Santa Maria Novella

Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella (Italian)
The façade of Santa Maria Novella, completed by Leon Battista Alberti in 1470
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic
District	Archdiocese of Florence
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Minor basilica
Year consecrated	1420
Location
Location	Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Geographic coordinates	43°46′29″N 11°14′57″E / 43.7746°N 11.2493°E / 43.7746; 11.2493
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Gothic-Renaissance
Groundbreaking	1279
Completed	14th century

Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated opposite, and lending its name to, the city's main railway station. Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church.

The church, the adjoining cloister, and chapter house contain a multiplicity of art treasures and funerary monuments. Especially famous are frescoes by masters of Gothic and early Renaissance. They were financed by the most important Florentine families, who ensured themselves funerary chapels on consecrated ground.