Introduction to the Church of the Holy Cross: The Church of the Holy Cross faces the oldest square in Florence. The space formed by the attached monastery courtyard and the Pazzi family chapel built by Bruneneski is known as the concentration of Renaissance architecture in Florence.
The Church of Santa Croce is a Gothic building and is the largest Franciscan church in Florence. The church was first designed and constructed by Amorfo di Cambio in 1294, and was initially completed and opened in 1443. However, the entire facade was only added in 1863, and the Gothic bell tower behind the church was added in 1842. .
The church is designed in the shape of an Egyptian cross (that is, T-shaped). The interior is divided into three longitudinal halls (114 meters in length), an altar and transepts lined with worship rooms (a total of 10 Worship room, 5 on each side of the apse). The spacious three-part hall is lined with octagonal columns, and large-span double-edge spire arches rise from the columns. It is extremely gorgeous after being renovated in the 16th century. From the entrance to the end of the three main halls, the entire floor is paved with old tombstones; The church's windowpane paintings are all works from the late 14th century; the church's dome Pazzi Chapel (Appella de'Pazzi) was designed by Brunelleschi.
There are monuments and mausoleums of heavyweight celebrities such as Dante, Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Rossini, etc. in the church. The most famous interior decoration is the Dona on the fifth column on the right side of the corridor. Terro's golden relief "Annunciation", Giotto's fresco "Lavita di San Francesco" (Life of San Francesco) in the Bardi Chapel of the main hall, Donatello's "Crucifisso" (Crucifisso) in the left gallery ).