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‘Haunted’ Venice Island to Become a Locals-only Haven Where Tourists Are Banned | News Channel 3-12
VENICE LAGOON, ITALY, JUL 24 – Over 4,500 Venetians raised 460,000 euros to lease the island and prevent development, aiming to create a park exclusively for local residents amid rising overtourism concerns.
- On August 1, 2025, Venetians will officially assume control of the island of Poveglia through a 99-year lease agreement, planning to transform it into an urban park accessible exclusively to residents of Venice.
- In 2014, the Italian government included the island in a list of properties for sale, prompting local residents to mobilize against its privatization and the risk of excessive tourism in order to keep the site publicly owned.
- Poveglia has remained deserted since the asylum hospital closed in 1968, lacks essential services like electricity and running water, and has a history as a quarantine station with over 160,000 individuals buried there during the 1700s and 1800s.
- Poveglia per Tutti, boasting a membership exceeding 4,500, obtained a lease after raising 460,000 euros and collaborated with researchers from Verona to oversee renovations prioritizing controlled access to prevent the island from being overwhelmed by tourists.
- This project represents a local effort to reclaim Venice from overtourism, seen as a 'small victory' by activists prioritizing resident access while addressing the island's painful past and social impact.
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The island of Poveglia in the lagoon of Venice is the last without tourists. Now it is to be converted into a public park, a citizen's initiative had collected 460,000 euros to make a bid. The association "Poveglia for all" also had a plan for the preservation of the green areas to achieve the income necessary for the lease. From 1 August he now takes over the management of the approximately seven hectares of the island. This was formerly a quar…
One of the worst news that a Venetian could receive in the Middle Ages, during the time of the Serenísima República, was that he was going to be transferred to Poveglia. That destination had only one translation: he suffered from an incurable disease—usually plague—and would end his days in a cemetery of living, when not rotting. Since this summer, Poveglia will have a radically different meaning for Venetians who can prove to be so: for six yea…
A special project has been launched by a group of activists in Venice, which aspires to transform a small island near the Italian city into an oasis for residents who want to escape... Venetians are "moving" to the "most haunted island in the world" to escape tourists - ΙΝΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
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