The Lazzaretto Nuovo is an island of about nine hectares, located at the entrance to the Venice Lagoon and reachable by public transportation. For centuries it was one of the doorways to Venice, a place of cultural and commercial exchange, technologically advanced, like a little innovation citadel. With the Repubblica Serenissima it was the Lazzaretto of "quarantine" for vessels suspected of carrying contagious disease from the Mediterranean ports. Today, it is an ecomuseum, visited each year by thousands of people from all over the world, a dynamic center and laboratory engaged in educating and sharing with the community. Getting to know the city, the laguna and the islands, according to the no-profit “The rebirth of an island” program. [www.lazzarettiveneziani.it]
