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Venice becoming 'cultural Disneyland'

Former asylums on islands turned into five-star hotels, but ordinary Venetians struggle to live in city From Philip Willan in Venice

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IN the past, Venice made use of some of its outlying islands to shield the city from madness and infectious diseases.