Mombello Psychiatric Hospital

Mombello Psychiatric Hospital
Hospital on stamp from 1860
Location in Italy
Geography
Location	Via Monte Grappa 40, Laveno-Mombello, Lombardy, Italy
Coordinates	45°36′51″N 09°6′59″E / 45.61417°N 9.11639°E / 45.61417; 9.11639
Organisation
Type	Specialist
Services
Emergency department	I Mental Illness
Beds	3500
Speciality	Psychiatric hospital
History
Opened	1865
Closed	1978
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Italy
Building in province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy Building details
General information
Architectural style	Medieval style
Location	Via Monte Grappa 40, province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy
Completed	1867
Technical details
Floor area	40,000 m2 (9.9 acres)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Francesco Croce

The Mombello Psychiatric Hospital, also known as the Giuseppe Antonini of Limbiate Psychiatric Hospital, was the largest asylum in Italy, covering 40,000 m² (430,000 sq ft) with multiple buildings located as to form a small village. It is located in the Italian commune of Limbiate, in the administrative district of Monza and Brianza, Lombard Province. Officially inaugurated in 1878, it was the last psychiatric hospital to be closed after the approval of the Legge Basaglia in 1978.^[1]