Lorenzo Ghiberti - Florence, Italy
Posted by: neoc1
N 43° 46.121 E 011° 15.714
32T E 682051 N 4848667
The crypt of goldsmith and sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti is located in the Basilica of Santa croce in Florence, Italy.
Waymark Code: WM11ZH5
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 01/16/2020
Views: 2
The crypt of Florentine goldsmith and sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti is shared with his father, also a goldsmith and sculptor, Vittorio di lorenzo Ghiberti. A marble marker on the floor of the Basilica of Santa Croce has the image of an eagle with spread wings surrounded by a wreath. The marker for Lorenzo Ghiberti makes note of his most famous accomplishment. It is inscribed:
QUI È SEPOLTO
LORNZO GHIBERTI
ARTEFICE
DEL CUI RARO SAPERE
ATTESTANO
LE PORTE INSUPERATE
DEL BATTISTERO
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1378-1455
HERE IT IS BURIED
LORENZO GHIBERTI
ARTISAN
WHOSE RARE TALENT IS
ATTESTED TO BY
THE UNSURPASSED DOORS
OF THE BAPTISTERY
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1378-1455
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