Michaelangelo born near this area and buried here in this church. Information from goggle:Piazza Santa Croce in Florence gets its name from the basilica of the same name, one of the biggest Franciscan churches in Italy, famous not only for housing frescoes by Giotto, the sculptures of Benedetto da Maiano, Desiderio da Settignano and Canova, but also fr being the burial place of well-known people such as Galilei, Foscolo, Michelangelo and Machiavelli, becoming a symbol of the homeland even before Italy was unified.
To the right of the Basilica, preceded by a 14th century cloister, you can access the Pazzi Chapel, a gem of Brunelleschi’s Renaissance architecture.
The piazza is bordered by important buildings which are characterized by protruding planes supported by supports called sporti on the southern side. One that stands out is the Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori, facing the basilica and the product of various reworks over the years, thought to be the work of Giuliano da Sandallo, the trusted architect of Lorenzo the Magnificent.
