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Venice’s forbidden lagoon island

By: Cesca Rampley

If you take a boat out into the Venice lagoon, there is a small, low island that slips by on the horizon, half‑hidden behind trees and crumbling brick. Boats pass it every day, yet almost nobody steps onto its shores now.

The island of Poveglia looks like a simple patch of land, but over the centuries it has played several different roles. Its position between Venice, the main islands and the open sea gave it real strategic importance, even though it now seems quiet from a distance.

Source: https://www.idealista.it

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