Stories of travels and travellers

From the first paths inspired by religious devotion to the Stendhal syndrome, Santa Croce has always aroused infinite emotions and reflections in its visitors. A must during the Grand Tour, the church attracted many excellent tourists between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, acquiring a reputation that inspired the verses and words of Byron, Chaucer, Byron, Dickens, Freud, Rilke, Stendhal, Twain and more.