Priamo della Quercia,The Investiture of the Rector by Blessed Agostino Novello (1442).Pilgrims' Hall, Santa Maria della Scala,

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The Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala, one of Europe’s oldest hospitals, is situated in Siena, in front of the Duomo. The current museum complex of Santa Maria della Scala, was one of the first European hospitals expressly built to accommodate pilgrims traveling along the Via Francigena, and support the poor and abandoned children. Many great Sienese artists worked on the arrangement of the hospital, how today testifies the Pellegrinaio, with 15th and 16th century frescoes by Domenico di Bartolo, Lorenzo Vecchietta, Giovanni Raffaele Navesi and Priamo della Quercia).

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Size: 4890px × 3174px
Location: duomo,Siena,Italy
Photo credit: © Francesco Lorenzetti / Alamy / Afripics
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