Sacca Sessola

History

• 1860-1870 - The island was artificially created with land-depth reporting from the channels of the maritime station and owned by Royal Administration.
• 1875 - The island was given to the city of Venice with an agreement and used for fuel storage.
• 1892 - Decommissioned from fuel storage. Conversion for use as a hospital for contagious diseases was begun.
• 1904 - Some buildings are restored and converted for hospital use.
• 1909 - Works are completed.
• 1913 - Following the end of the cholera epidemic of 1911, hospital buildings were constructed in Romanesque style.
• 1914 - St. Mark's Hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis was inaugurated. During the First World War the sanatorium remained closed.
• 1920 - Sanitorium reopened
• 1921 - The church was built in neo-Romanesque style.
• 1923 - A leisure pavilion was built.
• 1927 - The City of Venice gave the island a government agency for the building of a new hospital with 300 beds.
• 1931 - Work began on the construction of a new building.
• 1936 - The Pulmonary Hospital, "Achille De Giovanni" was inaugurated by King Vittorio Emanuele III including pavilions, a park, thermal power station, stores, workshops, recreational club with cinema and a water tower.
• 1979 - The Hospital ceases its activity and begins a slow process of abandonment and decay.
• 1981 - The island property is transferred to the Municipality.
• 1992 - The City Council entrusts the island to the UNESCO International Center for Marine Sciences and Technology.
• 2000 - The island was sold to a multi-national company and has been converted into a private tourist hotel complex not advertised openly on the internet.
• March 2015 - JW Marriott Venice Resort and Spa opens.