The Basilica di Santa Croce

The Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal Franciscan church in Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 metres south east of the Duomo. The site, when first chosen, was in marshland outside the city walls. It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Gentile and Rossini, thus it is known also as the Pantheon of the Italian Glories.

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[wharfrat89]

ive been to many european churches and this is one of my favorite

[juril001]

Mine too! Hope you enjoyed getting to see it again and that the video brought back good memories!

[justinaurelius]

they let you videotape? I got yelled at by a security guard back in 1994 for doing that.

[juril001]

We had no problems video taping. We videoed back in 2002 and in 2007. We noticed more places in 2007 that forbade taping but Santa Croce wasn't one of them. Sorry that they yelled at you.

[drzookowsky777]

we taped it few days ago (2008) without any problems.But almost anywhere else is forbidden (f.e.Medicci chappel), except Duomo.

Were still stunned by Santa Croce...