FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Duomo
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Holy Cross
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Santa Maria Novella
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San Damiano
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Detailed explanation-1: -FLORENCE, ITALY-NOVEMBER 6, 2016: memorial of Dante Alighieri in Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) in Florence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dante was buried by the church of San Pier Maggiore (now the Basilica di San Francesco) with all the pomp that Ravenna could muster. After a funeral attended by the city’s great and good, his body went into a Roman marble sarcophagus that was laid to rest outside the church’s cloisters.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore was completed in 1434 and is the most important landmark in Florence, as well as being the fourth largest church in the world. The typical Italian Gothic building, the Cathedral of Florence, is dedicated to “Santa Maria del Fiore".
Detailed explanation-4: -Many famous Italians are buried in the church: e.g., Leon Battista Alberti, Michelangelo, Vittorio Alfieri, Leonardo Bruni, Gioachino Rossini, and Galileo. One of the finest examples of early Renaissance architecture is the Pazzi Chapel by Filippo Brunelleschi, in the 14th-century cloister adjacent to the basilica.