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Bookmark or Share- Poveglia Island: All About Venice’s Haunted Island - Walks of ItalyCurious about the history of Poveglia Island? Explore the history of Italy's most haunted landmark and uncover its current state today.
- Poveglia Island and Its Haunting History - Historic MysteriesPoveglia Island is a small dot of land in the Venice Lagoon off the eastern coast of Northern Italy. At times, it was used as a safe haven, military checkpoint, and an institution for people with mental illness.
- Poveglia Island - History and Facts | History HitThe small island of Poveglia is completely abandoned and uninhabited, and the most famous haunted place in the Venetian lagoon. Sometimes referred to as ‘the island of no return’, due to its sinister past, the island is also known as the ‘island of ghosts’.
- Poveglia The Ghost Island in Venice - Venice Tour By BoatPoveglia The Ghost Island The decadence of Poveglia coincided with the war of Chioggia (1378 and 1381) when it was decided to evacuate its population in Venice. Despite the construction of a fortification, the island was anyway occupied by the admiral Pietro Doria Genovese who from here bombed the monastery of Santo Spirito.
- Inside Poveglia Island’s History Of Death And Madness - All That's ...Venice's Poveglia Island was a quarantine center and mass grave for victims of bubonic plague, earning it the nickname the "Island of Ghosts." In the Venetian lagoon sits Poveglia Island, a small, unpopulated landmass cut down the middle by a canal.
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