The 'haunted' Italian island will be refurbished and turned into a public lagoon by Italian activists, Poveglia per Tutti ...

Have you ever heard of the story of the haunted island of Poveglia? Rumors about the island have been shared over several generations.

A group of more than 4,500 residents of Venice chipped in to buy a “haunted” island that once housed an asylum and a hospital for quarantined plague victims — to keep tourists away. The local ...

The abandoned Venetian island of Poveglia — site of a plague pit and former asylum — is about to take on a happier new identity. On August 1, a group of Venetians will take possession of the ...

Take a look around the derelict island where every day is like Halloween. Spooky Poveglia Island, in the Venetian Lagoon is surrounded by a number of spine-chilling legends and is described by locals ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Poveglia: The Island of Non Return Visit one of the darkest places in Italy where hundreds of souls were forgotten in time. After an acclaimed career as a ...

Venetian activists will transform part of an abandoned island into a public park, where locals can escape the millions of tourists that visit the city each year. The grassroots group, named Poveglia ...