The 'haunted' Italian island will be refurbished and turned into a public lagoon by Italian activists, Poveglia per Tutti ...

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 of the ...

A Venetian group won a bid to oversee part of Poveglia island, preventing private development. The group, Poveglia per tutti, will control the northmost island's green space under a six-year lease.

Venetian activists will transform part of an abandoned island into a public park, where locals can escape the millions of tourists that visit the city each year. The grassroots group, named Poveglia ...

A citizens’ group is now in charge of the island of Poveglia, where they will create a park for anyone who wants to leave Venice’s maddening crowds of tourists behind. Members of the Poveglia for ...