The basilica of Santa Croce in the homonymous square in Florence is one of the largest Franciscan churches and one of the greatest achievements of the Gothic in Italy, and has the rank of minor basilica. It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italian personalities, such as Michelangelo Buonarroti, Galileo Galilei, Niccolò Machiavelli, Vittorio Alfieri, Ugo Foscolo, Gioacchino Rossini, and is therefore known as the Temple of Itale Glorie.