The lunette of the central portal of Santa Croce in Florence.
The beautiful Basilica of Florence in a detail of the facade and, in particular, of the lunette of the central portal which portrays the story of the cross (to which Jesus was nailed and which gives its name to the church) sculpted by Giovanni Duprè (the Triumph of the Cross).
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According to Christian tradition, the True Cross was partly preserved in Jerusalem, partly in Constantinople and partly in Rome. The Jerusalem relic remained there until 1187, when all traces of it were lost after the conquest of the Holy City by Saladin. In several places there are fragments that are said to come from it.
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