Villa Sbertoli
Italy · Hospital · October 2019
- Country
- Italy
- Type
- Hospital
- Published
- October 2019
- Contributor
- UrbandonedTeam
- Images
- 15 photographs
- Videos
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History
Villa Sbertoli
Villa Sbertoli was built in the early 1800s by wealthy merchant Agostino Sbertoli. According to some sources he decided to turn the villa into a psychiatric hospital because he had a disabled son, whom he tried to cure all his life. On his death bed he decided to devote all his possessions to a charity for the mentally ill. The villa was inaugurated as a psychiatric hospital in 1868. During World War II it was used by the Nazis to hold prisoners but afterwards was sold to the province and used as a psychiatric hospital again. In 1978 "Law Basaglia" (a reform of the Italian psychiatric system) was passed and the hospital was forced to close. By 1990 it was abandoned completely.
The architecture was great though!
The main building
The hall on the other hand, was amazing...
Mortuary
