because a hospital, founded in 1584, was built on the island and is still operating. It is staffed by the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God or "Fatebenefratelli". The hospital was not built on the same spot as the temple, but stands on the western half of the island. According to the documentary My Italian Secret, when the Nazis occupied Rome in 1943 and started rounding up the Jews, Dr. Borromeo, head of the hospital, invented an imaginary deadly and highly contagious illness he dubbed “Il Morbo di K” to keep the SS away and protect those Jews hiding inside the wards, just a stone's throw from the Ghetto. Festivals During summer, the island hosts the Isola del Cinema film festival. Popular culture The island serves as the player's headquarters in the 2010 action-adventure stealth video game Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. References External links Virtual 3D Reconstruction of the Tiber Island - www.italyrome.info Geography of Rome Tiber Topography of the ancient city of Rome Islands of the Tiber Rome R. XII Ripa