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Hotels that used to be crazy houses
Hotels are mainly located in purpose-built buildings. Sometimes, in the historic places or cities gustozastroennyh under them are used in virtually all buildings. However, as far as can be filled with places of historical intrigue. Today, we offer a look at five hotels around the world that are located in the former lunatic asylums.
Clarion Hotel, Ireland
Clarion Hotel opened in 2005 and offers its guests 167 luxurious rooms, a fitness center with swimming pool, gym, and a ballroom. The majestic building was vacant since 1992. And before becoming a hotel, located here home for the mentally St. Columba. It was opened in 1855. In this madhouse abandoned previously used methods of treatment, in favor of a more humane approach to mental health care.
Reducing the number of patients and the deterioration of living conditions caused the facility to close. Since it was converted into a hotel. Hotel guests are told that the rooms there are some anomalies: the TV turns off by itself and there is supposedly a room that abandoned because of ghostly activity.
Hotel du Vin Edinburgh, Scotland
In their quest for eccentric places, the owners have chosen to Malmaison Hotel du Vin 18th-century building, which housed the poorhouse - later known as "Bedlam". Located in the old town, the building is notoriously inhumane treatments of those years. Patients were locked in a cold cell, doused with cold water, treated with shock. The famous Scottish poet Robert Ferguson also lived for some time in this madhouse before he died at the age of 24.
After the closure of the orphanage, the building was later used as a scientific laboratory, and then BLOOD DONATION CENTRE in Edinburgh. Hotel Du Vin bought the building in 2006. The hotel now is a luxurious retreat for vacationers.
Hotel Parq Central, USA.
Built in 1926, Hotel Parq Central in Albuquerque was originally a hospital for treatment of labor collectives rail company Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. In the 1980s, the hospital became a psychiatric hospital in 2010, has opened as a luxury hotel.
The external architecture of the building with a distinctive design. Jewellery also hint at the connection to the past of the former railway hospital. The hotel even for eccentricity has a bar called Apothecary.
From the point of view of strange events, some guests have reported that at night sometimes feel some anxiety, they feel that the bed move by themselves at night. Psychiatric institution, were supposed to have a dark past, due to inhumane treatment.
Jerome Grand Hotel, US
Jerome Grand Hotel in Arizona was formerly known as the United Verde Hospital, a modern state facility where medical treatment was provided to local residents who worked in the mines. Despite the fact that the hospital was not considered a lunatic asylum, many of the patients were receiving psychiatric treatment.
Having stood empty between 1950 and 1994, an impressive building became an attractive destination for ghost hunters. Guests have reported that the hotel is heard coughing, difficult breathing and voices coming from empty rooms. Also, guests feel unexplained odors and smoke colors. Several guests have reported seeing visions of the two ladies, wandering in the night - one in a white coat and other clothing nurses. Sweet dreams ...
Comwell Kellers Park, Denmark
Comwell Kellers Park from 1901 to 1980 was home to the "mentally retarded." Place for the construction of the hospital was chosen in a beautiful location, next to the Vejle Fjord. The building was designed in Italy and the French Renaissance style to promote peace and harmony among people. The building began to rebuild into a hotel in 2002 and is now a popular destination for travelers seeking luxury places.
Clarion Hotel, Ireland
Clarion Hotel opened in 2005 and offers its guests 167 luxurious rooms, a fitness center with swimming pool, gym, and a ballroom. The majestic building was vacant since 1992. And before becoming a hotel, located here home for the mentally St. Columba. It was opened in 1855. In this madhouse abandoned previously used methods of treatment, in favor of a more humane approach to mental health care.
Reducing the number of patients and the deterioration of living conditions caused the facility to close. Since it was converted into a hotel. Hotel guests are told that the rooms there are some anomalies: the TV turns off by itself and there is supposedly a room that abandoned because of ghostly activity.
Hotel du Vin Edinburgh, Scotland
In their quest for eccentric places, the owners have chosen to Malmaison Hotel du Vin 18th-century building, which housed the poorhouse - later known as "Bedlam". Located in the old town, the building is notoriously inhumane treatments of those years. Patients were locked in a cold cell, doused with cold water, treated with shock. The famous Scottish poet Robert Ferguson also lived for some time in this madhouse before he died at the age of 24.
After the closure of the orphanage, the building was later used as a scientific laboratory, and then BLOOD DONATION CENTRE in Edinburgh. Hotel Du Vin bought the building in 2006. The hotel now is a luxurious retreat for vacationers.
Hotel Parq Central, USA.
Built in 1926, Hotel Parq Central in Albuquerque was originally a hospital for treatment of labor collectives rail company Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. In the 1980s, the hospital became a psychiatric hospital in 2010, has opened as a luxury hotel.
The external architecture of the building with a distinctive design. Jewellery also hint at the connection to the past of the former railway hospital. The hotel even for eccentricity has a bar called Apothecary.
From the point of view of strange events, some guests have reported that at night sometimes feel some anxiety, they feel that the bed move by themselves at night. Psychiatric institution, were supposed to have a dark past, due to inhumane treatment.
Jerome Grand Hotel, US
Jerome Grand Hotel in Arizona was formerly known as the United Verde Hospital, a modern state facility where medical treatment was provided to local residents who worked in the mines. Despite the fact that the hospital was not considered a lunatic asylum, many of the patients were receiving psychiatric treatment.
Having stood empty between 1950 and 1994, an impressive building became an attractive destination for ghost hunters. Guests have reported that the hotel is heard coughing, difficult breathing and voices coming from empty rooms. Also, guests feel unexplained odors and smoke colors. Several guests have reported seeing visions of the two ladies, wandering in the night - one in a white coat and other clothing nurses. Sweet dreams ...
Comwell Kellers Park, Denmark
Comwell Kellers Park from 1901 to 1980 was home to the "mentally retarded." Place for the construction of the hospital was chosen in a beautiful location, next to the Vejle Fjord. The building was designed in Italy and the French Renaissance style to promote peace and harmony among people. The building began to rebuild into a hotel in 2002 and is now a popular destination for travelers seeking luxury places.
