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| native_name         = Ospedale degli incurabili
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| location            = [[Fondamenta delle Zattere]], [[Venice]]
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| current_tenants     = [[Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia]]
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| architect           = [[Jacopo Sansovino]]
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The '''Ospedale degli Incurabili''' is a hospital building in [[Venice]]. It was built in the sixteenth century. Now it is used by the [[Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia]]. 

== History ==
The hospital was built by [[Gaetano da Thiene]]. At first it was a hospital for sick people who can not be cured. Later, it became an [[orphanage]]. A church was built on the hospital's courtyard in 1565. The church was closed in 1831. It was later destroyed.

== Music ==
The Incurabili was known for its musicians. The girls of the Incurabili were taught music. Their performances are known internationally. [[Charles Burney]], [[Goethe]], [[Johann Joachim Quantz]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] wrote about the concerts in the Incurabili. [[Johann Adolf Hasse]] was the ''[[maestro di capella]]'' of the Incurabili. He wrote church music for the Incurabili.

[[Category:16th-century establishments in Europe]]
[[Category:Venice]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Italy]]
[[Category:Hospitals]]
[[Category:Healthcare in Italy]]

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