We were admitted yesterday to Maggiano, our local asylum for the insane. Here are some pics of Dr Tobino, the nurse of our ward and some of the inmates. The asylum dates back to the fourteenth century and its architecture is beautiful (there’s even a cinema/theatre) although it’s crumbling. Dr Tobino decided we were not completely mad so we were eventually discharged.

Sandra adds:

The Asylum finally shut its doors in 1999. Dr. Tobino was unique in the method that he helped his patients through art, music, dancing. Sadly though many of the released inmates had nowhere to go and consequently as they were institutionalised had become societies misfits sleeping rough as families turned their backs on these poor maladjusted souls. Who is so called “normal” in this world? People are still categorized in boxes and given absurd labels!