Johannes de Deo Hospital
Mariaplaats 28
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A neo-Gothic hospital — The Johannes de Deo Hospital was opened in 1896 by the Brothers of Mercy, a Roman Catholic congregation (a monastic community). The purpose of the hospital was primarily charitable; its patients were mostly poor. The hospital was intended for men; it was only around the 1960's that female patients were admitted and female nurses were hired. The right wing of the hospital was built later, in 1928, but in the same style as the old left wing. The hospital left this building in 1971 and became the Overvecht Hospital in northern Utrecht. As of 2016, that hospital also no longer exists. The gable niches above the entrance still remind of the original purpose of the building. The statues depict Johannes de Deo and Camillus de Lellis, both sixteenth-century caregivers.
