Santa Croce, Florence ; Church · Gothic, Renaissance, Gothic Revival · 1294–1295. Building · Art · Funerary monuments

It was begun in 1294, possibly designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, and was finished in 1442, with the exception of the 19th-century Gothic Revival facade and ...

The present basilica, traditionally attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio, was built from 1295, on the site where, around 1210, the first Franciscan friars to arrive ...

St. Francis visited Florence at the beginning of the 13th century and a few years later some friars of his congregation decided to stop in the city and build a ...

Santa Croce, Parma, built 1222–1666. Santa Croce, Padua, built 1737–1749. Santa Croce in Fossabanda, Pisa, built 1325–19th century.

Santa Croce is the most monumental of all Franciscan churches. According to historian Giovanni Villani, the foundation stone was laid on 3 May 1294.

The façade, in gothic revival style, dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. Santa Croce Church is a museum itself and houses many richly frescoed chapels ...

Constructed around 1294 in marshlands originally outside the city walls, the Basilica di Santa Croce is the largest Franciscan church in the world.

It was designed by Vasari in the second half of the 16th century, after the great artist's remains returned to Florence from Rome.