Luogo - Point of interest
Antica Casa di Correzione di Carlo Fontana
Where
Via di San Michele, 25, Roma
The old House of Correction of Carlo Fontana, the first example of juvenile prison, occupies a portion of the Monumental Complex of San Michele a Ripa. In 1701, Pope Clement XI Albani ordered the construction of a house of correction for young people, in order to recover them morally and start them at work. Carlo Fontana, inspired by the typology convent, designed a building of great formal rigor. The House of Correction retained its function until 1972. Nowadays it is an original exhibition space over to the Department.
