Chiesa di Ognissanti (Florence, Italy)

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Name (Latin)
Chiesa di Ognissanti (Florence, Italy)
Other forms of name
San Salvatore in Ognissanti (Church : Florence, Italy)
All-Saints Church (Florence, Italy)
Ognissanti (Church : Florence, Italy)
Coordinates
11.2456697 11.2456697 43.7725241 43.7725241 (gooearth )
MARC
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 158719605
Wikidata: Q2778991
Library of congress: nr 93026992
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Wikipedia description:

The chiesa di San Salvatore di Ognissanti, or more simply chiesa di Ognissanti (Italian: [ˈkjɛːza di oɲɲisˈsanti, ˈkjeː-, - dj -]; "Church of All Saints"), is a Franciscan church located on the eponymous piazza in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. Founded by the lay order of the Umiliati, the church was dedicated to all the saints and martyrs, known and unknown. It is the burial place of the famous Early Renaissance painter, Sandro Botticelli, as well as Age of Discovery-era explorer Amerigo Vespucci, from whom the name "America" is derived.

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