Façade, Basilica di Santa Croce

Basilica di Santa Croce (Italian, Church of the Holy Cross) is a Baroque church in Lecce, Apulia, Italy, completed in 1695. Image File history File links Lecce_Santa_Croce. ... Image File history File links Lecce_Santa_Croce. ... For the Baroque style in a more general sense, see Baroque. ... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ... Country Italy Region Puglia Province Lecce (LE) Mayor Adriana Poli Bortone (since May 25, 2003) Elevation 49 m Area 238 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 91,570  - Density 350/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Leccesi Dialing code 0832 Postal code 73100 Patron Saint Oronzo... Apulia (official Italian name: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ...

Construction

Building began in 1353, but work was halted due to disapproval until 1549, completed only in 1695. Events The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio. ... Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ...

Architecture

The church has a richly decorated façade with animals, grotesque figures and vegetables, and has a large rose window. Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... The rose window in Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England, at the western end of the nave. ...