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[[File:Ospedale_degli_innocenti.jpg|thumb|right|The Ospedale delgi Innocenti.]]
|name = Ospedale degli Innocenti
The '''Ospedale delgi Innocenti''' (English: '''Hospital of the Innocents''') is a building in [[Florence]], Italy. During the reign of [[Girolamo Savonarola]], one of Florence's leading [[The Doctor (Savonarola's lieutenant)|doctors]] was murdered here by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]].<ref name="bonfire">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]</ref>
|architect = [[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
|image = Ospedale degli innocenti.jpg
|location = [[Florence]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = 1419–1445
|abandoned = 1875
|functions = Orphanage
}}
The '''Ospedale degli Innocenti''' (English: ''Hospital of the Innocents'') is a building in [[Florence]].


==Database Entry==
==History==
Designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and opened in 1445, the Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents) was an orphanage for unwanted babies.  Apparently, the Florentines were a feisty bunch, since it was the first of its kind in Europe.
===Origin===
Designed by [[Filippo Brunelleschi]] and opened in 1445, the Ospedale degli Innocenti was an orphanage for unwanted babies, being the first of its kind in [[Europe]]. During the [[Renaissance]], many babies were abandoned by their mothers in order for them to be hired by the Ospedale as wet nurses, so they could be paid to feed their own children.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: Ospedale degli Innocenti]]</ref>


Babies were typically abandoned in a basin in the front, although later transactions were facilitated by the introduction of a rotating horizontal wheel which moved infants into the building without the parents being seen.
At the orphanage, boys were tutored in various professions by the Ospedale's staff, while girls were usually trained to become nuns or wives.<ref name="Database" />


Some parents weren't just ejecting their love child, they were making money off them.  Many a mother abandoned her baby in order to be hired by the Ospedale as a wet nurse, so she could be paid to feed her own child.
===Bonfire of the Vanities===
In 1497, during the reign of [[Girolamo Savonarola]] over Florence, one of his lieutenants, the [[Doctor (Savonarola's lieutenant)|Doctor]], was killed at the Ospedale by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' – [[Surgical Strike]]</ref>


Boys were tutored in various professions by the Ospedale's staff, while girls were usually trained to become nuns or wives.<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
==Trivia==
*A [[Glyphs|glyph]] was located on the building.


==Trivia==
==Appearances==
*One of [[Subject 16]]'s [[Glyphs]] is located here.<ref name="ac2"/>
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
**''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]''


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Residences]]
[[Category:Hospitals]]
[[Category:Landmarks in Florence]]

Latest revision as of 16:00, 3 May 2026

The Ospedale degli Innocenti (English: Hospital of the Innocents) is a building in Florence.

History[edit | edit source]

Origin[edit | edit source]

Designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and opened in 1445, the Ospedale degli Innocenti was an orphanage for unwanted babies, being the first of its kind in Europe. During the Renaissance, many babies were abandoned by their mothers in order for them to be hired by the Ospedale as wet nurses, so they could be paid to feed their own children.[1]

At the orphanage, boys were tutored in various professions by the Ospedale's staff, while girls were usually trained to become nuns or wives.[1]

Bonfire of the Vanities[edit | edit source]

In 1497, during the reign of Girolamo Savonarola over Florence, one of his lieutenants, the Doctor, was killed at the Ospedale by the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze.[2]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • A glyph was located on the building.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed II – Database: Ospedale degli Innocenti
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Bonfire of the Vanities – Surgical Strike

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