No stranger to plagues, Venice opens film fest with caution

Through the pestilence that erupted in 1423, Venice’s senate determined to lock down the entire metropolis, prohibiting entry of individuals from suspected plague-ridden locations and punishing locals who gave sick foreigners shelter with six months in jail, he mentioned. A 12 months later, Venice opened the primary “lazzaretto,” a hospital on an remoted island within the Venetian lagoon devoted solely to plague victims.