Basilica of the Holy Cross, Florence, Italy

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Basilica di Santa Croce, Basilica of the Holy Cross, Florence, Italy

Left:
Statue (half obscured) is Leon Battista Alberti, artist (monument, Lorenzo Bartolini, c. 1836)
Cappella Maggiore (Chancel/apse), Containing and visible:
Crucifix, wooden painting (Maestro di Figline, c. 1340)
·Madonna and Saints, polyptych (Niccolò Gerini, 14th century)
·Legend of the Holy Cross, frescoes (Agnolo Gaddi, c. 1380)
·stained glass windows (Agnolo Gaddi and school, late 14th century)
·'Madonna' (Niccolò Gerini) and 'Doctors of the Church' (Giovanni del Biondo, and other), polyptych
To the right of Cappella Maggiore (in sequence):
Bardi Chapel
Peruzzi Chapel
Giugni Chapel (aka Bonaparte)
Riccardi Chapel (aka Soderini, Calderini)
Velluti Chapel (aka Morelli, St Michael)
Baroncelli Chapel

Statue to the right (next to the column) is Giovan Vincenzo degli Alberti, statesman (monument, Emilio Santarelli, c. 1836)

Statue to the right (slightly obscured by the wall is Prince Neri Corsini, statesman (tomb monument, Odoardo Fantaocchiotti, 1860)

Statue to the far right (in the alcove) is Ugo Foscolo, writer (tomb monument, Antonio Berti, 1937)