Italy Urbex
Italy, famous for its rich history and stunning architecture, holds many abandoned treasures. Decaying villas, deserted asylums, and vacant palaces offer a unique perspective on the country’s past and present. The combination of Italy’s artistic heritage and these fading remnants of a once vibrant life make urban exploration here a truly fascinating experience.
Top 5 Italy Urbex Locations:
- Mono Orphanage (IT)
- Grand Hotel Prealpi (IT)
- Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra (IT)
- Abbey of San Galgano (IT)
- Cava Pombia (IT)
Mono Orphanage (IT) – Abandoned orphanage at the Italian-Swiss border.
Mono Orphanage, a.k.a. Crying Baby Hospital, is an abandoned orphanage at the Italian-Swiss border. Until the 1970s, nuns prayed, lived and taught to the orphans here. The children mainly came here to cure tuberculosis.
Grand Hotel Prealpi (IT) – The former Grand Hotel in Varese foothills of the Alps
The midsection of this building opened in 1912 as Grand Hotel Prealpi. During the First World War the two wings were added and it was converted into a military hospital.
Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra (IT) – This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient’s insanity.
Volterra Psychiatric Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital in the city of Volterra. Founded in 1888, the hospital was known for its brutal treatment of inmates. It remained open until 1978, when it was closed following the passage of Law 180, which directed the closing down of all existing psychiatric hospitals.
Abbey of San Galgano (IT) – Monastery ruins in the middle of the Tuscan countryside.
Italy’s Abbey of San Galgano was once a thriving hermitage, but a lack of protection from roving bandits soon saw the monastery fall into disrepair and eventually be decommissioned, leaving the stunning ruins that stand to this day.
