Lunatic asylum
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The lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined. It was an early precursor of the modern psychiatric hospital.
Social alienation was one of the main themes in Francisco Goya's masterpieces, such as The Madhouse (above).
Eastern State Hospital was the first psychiatric institution to be founded in the United States.
Dr. Philippe Pinel at the Salpêtrière, 1795 by Tony Robert-Fleury. Pinel ordering the removal of chains from patients at the Paris asylum for insane women.
The joint counties' lunatic asylum, erected at Abergavenny, 1850
Newcastle upon Tyne
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Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south. It is the most populous settlement in the Tyneside conurbation and North East England.
Image: Newcastle upon Tyne bridges and skyline panorama
Image: Buildings on Sandhill (geograph 6394694)
Image: Donjon Château Newcastle Tyne 4
Image: Monument Metro station, Newcastle (geograph 6499904)