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,[1][2] who received the commission in 1419 from the Arte della Seta. It was originally a children's orphanage. 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.[3] 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."[4] 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.[citation needed]
The building currently serves as the base of operations for the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre.[5]
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- ^ Brunelleschi, Filippo. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007.
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- ^ UNICEF Innocenti (2021). History of Innocenti. UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti. Retrieved on 2021-08-10 from https://www.unicef-irc.org/history-of-innocenti.