Blog: Discover Italy

In Florence, Italy stands an architectural masterpiece Ospedale degli Innocenti (The Hospital of the Innocents) created by Filippo Brunelleschi who designed the iconic symbol of Florence – The Duomo of Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Visiting Florence, one would assume this majestic building must be a palace or a religious institution, however the purpose of this building was a lot less grand. It served as a “hospital” for abandoned children in Florence. Today, we tend to t …

I don’t know how many times I have visited Rome, but each time I discover new places that I have never seen before. I think you could probably spend a lifetime in Rome and never see all the sights. A few months ago, I was in Rome with my tour book in hand and all the locations I had yet to see marked. One was the Basilica Santi XII Apostoli (The Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles), which is the final resting place of the Apostle James The Less and the Apostle Philip. In the past, I had v …