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 ...

Fly over Poveglia, Venice’s infamous “Island of No Return,” with chilling drone footage revealing its abandoned bell tower, ...

Venice (CNN) — 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 ...

The Italian government is auctioning off Poveglia Island, formerly home to medieval plague victims and 20th century asylum patients, as part of a continued effort to raise money to cover the country's ...

A stout, balding, no nonsense sort of fellow, the local cold meats delivery man gave no hint of drama or exaggeration in a Venice bar where word had spread two Australian journalists planned to spend ...

Ruined kitchen equipment is spread at the now abandoned Hospital of Poveglia(Image: Getty Images) Just beyond the busy canals of Venice lies one of the most terrifying islands on Earth, with a dark ...