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Villa Franconi was an 18th-century residential building in Floriana, Malta which was repurposed as a mental hospital known as the Franconi Asylum from 1835 to 1861.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 12 relations: Attard, Floriana, Knights Hospitaller, Lunatic asylum, Malta, Maltese language, Metonymy, Mount Carmel Psychiatric Hospital, Navy of the Order of Saint John, Ospizio, Floriana, Padded cell, University of Malta.

  2. Buildings and structures demolished in the 19th century
  3. Defunct hospitals in Malta
  4. Floriana
  5. Former psychiatric hospitals
  6. Psychiatric hospitals in Malta
  7. Villas in Malta

Attard

Attard (Ħ'Attard) is a town in the Central Region of Malta.

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Floriana

Floriana (Il-Furjana or Il-Floriana), also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the Port Region area of Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta.

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Knights Hospitaller

The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, is a Catholic military order.

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Lunatic asylum

The lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined. Villa Franconi and lunatic asylum are former psychiatric hospitals.

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Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Maltese language

Maltese (Malti, also L-Ilsien Malti or Lingwa Maltija) is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata.

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Metonymy

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.

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Mount Carmel Psychiatric Hospital

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Hospital, commonly shortened to Mount Carmel Hospital (Sptar Monte Karmeli), is a mental health hospital located in Attard, Malta offering both in and out-patient service. Villa Franconi and Mount Carmel Psychiatric Hospital are Limestone buildings in Malta and psychiatric hospitals in Malta.

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The navy of the Order of Saint John, also known as the Maltese Navy after 1530, was the first navy of a chivalric order.

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Ospizio, Floriana

The Ospizio (L-Ospizju), originally known as the Casa di Carità, was a poorhouse in Floriana, Malta which cared for destitute elderly men and women, poor young women, and mentally ill patients during the 18th and 19th centuries. Villa Franconi and Ospizio, Floriana are Defunct hospitals in Malta, Floriana, Limestone buildings in Malta and psychiatric hospitals in Malta.

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Padded cell

A padded cell or seclusion room is a controversial enclosure used in a psychiatric hospital or a special education setting in a private or public school, in which there are cushions lining the walls and sometimes has a cushioned floor as well.

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University of Malta

The University of Malta (UM, formerly UOM) is a higher education institution in Malta.

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See also

Buildings and structures demolished in the 19th century

Defunct hospitals in Malta

Floriana

Former psychiatric hospitals

Psychiatric hospitals in Malta

Villas in Malta

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Franconi

Also known as Franconi Asylum, Frankuni.