Schools

Visit the "portal for schools" in our on-line ticket office to book your tour and to access payment methods reserved for educational tours.

Dedicated educational itineraries are available for schools.
The events are designed for classes of at least 15 students, but no more than 35. The itineraries are only partly accessible to students with impaired movement due to the presence of steps at the entrance to the chapels visited. Teachers should inform us ahead of time if any students with impaired movement are going to be present on the tour so that we can inform them how to access the complex in good time.

This tour introduces students to the history of the monumental complex of Santa Croce and the most important works of art it houses. The tour lasts 70 minutes and is available in Italian and in English.

Students can discover Santa Croce thanks to special themed tours and educational workshops specially designed for schools.

Language: Italian
Duration: 70 minutes
Times: Monday to Saturday, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm; 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

• The Middle Ages in Santa Croce
  Target audience: Primary and both lower and upper secondary school
  
  The Middle Ages in Santa Croce with its wall paintings, altarpieces, statues and stained glass windows indicating the new language of the fourteenth century, will lead students into an era of golden splendours and dark obscurity that confuses the eye. Through the rich cultural heritage of Santa Croce the visit will focus on Giotto, Dante and St. Francis as well as other figures who lived through the Middle Ages such as merchants, friars, politicians and notables who sought in Santa Croce the salvation of their souls through prayers and the commissioning of works of art able to redeem them in the eyes of the Lord.
  Starting from the explanation of the use of the church during medieval times and from the analysis of some of the works commissioned expressly for the Basilica, we will highlight the historical context, emphasising the social structure, the economic dynamism and the Florentine cultural reality between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. 
  In particular, the roles of merchants, friars, artists, politicians and Florentine notables in the religious and cultural dimension of that period will be highlighted. Language, examples chosen and details of the contents will be modelled on the cognitive and learning characteristics of the different ages of the students.
  
  
  
• Alfieri, Dante, Galilei, Machiavelli and Michelangelo. The "temple" of Santa Croce according to Foscolo
  Target audience: Primary and both lower and upper secondary school
  
  Taking our cue from Ugo Foscolo's poem "Dei Sepolcri", we illustrate the monuments to the great and good in Santa Croce, explaining the figurative language with which the illustrious figures' lives were translated into symbols and allegories, and analysing the ways in which each figure's distinctive features were chosen according to the historical context of the moment. The ultimate purpose of this interactive tour is to explore the concepts of public memory and role models. Teachers may choose to delve deeper into one or other of the figures whose monuments we explore.

The Opera di Santa Croce subscribes to "The Keys of the City", a project devised by the Comune di Firenze to promote the offer of complementary educational and training pathways designed to supplement the standard curriculum for Florentine schools.