Poveglia

Poveglia is a small island located between and Lido in the , of northern Italy. Two small canals divide the island into three separate parts.
Wikipedia
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of -1 metres (-3 feet)
  • 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”
    “Poveglio”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lido and Ottagono Poveglia.
Luca Aless, CC BY-SA 4.0.
If you are staying in Venice and wish to avoid the…
Marco Usan, CC BY 3.0.
is an islet.
Godromil, Public domain.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malamocco and Alberoni.
Godromil, Public domain.
was the first, and for a long time, the…
Godromil, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Poveglia.
Janericloebe, Public domain.
is one of the six historic sestieri…

Poveglia

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Latitude
45.38278° or 45° 22′ 58″ north
Longitude
12.33° or 12° 19′ 48″ east
Open location code
8FQJ98MJ+42
Geo­Names ID
3170020
Wiki­data ID
Q1145492

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”
  • Catalan: “Poveglia”
  • 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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Highlights include Venice lagoon and Litorale di Lido.

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