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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  • 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.

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, is an under-appreciated gem.

Islet
Photo: Marco Usan, CC BY 3.0.
is an islet.

Church
Photo: Godromil, Public domain.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malamocco and Alberoni.

Village
Photo: Godromil, Public domain.
was the first, and for a long time, the only, settlement on Lido, a barrier island of the . It is located just south of the island's center and it is part of the Lido-Pellestrina borough of the .

Village
Photo: Godromil, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Poveglia.

Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
is one of the six historic sestieri of , , located in the southern part of the city and known for its relatively firm terrain that earned it the name meaning "hard back" or "hard ridge" in Italian, distinguishing it from the more marshy areas of the lagoon.

Poveglia

Latitude
45.38278° or 45° 22′ 58″ north
Longitude
12.33° or 12° 19′ 48″ east
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
Open location code
8FQJ98MJ+42
Geo­Names ID
3170020
Wiki­data ID
Q1145492
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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”
  • 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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Localities in the Area

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