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Spedale degli Innocenti
Hospital of the Innocents, Piazza SS. Annunziata 12
Florence
Tuscany
055-23491708
Type: Sightseeing
Cost: Euro 3
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Florence
Tuscany
055-23491708
Type: Sightseeing
Cost: Euro 3
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Constructed by Brunelleschi in 1419, the construction features swaddled babes of varnished terracotta (the work of Andrea della Robbia) its loggia that give a good indication of this building’s original function as a hospice for abandoned newborns. Its well-proportioned structure and porticoed façade (novelties in civil architecture of the time) are considered the major architectural catalysts of the Renaissance, with architect after architect attempting to emulate Brunelleschi’s lucid style in the pietra serena, the gray stone of the Florence area that he favored.
Inside, you’ll find two cloisters of note – Chiostro degli Uomini (Men’s Cloister) with an Annunciation by Andrea della Robbia and a holy water font by Antonio Rossellino, and the Chiostro delle Donne (Women’s Cloister) – plus a gallery containing a museum of painting, which includes Ghirlandaio’s Adoration of the Magi (1488), Luca della Robbia’s Madonna with Child (1450) and works by Piero di Cosimo and Botticelli (including a Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist created around 1460, above).
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