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Hospital Civil de la Misericordia

Lima, Peru · built 1859

The Hospital Civil de la Misericordia, also known as the Hospicio de Insanos or Manicomio del Cercado, was a mental institution that operated in the former Quinta Cortés of the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, in Lima, Peru, between the years 1859 and 1918. A Civil Guard training school was inaugurated on the former hospital's premises after its closure, which is currently used by the National Police of Peru.

Hospital data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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