FRANCESCA POMPEISANTA MARIA DELLA PIETA'
Santa Maria della Pietà opened in 1914 as the largest psychiatric institution in Europe. After a very complex and controversial history and following a new legislation on mental institutions, it was officially closed in 1999. The hospital has left a priceless legacy to the city of Rome: an architectural complex full of memories of the past inhabitants.
Although it is still quite difficult to get access and capture any kind of visual material, I decided to try and document the abandoned structures and the pavilions with the traces of the people who lived there.
The door
Pink square
The empty room
Old memories
Nobody's here
Room 4
The light
Broken glasses
The hallway
Old furniture
In the past a window
Room 3
In the hole
Strips of shadow
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