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Piazza Santa Croce is one of the main plazas or squares located in the central neighbourhood of 
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Piazza Santa Croce is one of the main plazas or squares located in the central neighbourhood of Florence
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, in the region of Tuscany, Italy
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It is located near Piazza della Signoria and the National Central Library, and takes its name from the Basilica of Santa Croce that overlooks the square.
Main buildings
Basilica of Santa Croce
The most notable features of the basilica are its sixteen chapels, many of them decorated with frescoes by Giotto and his pupils, and its tombs and cenotaphs. It is the burial place of many illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Enrico Fermi, Galileo, Ugo Foscolo,Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (; 25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system. This led to Marconi b ...
, Luigi Cherubini, Leon Battista Alberti, Vittorio Alfieri, Gioacchino Rossini, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Lorenzo Bartolini, Pier Antonio Micheli, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Giovanni Gentile, thus it is known also as the Temple of the Italian Glories (''Tempio dell'Itale Glorie'').
Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori
On the opposite side to the Basilica of Santa Croce is the Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori, rebuilt in the late 15th century by Giuliano da Sangallo, personal architect ofLorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492) was an Italian statesman, banker, ''de facto'' ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Also known as Lorenzo ...
. In the front of the Palazzo, there is a fountain from the 19th century.
Palazzo dell'Antella
On the southern side of the square is the Palazzo dell'Antella, a long palace with a facade decorated in the early 17th century under the direction ofGiovanni da San Giovanni
Giovanni da San Giovanni (20 March 1592 – 9 December 1636), also known as Giovanni Mannozzi, was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period, active in Florence.
Biography
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Sculptures
In front of the basilica is a marble statue depicting Dante sculpted by Enrico Pazzi, namedMonument to Dante
The Statue of Dante Alighieri ( it, Monumento a Dante Alighieri) is a monument to Dante Alighieri in Piazza Santa Croce, outside the Basilica of Santa Croce, in Florence, Italy. Erected in 1865, it is the work of the sculptor Enrico Pazzi.
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Events
Every year in June, a field of sand is prepared for the annual Calcio Fiorentino (historic football) games. The game is fairly violent; boxing and wrestling are allowed and minor injuries are frequent. In 2006 Roberto Benigni recited Dante's '' Divine Comedy'' beside the statue of Dante.External links
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