Discovering a Less Known Island of the Venetian Lagoon: Lazzaretto Nuovo

Discovering a Less Known Island of the Venetian Lagoon: Lazzaretto Nuovo

For over two years, during the pandemic, we were concerned with terms such as “isolation”, “social distance”, “quarantine”… but do you know from where all these terms, and behaviors, came from? In this post you will find out how the Venetian Republic would cope in the past with epidemics and how life was like in isolation in the Venetian Lazarets.

The quiet island of Mazzorbo in the northern lagoon of Venice

The quiet island of Mazzorbo in the northern lagoon of Venice

Mazzorbo is a small island, neglected by tourists, in the northern part of the Venetian lagoon. The Church of St. Catherine is the one only surviving of the 10 once existing, testimony of the rich past history of this island that was described as a major city, and nowadays has less than 300 inhabitants. A modern social housing estate and a contemporary vineyard await us in Mazzorbo.