# Ospedale degli Innocenti

Florence, Italy

Designed by Brunelleschi from 1419 for the Silk Guild, this foundling hospital was among Europe's first. Its elegant loggia, with della Robbia roundels of swaddled infants, is a landmark of early Renaissance architecture and now houses a museum.

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Coordinates: 43.77601, 11.261113

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