Galileo continued to receive visitors until 1642, when, after suffering fever and heart palpitations, he died on 8 January 1642, aged 77. The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II, wished to bury him in the main body of the Basilica of Santa Croce, next to the tombs of his father and other ancestors, and to erect a marble mausoleum in his honor.
The composer and violinist Giovanni Maria Bononcini was born in Modena.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III de' Medici, was born in Pitti Palace in Florence.
Galileo continued to receive visitors until 1642, when, after suffering fever and heart palpitations, he died on 8 January 1642, aged 77. The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II, wished to bury him in the main body of the Basilica of Santa Croce, next to the tombs of his father and other ancestors, and to erect a marble mausoleum in his honor.
The composer and violinist Giovanni Maria Bononcini was born in Modena.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III de' Medici, was born in Pitti Palace in Florence.
