HISTORY OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

SANTA CROCE

: Santa Croce, S. Croce, Firenze, Italy; 1294-1442; by Arnolfo di Cambio

• Church of Santa Croce; west facade.

• Santa Croce is the largest Franciscan church in Florence. The church was constructed against Dominic church of S. Maria Novella. The building is 138m long and 39m wide.
  
  
• The construction started in 1295 by architect Arnolfo di Cambio and completed in 1442.
• The church is simple basilica style with a nave and two isles. The nave is 19m wide and wodden ceiling is the succession of early christian architecture. Baisicly the building is modified-gothic style which has come from Cistercian church and has brung into Tuscany.
• The west facade decorated with colored marble was restored in 1857-63.
  
  
• The Pazzi Chapel, one of the great work of Filippo Brunelleschi, is in the precincts of Santa Croce.

• Interior of the nave.

• There are wall paintings by Giotto di Bondone and tombs of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Galileo Galilei and Dante Alighieri.

photo: Shoji Hiramatsu

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