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Lazzaretto Vecchio — Venetia Descritta (1581)
Lazzaretto Vecchio was the primary plague hospital in Venice, established in 1423 on an island south of Venice, close to the Lido.
The Lazzaretto Vecchio had an essential role during the plague epidemic of 1575–77, but was also horribly overloaded, as Francesco Sansovino notes in his description of the place.
While his daughter Aurora died of the plague in 1576, he himself had not direct experience of the island, as he had with the Lazzaretto Nuovo.
#histodons #Plague #PlagueIslands #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/translation/lazzaretto-vecchio-venetia-descritta-1581/
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The plague slowly diminished during the 1700s, even if it didn't disappear, and Venice reorganised the Lazzaretti. -
Without a cure for the plague, the only way forward was prevention, and during the 1400s, Venice figured out how to govern the plague.
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The Plague Stone of Poveglia
The island of Poveglia in the Venetian lagoon is one of the most haunted in the world.
This has been well-known since the early 2000s, when an American TV station decided that insufficiently interesting historical facts objectively shouldn't prevent them from getting an adequate audience for their advertisers.
The stepping stone for the TV station to that invented story, was, in fact, a stone.
#1700s #Plague #PlagueIslands #Poveglia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/the-plague-stone-of-poveglia/
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The lagoon in winter
Maybe a boat tour in the Venetian lagoon is not what most people would think of first, if they're in Venice around Christmas, but yesterday was a particularly beautiful winter day. It wasn't too cold, the air was clear, and the sun was shining.
We started early, at 8am because the days are short. The first stop was the island of Poveglia some 10km south of Venice.
The island has acquired a reputation for being haunted, thanks to some American TV station. Their purely invented story started from the discovery of a stone on the island, marking the burial place of sailors and workers, who died of the plague in 1793.
A plaque, with the same text, has appeared on the island since my last visit.
#BoatTours #PlagueIslands #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/2024/12/the-lagoon-in-winter/
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Antonio Moro and the Somachio
Antonio Moro came to Venice in January 1593 to work at the Lazzaretto Nuovo, where he left us a very interesting message on the wall.
#OTD #Plague #PlagueIslands #Sources #Venezia #Venice
https://historywalksvenice.com/social-media/antonio-moro-and-the-somachio/
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Bad air will get you sick
Bad air was believed to be a major cause of sickness in the past, based on Aristotle’s idea of miasma as the cause of disease.
#TheLazzarettiOfVenice #Miasma #Plague #PlagueIslands #Venezia #Venice
https://historywalksvenice.com/substack/bad-air-will-get-you-sick/
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Open day at the Lazzaretto Vecchio
The Lazzaretto Vecchio, the first stable plague hospital founded in Venice six hundred years ago this year, was open for guided visits this weekend.
The Lazzaretto Vecchio is not normally open to the public.
The island will become the National Archaeological Museum for the Venetian Lagoon, but the project is still in a very early stage. Many of the buildings are at risk of collapse, and it will cost millions before the island and the museum can open.
Below some photos from the open day on the Lazzaretto Vecchio.
#Plague #PlagueIslands #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/09/open-day-at-the-lazzaretto-vecchio/
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Six hundred years of Lazzaretto Vecchio
On this day, six hundred years ago, the Senate of the Republic of Venice decided to create the first ever permanent plague hospital, the Lazzaretto Vecchio
#TheLazzarettiOfVenice #OTD #Plague #PlagueIslands #Venezia #Venice
https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/08/six-hundred-years-of-lazzaretto-vecchio/
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Lazzaretto Nuovo – the first quarantine station
The quarantine station on Lazzaretto Nuovo was for three centuries one of the main Venetian defences against the black plague.
#the-lazzaretti-of-venice #austrian-domination #plague #plagueislands #quarantine #venezia #venice @histodons
https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/06/lazzaretto-nuovo-the-first-quarantine-station/
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A Chronology of Lazzaretto Vecchio
Lazzaretto Vecchio was the first stable hospital and quarantine station for the bubonic plague in the world, founded in 1423 by the Republic of Venice.
#lazzaretti #chronology #lagoonislands #lazzaretto-vecchio #plague #plagueislands #quarantine #Histodons @[email protected]
https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/03/a-chronology-of-lazzaretto-vecchio/
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A Chronology of the Black Plague in Venice
Below are a chronology of some of the most important events in Venice related to the black plague, and a list of some notable deaths of the black plague in Venice.
As the chronology shows, the black plague returned again and again for almost a century after its first appearance, until the Venetians set up the lazzaretti.
#ChronologyOrTimelines #Plague #PlagueIslands #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-black-plague/a-chronology-of-the-black-plague-in-venice/
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A Chronology of the Black Plague in Venice
The black plague ravaged Venice for centuries, from the mid 1300s to the late 1700s. This is a chronology of some of the most important events.
#history-of-venice #lazzaretti #chronology #lazzarettonuovissimo #lazzarettonuovo #lazzaretto-vecchio #plague #plagueislands
https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/03/a-chronology-of-the-black-plague-in-venice/
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Ne Fodias – Do not disturb!
In 1793 a ship from Nauplia in Greece brought cheese and the black plague to Venice. Twelve persons died.
#Plague #PlagueIslands #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-venetian-lazzaretti/ne-fodias-do-not-disturb/
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In 1793 a ship from Nauplia in Greece brought cheese and the black plague to Venice. Twelve persons died.
https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/03/ne-fodias-do-not-disturb/
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The Black Plague
The black plague — or bubonic plague — is caused by a bacterium, yersinia pestis.
The black plague ravaged Venice for centuries, and had a huge impact on life in the city.
#Plague #PlagueIslands #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-black-plague/