Memorial Florence Nightingale

This memorial is located in Chiostro Grande of the Basilica of Santa Croce.

Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (12 May 1820 (Florence, Italy) – 13 August 1910 (Mayfair, London)) was an English nurse and the founder of modern nursing. She became famous during the Crimean War, where she organized the tending to wounded soldiers and an icon as "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds along wounded soldiers at night.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons