Lazzaretto Vecchio
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Lazzaretto Vecchio is a small historic island near Venice that once served as one of the world’s earliest quarantine stations for plague and other contagious diseases.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lazzaretto Vecchio canonical | 3 |
| Lazzaretto | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5223323 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lazzaretto Vecchio Context triple: [Venetian Lagoon, contains, Lazzaretto Vecchio]
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A.
Lazzaretto Nuovo
Lazzaretto Nuovo is a historic island in the Venetian Lagoon that once served as a quarantine station to protect Venice from plague and other epidemics.
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B.
Lazzaretto of Ancona
The Lazzaretto of Ancona is a historic 18th-century pentagonal fortress-island in Ancona, Italy, originally built as a quarantine station and later used for military and civic purposes.
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C.
Lazareto
Lazareto is a settlement on the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde, known primarily as a small coastal community near the city of Mindelo.
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D.
Poveglia
Poveglia is a small, uninhabited island near Venice, Italy, infamous for its history as a quarantine station and plague island and often cited as one of the world’s most haunted places.
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E.
Marina Grande
Marina Grande is the main harbor and colorful waterfront district of the Italian island of Procida, known for its picturesque houses, fishing boats, and ferry connections.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lazzaretto Vecchio Target entity description: Lazzaretto Vecchio is a small historic island near Venice that once served as one of the world’s earliest quarantine stations for plague and other contagious diseases.
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A.
Lazzaretto Nuovo
Lazzaretto Nuovo is a historic island in the Venetian Lagoon that once served as a quarantine station to protect Venice from plague and other epidemics.
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B.
Lazzaretto of Ancona
The Lazzaretto of Ancona is a historic 18th-century pentagonal fortress-island in Ancona, Italy, originally built as a quarantine station and later used for military and civic purposes.
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C.
Lazareto
Lazareto is a settlement on the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde, known primarily as a small coastal community near the city of Mindelo.
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D.
Poveglia
Poveglia is a small, uninhabited island near Venice, Italy, infamous for its history as a quarantine station and plague island and often cited as one of the world’s most haunted places.
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E.
Marina Grande
Marina Grande is the main harbor and colorful waterfront district of the Italian island of Procida, known for its picturesque houses, fishing boats, and ferry connections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former quarantine station
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historic site ⓘ island ⓘ |
| associatedWithDiscipline |
archaeology
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epidemiology ⓘ public health history ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | plague epidemics in Venice ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| currentUse |
heritage and research site
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tourist visits (limited and guided) ⓘ |
| governedBy | Venetian health magistracy ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFind |
human skeletal remains from plague victims
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mass plague graves ⓘ remains of hospital buildings ⓘ remains of quarantine facilities ⓘ |
| hasBuilding |
administrative buildings
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chapel ⓘ hospital wards ⓘ warehouses for goods under quarantine ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInThePast |
isolation facility
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lazaretto ⓘ plague hospital ⓘ |
| hasItalianName | Lazzaretto Vecchio ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | cultural heritage site of Italy ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important site in the history of public health
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one of the earliest known permanent quarantine stations in the world ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Venice Lagoon
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linked to:
Venetian Lagoon
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| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Metropolitan City of Venice
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Veneto ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Adriatic Sea ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lido di Venezia
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San Lazzaro degli Armeni ⓘ Venice ⓘ |
| namedAfter | lazaretto (quarantine station) ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| partOf |
Venetian Lagoon island system
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linked to:
Venetian Lagoon
historical maritime health system of Venice ⓘ |
| startTimeAsQuarantineStation |
15th century
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around 1420s ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMajorUse |
Early modern period
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Renaissance ⓘ |
| use |
containment of contagious diseases
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containment of plague ⓘ quarantine of people and goods ⓘ |
| usedFor |
containment of epidemic outbreaks
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disinfection of goods ⓘ isolation of ships’ crews ⓘ isolation of travelers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lazzaretto Vecchio Description of subject: Lazzaretto Vecchio is a small historic island near Venice that once served as one of the world’s earliest quarantine stations for plague and other contagious diseases.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lazzaretto Vecchio