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{{Landmark_Infobox|name = Ospedale degli Innocenti|architect = [[Filippo Brunelleschi]]|image = [[File:Ospedale degli innocenti.jpg|thumb]]|location = Florence, Italy|dateconstructed = 1419–1445|abandoned = 1875|functions = Orphanage}}
{{Landmark_Infobox
|name = Ospedale degli Innocenti
|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]].
The '''Ospedale degli Innocenti''' (English: ''Hospital of the Innocents'') is a building in [[Florence]].


==History==
==History==
Designed by [[Filippo Brunelleschi]] and opened in 1445, the Ospedale degli Innocenti 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]], unwanted babies were abandoned by their mothers in order for them to be hired by the Ospedale as a wet nurse, so she could be paid to feed her own child.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' – [[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.
 
Boys were tutored in various professions by the Ospedale's staff, while girls were usually trained to become nuns or wives.


===Bonfire of the Vanities===
===Bonfire of the Vanities===
During the reign of [[Girolamo Savonarola]], one of Florence's lieutenants, the [[Doctor (Savonarola's lieutenant)|Doctor]], was murdered at the Ospedale by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]].
During the reign of [[Girolamo Savonarola]], one of Florence's lieutenants, the [[Doctor (Savonarola's lieutenant)|Doctor]], was murdered at the Ospedale by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''Bonfire of the Vanities''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*A [[Glyphs|glyph]] is located on the building.
*A [[Glyphs|glyph]] is located on the building.
==Appearance==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''


==Reference==
==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
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Revision as of 05:30, 12 December 2018


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

History

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, unwanted babies were abandoned by their mothers in order for them to be hired by the Ospedale as a wet nurse, so she could be paid to feed her own child.[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

During the reign of Girolamo Savonarola, one of Florence's lieutenants, the Doctor, was murdered at the Ospedale by the Assassin Ezio Auditore.[2]

Trivia

  • A glyph is located on the building.

Appearance

Reference

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

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