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Poveglia

Italy

small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, for more than 100 years (beginning in 1776), used as a quarantine station for those suffering the plague and other diseases, and later as a mental hospital (closed in 1968)

Poveglia in Italy
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CategoryQUARANTINE FACILITY
LocationItaly
DatasetExpanded physical oddities
Oddness signal82/99
Data completeness80%

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