{"id":122929,"date":"2016-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/abandoned-italian-island-sold-for-500000-euros\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:22:07","slug":"abandoned-italian-island-sold-for-500000-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/abandoned-italian-island-sold-for-500000-euros\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned Italian Island Sold for 500,000 Euros"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Luigi Brugnaro, an Italian businessman, won the auction to lease Poveglia Island in the Venice lagoon for 513,000 euros, according to Business Insider.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Brugnaro, who owns an employment agency, submitted a 513,000 euro bid against the Poveglia Association, which wanted to lease the island for 99 years for 160,000 euros. Alvise Sperandio, Brugnaro&#8217;s spokesperson, stated that the businessman has not yet decided what he will do with the island, but he will certainly prepare it for visitors, investing 20 million dollars to renovate the abandoned buildings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Read the full article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capital.ro\/o-insula-abandonata-din-italia-vanduta-pentru-500000-de-euro.html\" target=\"_blank\">Capital<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imobiliare.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Imobiliare.Net<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Where is Poveglia Island located?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Poveglia Island is located in the Venice lagoon, Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who won the auction for the island?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Italian businessman Luigi Brugnaro won the auction with a bid of 513,000 euros.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the plans for the island&#8217;s renovation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new leaseholder plans to invest 20 million dollars to renovate abandoned buildings and prepare the island for public visits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luigi Brugnaro, an Italian businessman, won the auction to lease Poveglia Island in the Venice lagoon for 513,000 euros, according to Business Insider. Brugnaro, who owns an employment agency, submitted a 513,000 euro bid against the Poveglia Association, which wanted to lease the island for 99 years for 160,000 euros. Alvise Sperandio, Brugnaro&#8217;s spokesperson, stated&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":64950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2857],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transactions"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tranzactii-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122929"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}