On my Venice Trip of 2009, on a visit to the Lido, searching for churches, I found the dilapidated Ospedale al Mare.
It's a sprawling, neglected and romantically crumbling old hospital complex, full of tempting photo opportunities
 which I did not even try to resist. A news item in July 2010 revealed that the same company that had bought the famous Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido and turned it into luxury flats had bought the Ospedale al Mare site too.

 




 
 








 
 








 

  





 

 


 


 

 





Original photos from the 30's
Some photos taken soon after the hospital was built and so prone to visits from dignitaries, and Mussolini. 
The first photo shows the site before the hospital was built.



 



 

  

 


 
 





A visit from Il Duce...

...and Prince Umberto di Savoia (below)
 

 

 


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