A famous example is the devastating plague epidemic in Venice from 1575-77, which killed up to 400 people a day. On 8 September 1576, the doge, the head of the Republic, vowed to build a church ...

As a result, the highest death tolls are estimated to have occurred in ports and large cities such as Venice and London. Because it infects humans via fleas and rats, the Black Death has been ...

The mortality rate for untreated pneumonic plague is 100 percent; death occurs ... in paradise." In Italy, the plague killed more than any war ever had. The cities of Venice and Pisa lost three ...

Stephen Havrilka, 34, of Venice, was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to life in prison in connection with the death of Tina Strader, who was beaten and found unconscious in a hotel room at the ...

The Santa Maria della Salute was built to celebrate the end of the plague in 1631 and is dedicated ... Church as the backdrop for many photos of Venice. There's a good chance you'll see it whether ...