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Santa Croce

Proper noun

Meaning

English Wikipedia has an article on:Santa CroceWikipedia
Santa Croce

The northwestern of the six sestieri of Venice, including the main port and the modern part of the city.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Florence has large numbers of art-filled churches, such as San Miniato al Monte, San Lorenzo, Santa Maria Novella, Santa Trinita, Santa Maria del Carmine, Santa Croce, Santo Spirito, the Annunziata, Ognissanti and numerous others. Source: Internet

The Azzurri are from the quarter of Santa Croce, Bianchi from the quarter of Santo Spirito, Verdi are from San Giovanni and Rossi from Santa Maria Novella. Source: Internet

The rest of his body is buried a few miles away in a cathedral in the piazza Santa Croce, the final resting place for other Renaissance masters including Michelangelo, Machiavelli and Dante (their whole bodies I assume, though I can’t say with certainty. Source: Internet

Think of all the people before you, who have admired these paintings at the Uffizi; Of all the people who have prayed at Santa Croce; Of all those who hoped one day to see underground portraits hidden since WWII. Source: Internet

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