Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
Florence, Italy
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Santa Maria Novella is a Dominican church in Florence, Italy, considered the most important Romano-Gothic church in Tuscany and a World Heritage Site. Construction began in 1290 and took almost 200 years, with consecration in 1420. Its distinctive façade of white and green geometric marble has an upper part designed by the Florentine Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, finished in 1470.
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Movement
- Built
- Type
- museum, minor basilica, religious museum
- Heritage
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, Italian national heritage
- Place
- Florence, Italy
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