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Yes, I think that is a good question.
There are also some good articles on the Island.
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What an amazing history, all the Agony and Death associated with this Island.


Quote:Poveglia Island: Why It’s One of the Most Cursed Places on Earth
Yes I think it just might be.



Quote:Poveglia Island is one of 166 islets in the Venice Lagoon off the eastern coast of Northern Italy. Although it has served various purposes, this place is well-known for its macabre history. Tens of thousands of dead and living plague victims were brought here across centuries. Corpses, one atop the other in pits, were burned in large fires. In later years, mentally ill patients on the island suffered heinous tortures and experiments at the hands of a mad doctor who killed himself. The locals say Poveglia is an “island of ghosts,” cursed with spirits. Internationally, it is known as one of the most haunted places on earth.
Do YOU believe in Ghost?

Quote:For two centuries the island stayed unpopulated despite government efforts — such as one to have monks from central Italy inhabit the island in the 1500s. A purpose was found, however, when Poveglia Island became a colony and dumping ground for victims of the Bubonic Plague in
1576 and 1630.


The Plagues and Lazzaretti of Venice


The first major bubonic plague that struck Italy began in 1347 in Sicily and had spread to Venice by 1348. Roughly half the Venetian population was decimated. This taught the Venetians a great deal about the movement of the disease. They deduced, through observation, how the disease spread and how people and ships were introducing the plague to the area. Officials realized that the sick and dead needed to be separated from the healthy. Thus, they set up large burial pits for the corpses at two locations outside the main city.
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Quote:However, the number of dead bodies were piling up so rapidly that the two pits soon became overwhelmed. Thus, in order to manage the overflow, the city began to transport masses of dead bodies to two islands in the lagoon: Sant’Erasmo and the locality of San Martino de Strata
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I need to go there.... Like yesterday...  tinycool tinybigeyes
Sounds like a place with lots of bad energy still lingering.   I'll pass on the visit... thanks.   tinyhuh