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    In what city are deceased residents forbidden to be buried, and instead are interred on a nearby island that used to be a prison?

    Question #126866. Asked by george48. (Sep 23 12 9:35 PM)


    Daikenro

    		Hart Island in the northeast corner of New York City used to be a prison, but is now a cemetery with about 2000 burials a year. The burials are conducted by inmates of nearby Rikers Island. Most interments at Hart Island are because people could not afford a private burial or because the bodies were unclaimed by relatives.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Island,_New_York

    Sep 23 12, 11:19 PM
    22crows

    		Probably looking for Venice. The cemetry is on the Isola di San Michele (an island in the Venetian Lagoon).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isola_di_San_Michele

    Sep 24 12, 12:06 AM

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