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    11°15′41.33″E / 43.7688500°N 11.2614806°E / 43.7688500; 11.2614806 Piazza Santa Croce is one of the main plazas or squares located in the central neighbourhood...
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    Once widely played, the sport is thought to have started in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. There it became known as the giuoco del calcio fiorentino...
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    Alighieri) is a monument to Dante Alighieri in Piazza Santa Croce, outside the Basilica of Santa Croce, in Florence, Italy. Erected in 1865, it is the...
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    principal Franciscan church of Florence, Italy. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 metres southeast of the Duomo, on what was once marshland...
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    Italy. He is known for his Monument to Dante (1857-1865) in the Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, and for the Prince Mihailo Monument in the center of Serbian...
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    List of squares in Florence (category Piazzas in Florence)
    artists and writers, notably those of Futurism. Piazza Santa Croce: Dominated by the Basilica of Santa Croce it is a rectangular square in the center of the...
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    Ghirlandaio; the Basilica of Santa Croce, the principal Franciscan church in the city, which is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 metres (2,600...
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    and exhibitions in Florence, Smith played an open-air concert at Piazza Santa Croce, commemorating her performance in the same city 30 years earlier....
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  • which today is known as "calcio storico" ("historic kickball") in the Piazza Santa Croce. The young aristocrats of the city would dress up in fine silk costumes...
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    monastery. Florence built a tomb for Dante in 1829, in the Basilica of Santa Croce. That tomb has been empty ever since, with Dante's body remaining in...
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    Rehabilitation of Florence, to build a grand avenue between the Piazza della Signoria and Piazza Santa Croce, but the plan was never realized. A reconstruction of...
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    The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem or Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Crucis in Hierusalem) is a Catholic Minor...
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    (also Palazzo Atellesi) is a palace with a frescoed façade located on Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. Of medieval origins, it was first...
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    the Pontifical University of Santa Croce has two campuses. One is in Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, northern area of Piazza Navona. The other is the library...
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    inspired by what de Chirico called a "revelation" that he experienced in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. In subsequent works he developed disquieting images of...
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    Careggi. At La Giostra (a jousting tournament) in 1475, held at the Piazza Santa Croce, Giuliano entered the lists bearing a banner upon which was a picture...
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    example of this is Calcio Storico Fiorentino played in Florence. The Piazza Santa Croce of Florence is the cradle of this sport, that became known as giuoco...
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    materialized in an album and a world tour that debuted on 1 July in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. They took part in the 2019 Sanremo Music Festival with...
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    The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon, after the revelation he felt in Piazza Santa Croce. He also painted The Enigma of the Oracle while in Florence. In July...
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    Santa Croce is a Gothic style, Roman Catholic church in Piazza Mazzini, in the center of Bastia Umbra, in the region of Umbria, Italy. The church was originally...
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    in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Italy. It presently houses offices of a regional council of Florence. It is situated opposite to the church of Santa Croce...
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    purchased in 1301 to produce a public square in front of the church — the Piazza Santo Spirito. By 1310 Santo Spirito had seven altars and a number of family...
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    of 27 kicking and carrying a ball in a giant sandpit set up in the Piazza Santa Croce in the centre of Florence, both teams aiming for their designated...
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    in Florence, situated on the Piazza San Simone in an area of narrow streets between the Piazza Santa Croce and the Piazza della Signoria. The present structure...
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    Trastevere (section Piazzas)
    Sisto Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere Piazza Trilussa Piazza di San Cosimato Piazza di San Calisto Piazza di San Francesco d'Assisi Piazza Giuseppe...
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    city. Today, the street officially starts at Piazza Gesù Nuovo and is officially named Via Benedetto Croce. Moving east, the street changes name to Via...
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    Santa Maria in Montesanto is a titular minor basilica church in Rome, in the Rione Campo Marzio, which stands in Piazza del Popolo, between Via del Corso...
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    in Piazza Santa Croce. It passes through much of Florence's historical town centre, with architecture dating from the 13th century, including: Piazza della...
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    Italian) after which the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its name. The piazza lies inside the northern gate...
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    Chapel is a chapel located at the end of the right transept in church of Santa Croce, central Florence, Italy. It has frescoes by Taddeo Gaddi executed between...
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