These include the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, the Basilica of Santa Croce, Basilica of San Lorenzo (burial place of all the main members of the Medici family, from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III).
Another sacred building is the Baptistery of San Giovanni, which has the status of a minor basilica. It is one of the oldest buildings in the city, built between 1059 and 1128, in the Florentine-Romanesque style. The Baptistery is famous for its three sets of artistically important bronze doors with bas-reliefs.
The southern doors were created by Andrea Pisano and the northern and eastern doors by Lorenzo Ghiberti. Michelangelo called the eastern door - Porta del Paradiso - the Door of Paradise.
The Italian poet Dante Alighieri and many other significant Renaissance figures, including members of the Medici family, were baptized in the baptistery.
The building contains a monumental tombstone of Antipope John XXIII by Donatello.
