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The Franciscan basilica of Santa Croce, standing on a vast piazza on the eastern side of the historic centre of Florence, is often called the Temple of the Italian Glories because of the great Italians buried within its walls. Begun in 1294 to designs traditionally attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio, it is the largest Franciscan church in the world. Within the nave and the side chapels lie the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Niccolo Machiavelli, the composer Gioachino Rossini, the poet Ugo...