106  -sta -
  Alberti,  the  famous  architect,  geometrician,  and
writer  on  art.  It  is  not  quite  finished.  Following
towards  the  door  the  next  monument  is  one  recently
erected  to  Fossombroni,  the  great  Statesman  and  political -
  economist  who  died  only  a  few  years  ago.—
The  last  is  that  of  Galileo,  which  is  placed  directly
opposite  to  Michæel  Angelo’s,  perhaps  to  illustrate  the
fact  that  Galileo  was  born  on  the  very  day  that  Michæl -
  Angelo  died.  —  After  duly  examining  the  rest
of  the  monuments  in  this  most  interesting  church,
enter  the  carpet  manufactory  to  the  left,  where  are
some  fine  frescoes  by  Giotto  and  his  school.—  On
leaving  the  church  of  Santa  Croce  observe  on  the
Piazza  a  house  decorated  in  fresco  painted  by  Giovanni -
  da  San  Giovanni  and  Matteo  Rosselli,  and
which  has  been  exposed  to  all  the  changes  of  season
for  the  last  200  years;  it  will  be  seen,  that  where
the  frescoes  are  protected  by  the  projecting  roof,  they
have  preserved  all  their  freshness  and  brilliancy;
whereas  lower  down  they  have  suffered  considerably, -
  from  being  exposed  to  a  northern  aspect.
CASA  BUONARROTI.  —  Enquire  the  way  to  the
via  Ghibellina  which  runs  parallel  to  the  Piazza  on
your  right;  in  this  street  is  the  house  of  the  Buonarroti -
  family,  n°  7588,  which  is  still  inhabited  by  the
descendants  of  Michæel  Angelo,one  of  whom,  a  painter
and  professor  of  the  Florentine  Academy,  has  his
Studio  near  the  Piazza  Santa  Croce.  Enter  this  house
with  all  the  respect  and  deference  due  to  the  me-