Farmacia di Santa Maria Novella

The Farmacia di Santa Maria Novella was not what I expected it to be at all. I was expecting a pharmacy that is similar to others around Florence. I had no idea it was an old pharmacy that is now a museum. I was amazed by the beauty of the pharmacy and it made me see pharmacies in a different light. The pharmacy was ornately decorated and almost reminded me of a cathedral because it had a lot of gold and decorations of angels. I learned that there had actually been a chapel inside the pharmacy so that made more sense to me and explained the decorations. For me, the most interesting part of the pharmacy was the paintings on the ceiling in the sales room. There were paintings of different countries which is something I have not seen anywhere else in Florence. The pharmacy was nothing like you see today, it even had rooms meant for relaxing. On display, the pharmacy had historic tools and instruments that were used for the creation of medicine. This reminded me of the instruments on display at the Hospital Degli Innocenti. As my final visit on the charity path, it was interesting to see how the visits all connected to one another.