Basilica of the Holy Cross, Florence, Italy

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Tomb of Galileo Galilei

Artist: Giovanni Battista Foggini
Name: Tomb of Galileo Galilei (contains both Galileo and his daughter)
Medium: Marble?
Size: unknown
Date: 1737
Location: Directly across from the tomb of Michelangelo, Basilica di Santa Croce / Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
Remarks: Galileo died in 1642, an Inquisition at first refused to allow his burial on consecrated ground.
Contains a bust of Galileo Galilei (by Giovanni Battista Foggini), and figures representing Astronomy (by Vincenzo Foggini), and Geometry (by Girolamo Ticciati)

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