Ospedale degli Innocenti in the context of Piazza Santissima Annunziata

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The Ospedale degli Innocenti (Italian pronunciation: [ospeˈdaːle deʎʎ innoˈtʃɛnti]; 'Hospital of the Innocents'), also known in old Tuscan dialect as the Spedale degli Innocenti, is a historic building in Florence, Italy. It was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, who received the commission in 1419 from the Arte della Seta. It was originally a foundling hospital. It is regarded as a notable example of early Italian Renaissance architecture. The hospital, which features a nine bay loggia facing the Piazza SS. Annunziata, was built and managed by the Arte della Seta or Silk Guild of Florence. That guild was one of the wealthiest in the city and, like most guilds, took upon itself philanthropic duties.

The building "is considered to be the first pure Early Renaissance structure." Today the building houses a small museum of Renaissance art with works by Luca della Robbia, Sandro Botticelli, and Piero di Cosimo, as well as an Adoration of the Magi by Domenico Ghirlandaio.

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👉 Ospedale degli Innocenti in the context of Piazza Santissima Annunziata

The Piazza della Santissima Annunziata is a square in the city of Florence, the capital city of Tuscany in central Italy. The piazza is named after the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata at the head of the square facing via dei Servi, which leads to the Cathedral.

The model for the arcades framing the square on three sides was provided by the Ospedale degli Innocenti, a 15th-century foundling hospital sponsored by a civic donation. The complex was initially designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, the father of Renaissance architecture and builder of the cathedral's dome. The hospital is one of the first of its kind, in function and in style. Still in use today it also houses the Museo degli Innocenti. Adjacent on its other end, is the entrance to the National Archeological Museum.

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Ospedale degli Innocenti in the context of Loggia dei Lanzi

Ospedale degli Innocenti in the context of Loggia dei Lanzi

The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on the south corner of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, adjoining the Uffizi Gallery (leading to the Arno), and diagonally to the east the Palazzo della Signoria, the political center of the city. The loggia consists of three very high and wide arches open to the Piazza and on its east side to the Uffizi. The arches rest on cluster columns with Corinthian capitals. The wide arches appealed so much to the Florentines that Michelangelo proposed that they should be continued all around the Piazza della Signoria (see also Piazza Santissima Annunziata).

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