Villa Franconi, the Glossary
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
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.
- Buildings and structures demolished in the 19th century
- Defunct hospitals in Malta
- Floriana
- Former psychiatric hospitals
- Psychiatric hospitals in Malta
- Villas in Malta
Attard
Attard (Ħ'Attard) is a town in the Central Region of Malta.
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.
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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Navy of the Order of Saint John
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
- Convento del Carmen Calzado (Madrid)
- Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques
- Ermita de San Pelayo y San Isidoro
- For-l'Évêque
- Lembi Battery
- Mellieħa Redoubt
- Old Loyne Bridge
- Pella Palace
- Pierrepont House, Nottingham
- Royal Palace of Alcântara
- Royal Palace of Almeirim
- Saint-Sépulcre, Paris
- Sandown Castle, Kent
- Santi Biagio e Cataldo
- Second tower of the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca
- St Lawrence's Church, Lincoln
- Thorp Mill, Royton
- Tombrell Battery
- Villa Franconi
Defunct hospitals in Malta
- Auberge d'Aragon
- Auberge d'Italie, Birgu
- Auberge de Bavière
- Captain's Tower
- Dragonara Palace
- Fort Chambray
- Fort Ricasoli
- Inquisitor's Palace
- Lazzaretto of Manoel Island
- Mediterranean Conference Centre
- Ospizio, Floriana
- Palazzo Nasciaro
- Palazzo Parisio (Naxxar)
- RNH Mtarfa
- Santo Spirito Hospital
- Selmun Palace
- Slaves' Prison
- Spinola Battery
- Spinola Palace, St Julian's
- St Aloysius' College (Malta)
- St Philip's Hospital
- St. Catherine's Old Church, Żejtun
- St. Luke's Hospital, Malta
- Ta' Xindi Farmhouse
- Verdala Palace
- Vilhena Palace
- Villa Bighi
- Villa Franconi
- Villa St Ignatius
Floriana
- Church of the Flight into Egypt
- Floriana
- Floriana F.C.
- Floriana Lines
- Floriana basketball club
- Hay Wharf
- Hotel Phoenicia
- Independence Arena (Floriana)
- Isle of MTV
- Lion Fountain (Floriana)
- List of monuments in Floriana
- Malta Conference (1945)
- Malta Memorial
- Msida Bastion Historic Garden
- Ospizio, Floriana
- Pietro Paolo Floriani
- Portes des Bombes
- Robert Samut Hall
- Sarria Church
- St. Publius Parish Church
- Statue of António Manoel de Vilhena
- Valletta Waterfront
- Villa Franconi
- War Memorial (Floriana)
- Wignacourt Aqueduct
Former psychiatric hospitals
- Bicêtre Hospital
- Eloise (psychiatric hospital)
- Glore Psychiatric Museum
- Gugging
- Harastølen
- Historisch museum APZ Wolfheze
- Hospital Civil de la Misericordia
- Hospital Colônia de Barbacena
- Lunatic asylum
- Maddalena lunatic asylum
- Michigan State Asylum
- Narrenturm (asylum)
- Ospedale Bonifacio
- Porirua Lunatic Asylum
- Rockwood Asylum
- Traverse City State Hospital
- Villa Franconi
Psychiatric hospitals in Malta
- Fort Chambray
- Mount Carmel Psychiatric Hospital
- Ospizio, Floriana
- Villa Franconi
Villas in Malta
- Fatima House
- RoseVille
- Villa Alhambra
- Villa Bonici
- Villa Cagliares, Żejtun
- Villa Franconi
- Villa Parisio
- Villa St Ignatius
- Villino Ellul
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Franconi
Also known as Franconi Asylum, Frankuni.