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TIL The Santa Maria Nuova hospital in Florence is both an operating hospital and a cultural landmark, build in 1288 by the father of Beatrice(from Dante' divine comedy) and adorned with original works by renaissance masters. Its function as a hospital occasionaly conflicts with art restoration work

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