Tomb, Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
Monumental tomb of Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642, Italian astronomer, marble, designed 1737 by Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725, with bust of Galileo in a shell niche, and sarcophagus with allegory of Astronomy (left) by Vincenzo Foggini and Geometry (right) by Girolamo Ticciati, in the north aisle of the Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, a Franciscan church built 1294-1385, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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