Still drawing this one…Ancora un attimo, la stiamo disegnando…Einen Moment, wir zeichnen sie noch…
This square, squeezed between the Oblate Complex and the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, sums up a lot of the history of Florence, of the assistance given over the centuries to the needy and the sick. It is in fact the complex of the Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova that dominates the place, with its horseshoe shape that seems to envelop the space in an embrace. The hospital, the oldest in the city, is closely linked to the Portinari family, in particular the founder, Folco, father of Dante's Beatrice; it keeps works by famous artists such as Domenico Veneziano, Bernardo Buontalenti and Giambologna. The Church of Sant'Egidio is also part of this complex.
Text from FeelFlorence (en), the official tourism portal of the Comune di Firenze and the Citta Metropolitana di Firenze; shortened