Poveglia Island

The Poveglia Island

Poveglia was constructed on a permanent fortification built by the venetian government and from 1793-1814 was used as a plague quarantine station . 

The tiny island is said to have hosted over 160,000 infected souls living out their final days and hours there -- so many that there are whispers that 50 percent of the soil consists of human remains . Recently mass graves have been found on the nearby islands of Lazaretto Nuovo and lazaretto Vecchio containing the remains of thousands of plague victims . Poveglia is yet to be fully investigated

Finding the location of poveglia to be small and easily missed , Napoleon also used the island for a darker purpose , storing weapons there . The location was discovered and many small battles took place as the island claimed even more lives . 

In 1922 , a mental hospital was opened on poveglia . Local legend says that one doctor at the hospital tortured and killed many of his patients , butchering them horribly , only to later die by falling from or possibly being thrown off of , its bell tower . 

The hospital  closed in 1968 and the ruins are still there , slowly being reclaimed by greenery . While it is professed to be a former retirement home , evidence that it housed mental patients is still evident . 

With a past like this , its not surprising that Poveglia is believed to be haunted , attracting the attention of ghost hunters and paranormal investigators . 

 Elsewhere in the lagoon , the remains of the insane asylum on san Servolo island are preserved as a museum dedicated to the history of Venice's plague islands and asylums . 

In 2014 , the New York daily news reported that due to a rapidly declining economy , Italy was placing the island and four other pieces of prime real estate up for auction , causing a public outcry . as of 2018, the fate of the island was still in limbo . 

Poveglia remains strictly off limits to visitors .


Comments

  1. Unknown10 March 2022 at 08:40

    The fact that the island kept attracting a series of unfortunate mishaps makes this case something more than a coincidence. Good work on documenting the timeline of events.

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  2. Unknown10 March 2022 at 08:42

    This was wonderfully written . Keep up the work !

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  3. Unknown21 March 2022 at 09:02

    Nicely done!

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  4. Unknown21 March 2022 at 09:12

    Another island with a dark history ! Loving all your blogs

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