Following the recent reopening of this Franciscan basilica, I continue with my first visit of the church (for parts 1, 2 and 3 see here). We begin here at the east end of the basilica, in the chapels to the right of the Peruzzi Chapel:


Below is a major reliquary. I find this aspect of the Roman Catholic Church so strange.


Looking west from the eastern wall, I see this neoclassical tomb.

Castellani Chapel by Agnolo Gaddi and his workshop:





















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