Basilica Santa Croce

The church of Santa Croce is in Gothic style. Completed in 1294, it is the largest Franciscan church in the world.

Several of its chapels are decorated with very beautiful frescoes, realized in particular by Giotto and Gaddi, as the chapel of the Cappella Bardi (XIV). It is a precious testimony of the Florentine art of the fourteenth century.

It preserves several tombs of famous Florentines such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Dante or Machiavelli.

Since its construction, it represents a large part of the history of Florentine art with its imposing Gothic style, frescoes, stained-glass windows, altarpieces and sculptures.
Outside the church are two cloisters and the Pazzi chapel.

More informations : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Croce,_Florence

Santa Maria Novella

Santa-Maria Novella was built by the Dominicans between 1279 and 1357. The main exterior façade was reworked and finished in 1470 by Alberti.

The interior has sumptuous frescoes, including the Trinity of Masaccio, the frescoes of the Cappela Strozzi, the cappella Tornabuoni (life of Saint John the Baptist, Ghirlandaio) or the chapel of the Spaniards.

More informations : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Novella

Basilica San Lorenzo

The Basilica of San Lorenzo has many works of art including some from Brunelleschi, Donatello, Michelangelo, Bronzino, Verrocchio, Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Filippo Lippi.

It was built in the 15th century on the site of a church of the end of the 4th century, first by Filippo Brunelleschi, then by Antonio Manetti. The interior of the eastern façade was made by Michelangelo. The facade itself remains unfinished.

More informations : read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Lorenzo,_Florence

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