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The Basilica of Santa Croce is located in the square of the same name and is one of the largest Franciscan churches and one of the greatest Gothic achievements in Italy. It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italian figures, such as Michelangelo Buonarroti, Galileo Galilei, Niccolò Machiavelli, Vittorio Alfieri, Ugo Foscolo and Gioacchino Rossini.