Daniel Testor Schnell, a 52-year old tourist from Barcelona, tragically died Wednesday afternoon after being hit by a piece of masonry that fell from the ceiling of Florence’s Basilica di Santa Croce.

Santa Croce is similar to the Duomo in style (both churches represent dominant Gothic traits), and the exterior is stunning, despite not being as elaborate as the Florence Duomo. Visitors come here to ...

A 52-year-old Spanish man died, local media reported. Police stand inside Santa Croce Basilica where a 52-year-old Spanish tourist was killed after being struck by a piece of masonary that fell off ...

Falling masonry in one of Florence's most famous churches killed a 52-year-old tourist from Spain on Thursday, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. The tourist and his wife were visiting the ...

The square piece of stone, which was about 15 centimetres in diameter, fell from a height of around 65 feet.(Picture: Maurizio Degl’Innocenti/ ANSA via AP) A tourist was killed earlier today when a ...

Michelangelo Buonarotti’s 550th birthday came this week, and to mark the occasion, a restoration of the family tombstone in the basilica of Santa Croce in Florence was unveiled. Promoted by the Opera ...

Florence’s famous Basilica di Santa Croce will remain closed indefinitely after loose stonework struck and killed a Spanish tourist. A fragment of masonry fell from on the church’s walls and hit a ...

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Oct. 19 (UPI) --A tourist visiting one of Italy's most famous churches, the Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence, died after a decorative stone fell on top of him, Italian authorities said. The ...

Jeffrey Thomson is the author of "fragile" (Red Mountain Press, 2015) and "The New Faces of Belfast" (Anchor & Plume, 2015). He teaches at the University of Maine Farmington and lives in Farmington.

© Flickr user Flavio~ licensed under CC BY 2.0 Photos shared by tourists on TripAdvisor show scaffolding inside the Basilica as recently as four years ago. As of ...