Basilica of Santa Croce

Basilica di Santa Croce

Florence's pantheon, where Michelangelo and Galileo lie

⚠ Sundays from 14:00

Hours

Mon–Sat 9:30–17:30 (last entry 17:00); Sundays and religious holidays 14:00–17:30. Closed 25 Dec

Tickets

€10; ages 12–17 and university students €6; under 12 free; family €10. Online booking adds €1 per ticket. ticket.santacroceopera.it

Address

Piazza di Santa Croce 16, an 8-minute walk east of Piazza della Signoria

A white-and-green marble front stands at the end of a wide square, and inside, the floor and walls turn into a roll call of famous tombs: Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli and Rossini are buried here, and Dante has a memorial. The novelist Stendhal felt so dizzy here that 'Stendhal syndrome' was named after him. The chapels by the altar keep frescoes by Giotto, and out in the cloister is Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel.