abstract:The Santa Maria della Scala (also referred to as the Hospital, Ospedale, and Spedale) is located in Siena, Italy. Now a museum, it used to be an important civic hospital dedicated to caring for abandoned children, the poor, the sick, and pilgrims.
Unless the weather is just too good to miss, head back to Piazza del Duomo for the three-in-one Museale di SantaMariadellaScala, which is, even at a jog, a two hour indoor commitment.