Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated just across from the main railway station which shares its name.

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Basilica di Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated just across from the main railway station which shares its name. Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church. The church, the adjoining cloister, and chapterhouse contain a store of art treasures and funerary monuments. Especially famous are frescoes by masters of Gothic and early Renaissance. They were financed through the generosity of the most important Florentine families, who ensured themselves of funerary chapels on consecrated ground.

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Location: Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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