Mass Graves of Bubonic Plague Victims Found on Venice "Quarantine" Island
Thursday, December 20, 2007
A mass grave containing more than 1,500 bodies, believed to be of the victims of the bubonic plague, have been discovered on a small island in Italy's Venetian Lagoon while workers were digging the foundation for a new museum. The island is believed to be the world's first quarantine colony intended to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. This colony was opened during the plague outbreaks that decimated Venice, as well as much of Europe, throughout the 15th and 16th centuries A.D.
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A mass grave containing more than 1,500 bodies, believed to be of the victims of the bubonic plague, have been discovered on a small island in Italy's Venetian Lagoon while workers were digging the foundation for a new museum. The island is believed to be the world's first quarantine colony intended to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. This colony was opened during the plague outbreaks that decimated Venice, as well as much of Europe, throughout the 15th and 16th centuries A.D. Link
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