Piazza Santa Croce
6 expert reviews
“The Gothic interior is vast, with huge, pointed stone arches creating the aisles and an echoing nave trussed with wood beams, in all feeling vaguely barnlike.”
– Frommer's
"Originally outside the city's 12th-century walls, this piazza grew with the Franciscans, who used the large square for public preaching." Full review
"Standing in the Piazza Santa Croce, a statue of Dante looms over the square from the corner." Full review
2 Stars
"One of Florence's oldest and most dignified squares." Full review
"Another monastery stuffed to the gills with great art and great Italians. Michelangelo, Machiavelli, and Galileo are amongst the people buried here"
Florence Travel Guide
July 7, 2021
"It’s an art-stuffed complex...the Gothic interior is vast, and populated with the tombs of rich and famous Florentines. " Full review