Manicomio di R is a sprawling neuropsychiatric hospital, Italy

These historical ruins are a sombre chapter in the story of the evolution of mental health care. Opened in the 1870s on the site of a former military college, it originally served as a "madhouse" (a derogatory term of the era that reflects the blunt, often harsh medical attitudes of the mental health conditions in the 19th century).

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