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My 14 Photographs Show How Creepy This Abandoned Mental Asylum In Italy Looks
I traveled to northern Italy in the summer of 2018. A summer road trip filled with awesome memories. I zig-zagged across the country, following our map chaotically littered with pins. Each pin highlighted abandoned places.
I arrived at one pin late in the afternoon, perhaps a little too late. I was too excited to wait, so I crawled in through to a tiny opening as soon as we saw the haunted place.
I was standing at the entrance of an old Italian mental asylum. These relics are from a darker time where mental health was poorly understood. The patients were called "mentecatti", a derogatory term equating to "half-wit" or "imbecile". They were locked up in these rural hospitals called "manicomio", which translates as "madhouse". Out of sight, and out of mind.
I was not alone though, I had two friends with me on this urban exploration trip. As the daylight was beginning to fade, we all split up and began shooting.
Time was of the essence! The abandoned house was a maze of corridors and had several floors. I searched frantically to find all the important locations; the examination room, record office, the body slab, and so on.
I traveled the halls and corridors of this haunted house alone checking every room and corner. Taking these creepy photos, constantly aware of the darkness encroaching.
We re-convened at the entry point, just as the last of the light faded.
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#1
Administration Office
Final score:
21points
PeachPossum 5 years ago
Would hate to think those papers on the floor are the medical records of the patients.
Janine Pendleton (Submission author) 5 years ago
I have a horrible feeling they will be. This is quite typical of abandoned hospitals. Including very recent ones :/
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Rebecca Sandbrand 3 years ago
ok who else noticed that some of these pics are in escape room games? you can see them in some of these games https://www.playit-online.com/search/asylum/
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#2
Long Dark Corridor
Final score:
20points
Janine Pendleton (Submission author) 5 years ago
Interesting point! Looking at the other photos of the other areas they appear to have lights. I wonder why this one didn't....
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Another Long Corridor
Final score:
18points
#4
Wrought-Iron Stairs
Final score:
16points
Layla Corman 5 years ago
I was just thinking that if this was a hotel and not an asylum, it would have been beautiful.
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Corridor With Peeling Paint
Final score:
14points
IT'S THE SWEET ONE 5 years ago
This is beautiful and terrifying at the same time. Thank you for showing us your amazing photographs!
#6
Examination Room
Final score:
13points
Evil Little Thing 5 years ago
That's actually not an examination room, but a surgical suite. See how the doors swing so that people scrubbed in can bump them open? And the two bell jars on the right were used to create a vacuum for suctioning up leaky blood. The operating table is adjustable and has armrests. The cart to the left looks like an anesthesia rig, but I don't think they had isofluorane then, so it might be a machine for electroconvulsive therapy. Yeah, I bet that was for shock treatment!
Janine Pendleton (Submission author) 5 years ago
Thanks for the comments, you got me thint! All the equipment has been moved around I think, I definitely agree about the doors. Actual, this probably wasn't either, the room has 2 swing doors and in reality I think it's more of a corridor. It connects other corridors and those have rooms off them. I suspect the equipment was moved here as the window makes an interesting backdrop for photos
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#8
Gymnasium With Equipment
Final score:
10points
#9
Long Corridor With Nature Taking Over
Final score:
10points
Janine Pendleton (Submission author) 5 years ago
My favourite part was the vines reaching in from outside. Nature sure it determined!
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The Body Slab
Final score:
9points
Janine Pendleton (Submission author) 5 years ago
Apparently, this is an "inversion table" for treating back pain. Or, it could be a body slab....will we ever truly know!
Evil Little Thing 5 years ago
Not a body slab. Slabs are immobile and usually have a moat around the edge with a drain (in case they leak).
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Hailey Scullen-Miller 4 years ago
might be for normal use but still looks creepy... you can see thier body rubbed into the paint
#11
Dentists Room
Final score:
9points
Valerie G. 5 years ago
Man, I freak out at a regular dentist now, this would totally do me in.
#12
Chapel
Final score:
9points
IT'S THE SWEET ONE 5 years ago
The most beautiful place in the hospital, if you ask me.
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#13
Entrance Hall
Final score:
7points
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What do you think ?
Sardonic Scribe 5 years ago
Honestly, quite elegant and bright for an asylum. Compare this to a turn of the century American asylum like Danvers State, and this is relatively nice. However, the practices held there were likely less than nice. :/
Falcon 5 years ago
Usually these kinds of buildings weren't built to be an asylum, they usually repurpose old buildings.
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Janine B. 5 years ago
Great photos. :) I'm surprised the place is still in such a good condition. I mean no trash, leaves or graffiti.
Janine Pendleton (Post author) 5 years ago
Sadly most of it is in danger of collapse, apparently. There is some evidence of attempted repair work in some areas (ceiling props that have appeared in recent years)
Load More Replies... Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Pictures of old architecture like these are one of my favorites!!
Janine Pendleton (Post author) 5 years ago
Hmm, I don't think so actually. Certainly, has that feel to it as the sunsets (speaking from experience, I genuinely did lose my friends just as the light disappeared!).
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Janine Pendleton (Post author) 5 years ago
I assure you I did not move a thing. It is likely that things have been moved over the decades, by various people. I'm not really in the habit of moving around heavy equipment to stage a shot, or else I would be needing that inversion table to fix my back 🙃
Load More Replies... Sardonic Scribe 5 years ago
Honestly, quite elegant and bright for an asylum. Compare this to a turn of the century American asylum like Danvers State, and this is relatively nice. However, the practices held there were likely less than nice. :/
Falcon 5 years ago
Usually these kinds of buildings weren't built to be an asylum, they usually repurpose old buildings.
Load More Replies... Janine B. 5 years ago
Great photos. :) I'm surprised the place is still in such a good condition. I mean no trash, leaves or graffiti.
Janine Pendleton (Post author) 5 years ago
Sadly most of it is in danger of collapse, apparently. There is some evidence of attempted repair work in some areas (ceiling props that have appeared in recent years)
Load More Replies... Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Pictures of old architecture like these are one of my favorites!!
Janine Pendleton (Post author) 5 years ago
Hmm, I don't think so actually. Certainly, has that feel to it as the sunsets (speaking from experience, I genuinely did lose my friends just as the light disappeared!).
Load More Replies... Janine Pendleton (Post author) 5 years ago
I assure you I did not move a thing. It is likely that things have been moved over the decades, by various people. I'm not really in the habit of moving around heavy equipment to stage a shot, or else I would be needing that inversion table to fix my back 🙃
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