The exhibition "Venice from the first Lazaretto to pandemic control 1423-2023" curated by Professor Nelli Elena Vanzan-Marchini, opened on 5 September 2023 at Palazzo Ferro Fini in Venice. Roberto Ciambetti, President of the Regional Veneto Council; Simone Venturini, Venice Municipality Councillor responsable for social cohesion; Ambassador Luisella Pavan-Woolfe, representing the Council of Europe; Silvio Brusafero President of the National Health Insitute and Ambassador Umberto Vattani, President of  Venice International University were in attendance.

Ambassador Pavan-Woolfe highlighted the similarities between the model adopted in Venice in the XV Century to fight the black plague and measures recently taken to contrast the Covid19 pandemic. "This was the first example of a public health system in Europe" she said, adding "The Council of Europe tells us that we have the right to live with dignity and we should be able to access food and water, education, information and healthcare regardless of who we are, where we live or how well-off we are".