The Basilica of Santa Croce is a must-see monument in Florence. Built at the end of the thirteenth century by the Franciscans, it was at the center of the Florentine Renaissance in the 15th century, being the burial place of important personalities such as Michelangelo and Machiavelli.
The church of St. Ambrose was built on the site of Florence where St. Ambrose is said to have stayed in 393. The church is first documented in 998, but it is probably older. The present church was rebuilt by Giovanni Battista Foggini in the 17th century. The church contains numerous frescoes, altarpieces and other works of art attributed to Andrea Orcagna, Agnolo Gaddi, Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, Lorenzo di Bicci, Masaccio, Fra Filippo Lippi, Sandro Botticelli, Alesso Baldovinetti and Fra Bartolomeo.
The Great Synagogue of Florence was built from 1874 to 1882, shortly after the Florentine ghetto and its two synagogues ceased to function in 1848. The construction of this Moorish style synagogue was made possible thanks to the bequest of David Levi, an Italian Jewish poet and academic.
The church of Orsanmichele, built in the fourteenth century, was successively a monastery oratory, a warehouse and a church.
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