Poveglia, haunted Venetian island up for sale, with hotel plans
If you've ever wanted to buy a haunted island then you're in luck. Poveglia is up for sale.
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Possibly the only place near Venice that nobody wants to go to, the uninhabited Italian island has been put up for sale to help reduce the country’s public debt, according the the UK’s The Independent.
It was a quarantine station in the 18th century before apparently becoming a ‘dumping ground’ for plague victims, including children, and the 17-acre island was then home to a mental hospital where the doctor apparently undertook horrible surgeries, such as lobotomies, with hand drills, on the patients. Combining these aspects together, with current rumours that it’s now haunted, and you have the topic for one of the most nail-bitingly creepy films of all time.
That doctor then threw himself off the tallest tower. That hospital only closed in the late-1960s.
As they say, one man’s trash, another man’s treasure. Where some Property Observer readers will see “Personal Worst Nightmare” our property opportunists may instead consider it a “Private Island Holiday Destination”.
The Telegraph reports that the plan is to transform the building into a luxury hotel, however a campaign has been launched to stop privatisation of the lagoon. We imagine that creepy child plague-ghosts, one by the name of Little Maria, aren’t among the resort’s plans, but we could be wrong.
Closed to visitors in recent years by the Italian government, in what could be seen as a conspiracy against the worldwide findings-out of the devils beyond but is likely just a safety protocol, it has attracted paranormal investigators in the past.
If you’re in the market to buy a creepy island, then this is the perfect option. Bids for Poveglia close 6 May 2014.
The Daily Mail explains that a 99 year lease is in the offering for its redevelopment, but that a further four properties, including 15th Century castle and monastery, will be auctioned off freehold. Around 150 state-owned properties will go under the hammer with hopes of netting a 500 million euro total.
Australians can bid in the virtual auction.