This image shows the exterior facade of the Ospidale degli Innocenti which is in the historic Piazza della Santissima Annunziata in Florence.
Designedy Filippo Brunelleschi in 1419,It was originally a children's orphanage, and is .
regarded as a classic example of early Italian Renaissance architecture with its arches bordering the entrance porch.
Centered between each arch are glazed terra-cotta reliefs of swaddled babies .
The Oespidale provided care of infants and needy children continuously for more than five centuries financed by the Wool Guild.