Ospedaletto: View of the Music Room
1776 · Calle della Barbaria delle Tole, Venice
interiorThe Ospedaletto is the smallest of the four large hospitals that were built by the venetian government in the sixteenth century to care for the poor and the ill, who converged on the city in great numbers, seeking shelter from famine, war, and recurring plague. It was originally a simple, temporary wooden structure, but over time it was transformed into a grand building with its own church designed by Palladio and completed by Longhena. The restoration, renovation and expansion of the hospital continued in the eighteenth century, and the last project was the creation of the Music Room in 1777 by Francesco Patron.
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