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'Church of Santa Croce, Florence', 1890. The Basilica di Santa Croce, principal Franciscan church in Florence, is the burial place of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli. Construction began in 1294, possibly by Arnolfo di Cambio. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)