Which city has buried its dead on the cemetery island of San Michele since the early 1800s?

The perennially flooded floating city of Venice had a big sanitation problem in the early 19th century: diseases were washing up from the city graves. The solution was to dedicate an uninhabited island in the lagoon to be the new burial grounds. Venetians continue to use it for their loved ones' final resting place to this day. (Well, as long as they continue paying the fees—otherwise, into the common burial pit go the remains!)

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