This hospital (asylum) is in the middle of a big city and was built in 1871. You can still see today that it was a beautiful building with its central point being the patio that must have been full of trees, bushes and flowers. Around the patio ran this hall. The building was divided into pavilions, one for men, one for women. Also present were an operating theatre for interventions on the nervous system, a laboratory for clinical research, occupational therapy, radiology and electrotherapy and, of course, a dentist. The hospital closed in 1981.
Truus Nijland is a passionate photographer who has a penchant for abandoned buildings such as castles, monasteries, churches and industrial locations. Together with her husband, she scours town and country for the most beautiful photos. She has regularly exhibited her photos at various locations in the Netherlands.
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