The Santa Croce (Basilica di Santa Croce) is the chief Franciscan church in Florence, Italy's Tuscany region. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 meters southeast of the Cathedral.
The Santa Croce, the burial place of so many great Italians, such as Michelangelo (Italian sculptor), Gioachino Rossini (Italian composer), and the Pisan-born Galileo Galilei (Astronomer) stands the first true Renaissance tomb: the tomb of Leonardo Bruni, Chancellor of the Republic, sculpted by Bernardo Rossellino (1444).
Michelangelo (Italian sculptor) was buried in the Santa Croce with meaning, i.e., to make people aware of what it meant to be a great father to young children and how significant the artist’s family truly was.