed to St. Francis himself (1228), the current church was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio in 1294. Its role as burial ground for Florence's greats earned it the nickname 'Temple of Italian Glories'.