Example sentences for: francesco

How can you use “francesco” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Next to the church of San Francesco, in a building of 1780, is the tomb of Dante, who died here, in exile, in 1321, with a fellow poet’s epitaph: “Here I lie buried, Dante, exiled from my birthplace, son of Florence, that loveless mother. ”

  • The town center, Piazza Mino da Fiesole, with its austere cathedral founded in 1028, is the starting-point for some exhilarating hill walks (the tourist office in the main piazza has walking maps), the most immediate being the steep paved lane leading from the square up to the small San Francesco convent and post-card views of Florence.

  • The massive brick fortress, the Castello Sforzesco, northwest of the city center, was originally built by the Visconti and later rebuilt in its present form in the 15th century by Duke Francesco Sforza.

  • The basilica of San Francesco is in fact two churches, one above the other, built on top of the saint’s simple tomb in the crypt.

  • Schettino , for instance, can be a diminutive of Francesco ; but it also translates as careless.


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