THE LAST KEY

The key gives its name to the tour with a scenic story, and is the original instrument that locked the doors and windows of the asylum, an emotional journey in the former asylum in Maggiano; a walk through time between psychiatry, literature and art with Tobinian readings, musical performances linked to the theme of madness and the artistic experiences of psychosocial rehabilitation carried out at the Maggiano psychiatric hospital in Lucca in the 1960s.

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mail:ultimachiave@gmail.com, Michela Panigada, A.l.a.p. organizational secretariat

THE MISSION: To bring people closer to a forgotten historical memory of the Maggiano Asylum, the figure of Mario Tobino and Prof. Lippi Francesconi to spread knowledge. Remember the good practices implemented there, of assistance and care by psychiatric operators in the pre-Basaglia era. Explain what mental illness is, trying to break down the stigma that still surrounds psychiatric patients today.

TOUR: Includes a commemorative itinerary in the central departments, with narrations, musical and recitative interventions by the "MT6 ArtGroup": the management courtyard, the cloister of the well, the medieval cloisters of the female and male division, the art therapy room, the ancient stairs, the church, the cinema, the dormitory and the kitchens, and the possibility of visiting the small museum "Rooms with a view of humanity", with a guide from the Mario Tobino Foundation, home to the spaces where the psychiatrist lived. writer and the exhibition itinerary, where testimonies and instruments linked to the care history of the ancient mental hospital are collected. MORE INFO