Heads and loose limbs are piled up on the shelves in the doll hospital , known as Ospedale delle Bambole in Rome . Shop was built by the Squatriti family sixty years ago , restoring items such as ceramic , tortoiseshell and mosaics . The dolls were made to look like children with their heads cut off or missing parts of their bodies.
Heads and loose limbs are piled up on the shelves in the doll hospital , known as Ospedale delle Bambole in Rome . Shop was built by the Squatriti family sixty years ago , restoring items such as ceramic , tortoiseshell and mosaics . Descendants Federico Squatriti , 52 , and his 82-year-old mother Gelsomina have carried on the family tradition .