The Basilica is the largest Franciscan church in the world. It has 16 chapels and many decorates with frescoes by Giotto and his pupils. Legend says that Santa Croce was founded by Saint Francis himself.
This is the place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michaelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli and Rossini, thus known as the Temple of Italian Glories.
Here lies Michelangelo's tomb. Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer. Some of his famous artwork was the sculpture of David and his ceiling paintings on the Sistine Chapel.
The Statue of Liberty, whose official name is Liberty Enlightening the World, illuminates New York but has a precursor in Santa Croce. The Florentine statue represents liberty of poetry and thus freedom of art and creativity. In her left hand she holds a lyre and a crown of laurel and in her right hand are the remnants of a broken chain, the symbol of defeated tyranny. She differs from her stern American cousin in her more feminine form and the gentle grace of her pose.
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