Galileo's tomb

Santa Croce church

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October 20th 2012
Saturday Oct 20th We had breakfast and went to the Bargello museum to see the Donetello David. We were not supposed to take pictures so we did not. You will need to look it up. Later we stopped by Santa Croce church. A few famous people are entombed there. Galileo, Michelangelo and Machiavelli. There are also paintings by famous artists. They were doing some renovation behind the alt ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more