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Salve Mater Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis.
The former Belgian psychiatric hospital for female patients.
Opened in 1927 by the ‘Sisters of Mercy’ and partially abandoned in 1997.
I visited this place twice on my visits to Belgium during the summer of last year. The first visit was very late in the day and the sun was gone within an hour, but I managed to get a whole afternoon in during the second visit.
The buildings are slowly undergoing conversion into apartments and a bar according to one of the locals who was living in one of the renovated buildings.
I also had the pleasure of running into the owner who shouted out of a window in what I assume was dutch, ran outside, shouted some more then went back inside and slammed the door behind him. I had to laugh but thought it was best to leave before he got any more wound up.
I later went on to realise that people usually pay to enter and take pictures of the buildings, which explains why he was so upset.
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The former Belgian psychiatric hospital for female patients.
Opened in 1927 by the ‘Sisters of Mercy’ and partially abandoned in 1997.
I visited this place twice on my visits to Belgium during the summer of last year. The first visit was very late in the day and the sun was gone within an hour, but I managed to get a whole afternoon in during the second visit.
The buildings are slowly undergoing conversion into apartments and a bar according to one of the locals who was living in one of the renovated buildings.
I also had the pleasure of running into the owner who shouted out of a window in what I assume was dutch, ran outside, shouted some more then went back inside and slammed the door behind him. I had to laugh but thought it was best to leave before he got any more wound up.
I later went on to realise that people usually pay to enter and take pictures of the buildings, which explains why he was so upset.
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, Great share really lovely shots :beer:
