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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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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/