Poveglia
Poveglia is a small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, of northern Italy. A small canal divides the island into two separate parts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: 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)
- Also known as: “Isola di Povéglia” and “Poveglio”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lido and Ottagono Poveglia.
Lido
Photo: Luca Aless, CC BY-SA 4.0.
If you are staying in Venice and wish to avoid the more touristy and expensive areas, along with the accompanying noise, Lido is an under-appreciated gem.
Santo Spirito
Islet
Photo: Chris 73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santo Spirito is an island in the southern Venetian Lagoon situated between the islands of Poveglia and San Clemente. The island has a land area of 6.2 acres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malamocco and Alberoni.
Malamocco
Village
Photo: Godromil, Public domain.
Malamocco was the first, and for a long time, the only, settlement on the Lido of Venice barrier island of the Lagoon of Venice. It is located just south of the island's center and it is part of the Lido-Pellestrina borough of the municipality of Venice.
Alberoni
Village
Photo: Godromil, Public domain.
Alberoni is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Poveglia.
Sacca Fisola
Neighborhood
Photo: Il Sindaco del Giappone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sacca Fisola is an artificial island in the Venetian Lagoon. It is a largely modern residential area. Sacca Fisola is situated 5 km north of Poveglia.
Poveglia
- Categories: quarantine facility, psychiatric hospital, and landform
- Location: Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Poveglia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Poveglia”
- Azerbaijani: “Povelya”
- Bengali: “পোভেগ্লিয়া”
- Bulgarian: “Повеглиа”
- Bulgarian: “Повелия”
- Cebuano: “Poveglia”
- Chinese: “波維利亞”
- Chinese: “波維利亞島”
- Croatian: “Poveglia”
- Czech: “Poveglia”
- Danish: “Poveglia”
- Dutch: “Poveglia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوفيليا”
- Finnish: “Poveglia”
- French: “Poveglia”
- German: “Poveglia”
- Greek: “Ποβέλια”
- Hungarian: “Poveglia”
- Italian: “Poveglia”
- Japanese: “ポヴェーリア”
- Korean: “포베글리아”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Poveglia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Poveglia”
- Norwegian: “Poveglia”
- Persian: “جزیره پوگلیا”
- Polish: “Poveglia”
- Portuguese: “Poveglia”
- Russian: “Повелья”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Poveglia”
- Slovenian: “Poveglia”
- Spanish: “Poveglia”
- Swahili: “Poveglia”
- Turkish: “Poveglia”
- Ukrainian: “Повелья”
- Venetian: “Povegia”
- Venetian: “Povégia”
- Venetian: “Poveja”
- Vietnamese: “Poveglia”
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Localities in the Area
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