Medici Chapel, Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence, Italy

Corridor of the sacristy, and behind, the Medici Chapel, built 1435-45 under Cosimo de Medici, designed by Michelozzo, and the altarpiece Virgin and child with angels and saints, 1495, by Andrea and Giovanni della Robbia, in 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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Corridor of the sacristy, and behind, the Medici Chapel, built 1435-45 under Cosimo de Medici, designed by Michelozzo, and the altarpiece Virgin and child with angels and saints, 1495, by Andrea and Giovanni della Robbia, in 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