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Italy Green Hospital - Italy - July 2019

Paradox

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Green Hospital - Italy - July 2019

Day nine and we mooched around having a lazy day, waiting for washing machines to finish and tumble dryers to dry. It was mid-afternoon before we headed out derping.

I've had this pin for a few years so it was good to finally get around to going to see it. It's a concrete monstrosity but worth a couple of chilled out hours bimbling about it. Technically it's not just a hospital, it was first and foremost a holiday camp, but some dickhead called it Green Hospital and here we are.

History

It's located in the rolling hills of Tuscany and is made up of two large concrete blocks. Like I have already mentioned it was a holiday camp and it belonged to the Social Insurance Institution of the Italian Mailing Company. The building was originally constructed at a cost of 1.5 Billion Italian Lira and had an area of 13,000 square meters. It was used solely for the purposes of ensuring postal employees and their children had a relaxing break during the summer months.

As a massive holiday resort for kids, the facility could accommodate up to 230 children at the same time and was only open during the summer, it remained closed for the rest of the year.

The summer camp was built between 1970 and 1974 and the first guests arrived in 1975. The children were housed in the main building and the parents were accommodated in the hotel next door. The actual building was designed as a coastal resort and therefore the styling was uncommon for this region of Italy. It is unknown why they chose to build a holiday complex so far from the sea.

When constructing the building they also incorporated a relatively extensive hospital ward and there are one or two nice features still there.

During the hot summer months, the complex was a bonus to the Regions economy, with the additional revenue the guests would spend there. For the three months, the camp was opened around 60 seasonal workers were also employed. All then being dismissed again at the end of the summer. This whole cycle continued for around 20 years whilst the camp remained open.

However, the facilities soon became outdated and couldn't meet the needs of the postal workers and a further accident contributed to the permanent closure in 1997. Whilst out playing a little girl fell off a wall and was knocked unconscious, despite the camps hospital facilities there was no staffing available to help and the child had to be transported by air ambulance to another clinic.

The Social Insurance Institution of the Italian Mailing Company ran the resort for 20 years but the Institution was abolished in 2010. The building's future is bleak and although there are many ideas on what to do with the site, bureaucracy has foiled any attempts to regenerate the area.

All that is left is this rotting concrete corpse of a once thriving and vibrant holiday camp.

Here are a few photos I hope you enjoy :)

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The history is pretty interesting. I especially like the hospitaly bit
 
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