I love history.
Not the kind we learned in school that involved millions of dates and facts. I love the history that resides in old places, boarded up buildings, falling apart rooms, nooks and crannies that speak of days gone by. LOVE love it. I love the kind of history that shows itself in old, sometimes abandoned and forgotten streets and buildings that seem to whisper their past to you as you walk by. Padova City, also known as the Tranquille Sanatorium, is full of history. It’s rumored to be haunted, and it definitely has an air about it. It was apparently first settled by several families when gold was discovered there, then bought and used as Provincial Tuberculosis Hospital in the early 1900′s. Later on it was used as a mental health institution. You can find the whole story here. The place has been shut down since 1984. Apparently development of a new community has already begun, and most likely this historical “city” will be demolished and made new. I really hope to have a chance to get inside before that, but it’s strictly off limits to the public, and I had to be satisfied shooting from the hillside… {{{sigh}}}
I would love the opportunity to get inside before they bulldoze it… so sad.
by Lisa
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