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  • Facade of the house of Giuseppe Barellai, Florence.zoom in altra finestra
  • Plaque on the facade of the house of Giuseppe Barellai, Florence.zoom in altra finestra

House of Giuseppe Barellai

A plaque on the facade of an elegant building recalls that in the 19th century, here lived Florentine physician Giuseppe Barellai, consultant to the Santa Maria Nuova Hospital of Florence, president of the Academy of Medicine and Physics of Florence and promoter of the first seaside homes for the hygienic-climatic treatment of children suffering from scrofula.

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Texts by Graziano Magrini

English translation by Victor Beard

Last update 09/gen/2008