Пантеон видатних італійців Pantheon of outstanding Italians

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According to church legend, the church was founded by Francis of Assisi himself. He died in 1226, and the church is mentioned in documents from 1229. The beginning of new construction works was recorded on May 12.1294, ie it was a reconstruction, probably designed by the famous architect Arnolfo di Cambio. It was one of the many reconstructions of the church, which preserved its Gothic character. The windows are decorated with stained glass. Several generations of Florentine masters of different artistic epochs worked on the decoration of the church: Giotto, Andrea Orcagni, Donatello, Taddeo Gaddi, Giorgio Vasari, Benedetto da Mayano. The latter made reliefs with scenes from the life of Francis of Assisi at the department. Buried here:
Alberti Leon-Battista, architect, art theorist
Vittore Alfieri, poet
Galileo Galilei, an outstanding scientist
Michelangelo, a brilliant sculptor
Cenotaph Nicollo Machiavelli, politician and writer
Gioachino Rossini, composer
Mihai Oginski, Polish politician, composer
Enrico Fermi, physicist, 1938 Nobel Laureate
A cenotaph (empty honorary burial) of Dante, a poet-exile from Florence, was created.