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Florence Sights

Spedale degli Innocenti

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  • Address
    • Piazza della SS Annunziata 12
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 055 249 17 08
  • Price
    • adult/concession €4/2.50
  • Hours
    • 10am-7pm

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Lonely Planet review for Spedale degli Innocenti

Shortly after its founding in 1421, Brunelleschi designed the loggia for what was Europe’s first orphanage. His use of rounded arches and Roman capitals mark it as arguably the first building of the Renaissance, while Andrea della Robbia (1435–1525) added the distinctive terracotta medallions of infants in swaddling clothes. Subsequent architects turned the piazza outside into a marvel of order and quirky symmetry.

 

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