Poveglia is a small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon of northern Italy. Once a quarantine for plague victims, the island contains one or more pits where plague victims were buried en-masse. Some estimates suggest that 100,000 people died on the island over the centuries. It was later the home of a hospital for the mentally ill, which legend has it was run by a cruel doctor who performed unauthorized experiments on its residents. Perhaps not surprisingly, it is said to be the “most haunted” island in the world. It is also available for sale, or more precisely, a 99 year lease from the Italian government.
Not everyone is pleased by the prospective privitization of the island. A group of Venetians has formed the Poveglia Per Tutti (Poveglia For All) association to oppose the sale or lease. The group is seeking help in raising money to buy the island. If you would like to share in the public ownership of an island in Venice with a colorful history, click here: Message-in-a-Bottle.org
I saw that.
Two questions, being its off Venice, does it risk the same chance of flooring, or submerging?
I didn’t read the stuff about an Nazi copycat running the island?
Not the only nut house where patients were subjected to experimental test, had some right here in the US.
Read about all the skeletons they found buried outside a boys home in Florida recently?
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