Ospedale degli Innocenti

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Ospedale degli Innocenti is an early Renaissance orphanage complex in Florence, Italy, celebrated as one of the first major architectural works to embody the principles of Renaissance classicism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance architecture work
building complex
hospital building
orphanage
architect Filippo Brunelleschi
architecturalElement Corinthian columns
modular proportional system
round arches
architecturalStyle Renaissance
surface form: Early Renaissance

Renaissance classicism
city Florence
completionDate 1445
constructionStart 1419
continent Europe
coordinateLatitude 43.775
coordinateLongitude 11.259
country Italy
foundedBy Arte della Seta
Florentine guilds
surface form: Silk Guild of Florence
hasChapel yes
hasCloister yes
hasCourtyard yes
hasDome no
hasEnglishName Ospedale degli Innocenti self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hospital of the Innocents
hasFacadeOrientation west
hasFunction documentation centre on childhood
museum
research centre on childhood
hasItalianName Ospedale degli Innocenti self-link
hasLoggia yes
hasReliefDecorationBy Luca della Robbia
surface form: Andrea della Robbia
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component
inception 1419
influenced Renaissance civic architecture
influencedBy classical Roman architecture
locatedIn Florence
Tuscany
locatedOn Piazza della Santissima Annunziata
materialUsed pietra serena
plaster
notableFeature blue glazed terracotta medallions of infants
numberOfArcades 9
ownedBy Ospedale degli Innocenti self-linksurface differs
surface form: Istituto degli Innocenti
partOf historic centre of Florence
surface form: Historic Centre of Florence
patron Florentine guilds
surface form: Florentine Silk Guild
primaryFunctionAtFoundation orphanage for abandoned children
region Tuscany
significance one of the first buildings to embody Renaissance architectural principles
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1982

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Filippo Brunelleschi notableWork Ospedale degli Innocenti
Ospedale degli Innocenti ownedBy Ospedale degli Innocenti self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Istituto degli Innocenti
Ospedale degli Innocenti hasItalianName Ospedale degli Innocenti self-link
Ospedale degli Innocenti hasEnglishName Ospedale degli Innocenti self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hospital of the Innocents