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	A Jacobite Gazetteer - Florence - Basilica di Santa Croce
		In this particular rendition of the royal arms, the unicorn seems to have mislaid his horn, and bears a significant resemblance to a horse; the chain too is not affixed in the normal fashion.
		Charles Perçier was born in Paris in 1764, and died in Paris in 1838.
		Antonio Canova was born in Possagno, near Treviso, in 1757, and died in Venice in 1822.
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	Florence
		During the Lombard period Florence belonged to the Duchy of Chiusi; after the absorption of the Lombard kingdom by Charlemagne, who spent at Florence the Christmas of 786, it was the residence of a count whose overlord was margrave of Tuscany.
		Florence is the seat of a university, and possesses also an institute of social science, conservatory of music, a botanical garden, and an observatory (astronomical, meteorological, and seismological).
		Santa Maria del Carmine, con tains the Brancacci Chapel, with frescoes by Masaccio, Masolino, and Filippino Lippi.
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	Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal Franciscan church of Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church.
		It is situated on the Piazza Santa Croce, to the east of the Duomo.
		A monument to Florence Nightingale stands in the cloister, in the city in which she was born and after which she was named.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basilica_di_Santa_Croce,_Florence (535 words)

	Florence, Italy
		Florence is famous amongst tourists for her glorious artwork and her cultural heritage; she is celebrated for the Humanist movement and aestheticism by scholars and lovers of Classicism alike (classicism is a movement which Florentine artists have always regarded highly and plays a large part in their work).
		Florence was only the capital of this kingdom for a few years (between 1865 and 1871) and the court transferred its official residence to the Palazzo Pitti.
		Florence's history today is perhaps too strongly linked to that of preceding centuries, and therefore, despite the city's enormous potential it seems to be destined to live in the shadow of its past.
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	Florence - WOI Encyclopedia Italia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Florence (Italian: Firenze) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy and also capital of the province of Florence.
		Florence's recorded history began with the establishment in 59 BCE of a settlement for Roman former soldiers, with the name Florentia.
		The crowning architectural jewel of Florence is the domed cathedral of the city, Santa Maria del Fiore, known as "The Duomo".
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	Church and Museum of Santa Croce Florence Italy
		Santa Croce is planned as an Egyptian cross, with an open timber roof; there are many tomb slabs set into the pavement.
		It is significant that Santa Croce, which was to become the resting-place of so many great Italians, has the first truly renaissance funerary monument: the tomb of Leonardo Bruni, Chancellor of the Republic, sculpted by Bernardo Rossellino (1444).
		Ugo Foscolo, who died in England, was reburied here in 1871; in his celebrated Sepolcri he had written of the Santa Croce tombs as ‘urns of the strong, that kindle strong souls to great deeds’, and had thereby given rise to the secular view of the basilica as a Pantheon of civic memories.
	www.museumsinflorence.com /musei/museum_of_opera_s_croce.html (752 words)

	Florence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Santa Maria Novella was founded by the Dominicans in 1246, but actual construction of the present church was probably begun about 1279 and continued into the trecento.
		The primary function of the structure was to serve as the tomb chapel for Giovanni di Bicci de Medici, the founder of the family fortunes, and, secondarily, to serve as the de Medici chapel.
		The logic, clarity, and harmonious dignity of the interior are enforced by the use of pietra serena in contrast to the white stucco of the walls, and the clear proportions of the interior relationships.
	www.emich.edu /abroad/staff/Benita/Florence.html (1447 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Florence
		During the Lombard period Florence belonged to the Duchy of Chiusi; after the absorption of the Lombard kingdom by Charlemagne, who spent at Florence the Christmas of 786, it was the residence of a count whose overlord was margrave of Tuscany.
		Florence is the seat of a university, and possesses also an institute of social science, conservatory of music, a botanical garden, and an observatory (astronomical, meteorological, and seismological).
		Santa Maria del Fiore, otherwise the Duomo or cathedral, begun in 1296 by Arnolfo del Cambio, consecrated in 1436 by Eugene IV, and called del Fiore (of the flower), either in reference to the name of the city or to the municipal arms, a red lily on a white ground.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06105c.htm (6178 words)

	Santa Maria del Fiore, Tourist Attractions of Florence Italy
		The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church, or Duomo, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, noted for its distinctive dome.
		The new church was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio in 1296 to be the largest Roman Catholic church in the world (although the design was altered several times and later reduced in size).
		Arnolfo di Cambio was also the famous architect of the church of Santa Croce and the Palazzo Vecchio.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Italy/italy-attractions-florence-santamariadelfiore.html (1999 words)

	Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (Holy Cross in Jerusalem) - Rome, Italy
		Santa Croce in Gerusalemme is one of the seven pilgrimage churches of Rome.
		The relics enshrined at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in the Chapel of the Holy Relics are:
		Santa Croce in Gerusalemme is the station church on the fourth Sunday of Lent, when the relics are exposed for veneration, and on Good Friday when Mass is preceded by a papal procession from the Lateran.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /italy/rome-santa-croce-in-gerusalemme.htm (2912 words)

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		The Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze contains the Medici Chapel, a private chapel owned by the Medici family who were one of the most powerful families in Florence during the 15th century.
		The Basilica de S. The city did not escape the regional wars of the 19th century.
		In florence in 1707 and agrippina in venice in 1709.
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	Florence
		From the thirteenth century onwards, Florence began to flourish as a city of art, culture and international trading, reaching its zenith in the fifteenth century under the Signoria of Cosimo and Lorenzo de’ Medici.
		Florence is the guardian of an exceptional art heritage, a splendid testimony to its history and a tribiute to its cosmopolitain civilization.
		Not to be missed on your walk through Florence, the Chiesa di S. Marco e il convento (Church of San Marco and the convent), with frescoes by Beato Angelico, and the Basilica della SS.
	www.luxurytraveler.com /florence.html (1931 words)

	Florence Travel Guide: Santa Croce
		The Basilica is located on Piazza di Santa Croce, to the east of the Cathedral (Il Duomo) and it is the main Franciscan church of Florence and the largest in the world.
		The “Crocefissione“ by Cimabue; “L’Annunciazione” relief and “S. Luigi di Toulouse” by Donatello; the “Crocefissione” and “L’Ultima Cena” by Taddeo Gaddi; the “Madonna del Latte” relief by Antonio Rosellino; the “Cena in Emmaus” and the “Resurrezione” by Santi di Tito; the “Santi Giovanni e Francesco” by Domenico Veneziano.
		- The Cappella dei Bardi di Vernio: with a crucifix by Donatello.
	www.holiday-apartment-tuscany.net /tuscany_travel_guide/florence_santa_croce.htm (580 words)

	Rome 2005--Florence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Its basic architectural project was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio at the end of the 13th century.
		The Palazzo Vecchio, built by Arnolfo di Cambio between 1298 and 1314, is the long-established seat of Florentine government.
		The Basilica of Santa Croce is, perhaps, the most beautiful Gothic church in Italy.
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	Florence travel guide - Wikitravel
		Florence (Italian: Firenze) is the capital of the region of Tuscany in Italy, with a population of some 400,000.
		Florence was very much the epicentre of the Italian Renaissance and remains one of the world's top attractions for lovers of art--as such, it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
		Florence is generally safe, but take precautions against the opportunistic thieves common to major tourist attractions - pickpockets and purse snatchers.
	wikitravel.org /en/Florence (7884 words)

	Florence
		Basilica of the Holy Cross - the principle Franciscan Church of Florence.
		I'm afraid I didn't do Florence justice :-(Being slightly hungover and generally really tired from all the travelling, we headed into the centre of Florence on a very warm day to be greated by thousands of tourists.
		The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence.
	www.travelblog.org /Europe/Italy/Florence/blog-101804.html (826 words)

	Santa Croce, Florence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Santa Croce, the church of the Franciscans in Florence, is one of the finest examples of Italian Gothic architecture.
		It was begun in 1294, possibly designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, and was finished in 1442, with the exception of the 19th-century Gothic Revival facade and campanile.
		One of the finest examples of early Renaissance architecture, the Pazzi Chapel by Brunelleschi, is in the 14th-century cloister.
	www.wga.hu /database/churches/croce.html (157 words)

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		The elaborate Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence church contains the monumental tombs of Galileo Galilei, Michelangelo, NiccolÃ² Machiavelli, Dante (actually a cenotaph), and many other notables.
		Florence has been the setting for numerous works of fiction and films, including the novels and associated films.
		The original population of Taino, or Arawaks, was mostly deported by the Spanish to work in the mines of Hispaniola, where they died out by 1550.
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	Enjoy Florence - Santa Croce
		The church of Santa Croce is one of the largest Franciscan churches of Italy.
		In all the basilica and the contiguous museum you can breathe a mystical air and the importance that this place has had in the Florentine history, as fulcrum of the religious and social activities that joined people in the large square for the varied ancient events, among them the important historical Florentine football.
		The ticket is unic and valid for visiting the Basilica, the Pazzi Chapel, the museum and the cloister.
	www.enjoyflorence.com /english/musei_SCroce.html (243 words)

	History of Gothic Architecture : Santa Croce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Santa Croce is the largest Franciscan church in Florence.
		The church is simple basilica style with a nave and two isles.
		The Pazzi Chapel, one of the great work of Filippo Brunelleschi, is in the precincts of Santa Croce.
	web.kyoto-inet.or.jp /org/orion/eng/hst/gothic/croce.html (143 words)

	Santa Croce Museum - Florence
		The painting was an altarpiece in the Bardi di Vernio chapel, in the left transept of the basilica, and served as a backdrop to Donatello’s Crucifix, installed in the late 16
		Brought to Santa Croce in 1815 after the Napoleonic wars, it was placed on the altar in the Castellani Chapel, where it remained until 1973.
		It was transferred in 1814 to Santa Croce after the Napoleonic wars, exhibited in the Cappella del Noviziato of the Basilica and then in the museum, where it remained until 1966.
	www.arca.net /santa-croce-museum-florence.htm (1495 words)

	Florence Art Guide - Basilica of Santa Croce
		Giorgio Vasari was "remodernizing" the basilica for the Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici more or less in the same period (1566-1584).
		This was when the huge altars we can see on the walls in the side naves were built, all of them enriched with religious paintings carried out by the finest Florentine painters of the period.
		The most famous of these is the Crucifix by Donatello (1425, Bardi Chapel in the left transept) and his aristocratic Annunciation in grey stone with gilded highlights (1430-35), recently restored by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure.
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	Tours of Florence and Tuscany, Florence, Pisa, San Gimignano, Vinci, Monteriggioni, Siena, Arezzo
		Basilica of San Lorenzo by Brunelleschi masterpiece of architecture from the beginning of the Renaissance; Medici chapels and the new Sacresty of Michelangelo; Basilica of Santa Croce; Baptistery (outside);
		South of Florence and north of Siena is the renown Chianti Classico wine district.
		Drive two and a half hours north west of Florence to the town of Pietrasanta, the town of marble sculptors.We are in the area of the Apuan Alps, where a lot of the Tuscan marble is quarried.After a tour of the town and a sculptor’s studio, we’ll have a break for lunch on your own.
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	Basilica of santa croce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Work on the Basilica of Santa Croce began in 1295 and was completed in 1385, however the church was consecrated much later, in 1443.
		In the Cappella Maggiore there is a cycle of frescoes depicting the "Invenzione della vera Croce" by Agnolo Gaddi and in the Bardi Chapel there is a wooden Crucifix by Donatello.
		On leaving the basilica and entering the 13th century cloisters we find the Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce.
	www.firenze-hotel-framon.com /Basilica_di_Santa_Croce.htm (401 words)

	Church of San Croce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, which they began to build in 1294 according to the plans of Arnolfo di Cambio, is the largest Fransican church in the world.
		The remains of the original building were not identified until 1966, when in the aftermath of the great flood that submerged the city, part of the paving belonging to the present Basilica gave way.
		In Florence, Santa Croce has always been a prestigious symbol and a gathering place for some of the greatest artists, theologians, religious figures, writers, humanists and politicians.
	www.music.iastate.edu /courses/471/s_croce.htm (398 words)

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		The Arno river, which cuts through the old part of the city, is as much a character in Florentine history as many of the men who lived there.
		When immigrants from turkey, armenia, and the arab states began to immigrate to new york in the 1930s and 1940s, dancers started to perform a unique mixture of these cultures in the nightclubs and restaurants.
		His parents had died by his early teens, and he worked as a musician in florida for a while before using his savings to move to seattle in 1947.
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	Gregfolio.Com Florence, Italy August 2001.
		Florence - Basilica Di Santa Croce - Michelangelo's crypt.
		Florence - Basilica Di Santa Croce - Horace's crypt.
		Florence - Basilica Di Santa Croce - Memorial to Galileo.
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