La Misericordia di Firenze
(Can you see the Campanile reflected in the window?)
This religious organization dates back to 1244, with the mission to help the sick and bury the dead. Over its long history, it has succored the poor during the plagues of the 1300s and 1600s, assisted those suffering from the Spanish Flu in 1919, provided aid to the wounded during WWII, and started giving tetanus shots just days after the flood of 1966. I guess I should have a little more patience for its ambulances which block the Piazza del Duomo.
I visited its museum this trip, only to discover that just one room is open to tourists in July and August because, of course, so few tourists are in Florence in those months.
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