The lazzaretti in Venice were the Venetian republic’s response to the emergency of the plague, and an efficient response too.
In 1793 a ship from Nauplia in Greece brought cheese and the black plague to Venice. Twelve persons died.
The island of Poveglia is now famous for ghost stories made up by American television. However, there’s a lot more to say about the island than fictitious stories of ghosts and crazy doctors.