Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view of Poveglia - Ingus Kruklitis/Alamy Stock Photo The abandoned Venetian island of Poveglia — site of a plague pit ...

Venice (CNN) — 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 ...