Salve Mater: Abandoned Womens Psychiatric Institution: Belgium June 2014

Our visit with Proj3ct M4yh3m and Behind Closed Doors was timed perfectly with an organised dutch urbex group visit. So it was rather busy but everyone was respectful about getting in each others shots. This also gave us access to the beautiful chapel which is normally sealed.

Established by the Sisters Of Mercy, Salve Mater was opened by Queen Elisabeth in 1927.

In its later life some of the site was used as a retirement home.

In 2007 the last patients left and the hospital was left abandoned. It has been slowly undergoing renovations since one building at a time.

The main building is now the home of a photographer who uses the site for sets and exhibitions.