“Haunted“ Quarantine Island Poveglia And Venice During the Black Plague | Italy

This episode was filmed almost a year ago, 3 months after our trip to Hungary. We couldn’t imagine that the Poveglia episode would air during the COVID-19 pandemic. Venice was a city organized around maritime commerce. It took an extremely hard hit because of all the ships, people and cargo coming and going from all over the world to it’s ports. After the first wave of the plague, three separate quarantine buildings were set up as a precautionary measure, so that the ill or the potentially ill could be moved further away from the city center. Poveglia was the first Island you would pass while trying to dock in Venice. That is why it was also used as a quarantine for boat passengers until 1814, when it was closed down. Supposedly more than 100,000 plague victims and mental patients were buried on this small island. For that reason, Poveglia is regarded as one of the most haunted locations on Earth. ► Support us on Patreon to help us creating more videos: