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History Walks in Venice

Six hundred years of Lazzaretto Vecchio

On this day, six hundred years ago, the Senate of the Republic of Venete decided to create the first ever permanent plague hospital, the Lazzaretto Vecchio

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https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/08/six-hundred-years-of-lazzaretto-vecchio/

An incision of the Lazzaretto Vecchio, seen from the NW. 1700s
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Siderea, Sibylla Bostoniensis

@info Fascinating and harrowing to read. How did the inmates come to be there? Did the government order it? Did families bring them? Did patients bring themselves, desperate for nursing care?

Sep 15, 2023, 08:23 · · Tusky · 0 · 1
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