Even a visit to a hospital (Livorno) for a scan can open one’s eyes to some of the country’s astonishing architecture found off the beaten track.

The hospital chapel has fine stained glass by Livornese Natali.

It’s a particularly splendid highlight to a hospital built in fascist neoclassical style by Ghini and inaugurated in 1931.

Let’s trust that this building is restored for another generation…