Crovato, Giorgio, and Maurizio Crovato. Isole abbandonate della laguna : com’erano e come sono, 2008.
Lazzaretto Vecchio was the first stable hospital and quarantine station for the bubonic plague in the world, founded in 1423 by the Republic of Venice.
The Certosa island has a rich history of over a millennium, even if it is far from obvious for the visitors nowadays.