Whether bodies were burned or left in mass graves, the truth is just as disturbing - the island became a place of death. In the 20th century, Poveglia was turned into a psychiatric hospital ...

The island of Poveglia has been deserted and closed to visitors for decades, its dilapidated hospital buildings frozen in time, its imposing fort now abandoned and its rumoured mass graves still ...

Poveglia Island is about four miles from the heart ... the mythical “vampire of Venice” was rumoured to operate. Mass graves have been found on the island, including a woman with a brick ...

The Italian government is auctioning off Poveglia Island, formerly home to medieval plague victims and 20th century asylum patients, as part of a continued effort to raise money to cover the ...

Why should you be afraid of the deserted Venetian island of Poveglia? For starters, it is deserted. Even though it’s beautiful and incredibly close to Venice, one of the most fannypack and ...