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Date:März 14, 2013

Spinalonga

Spinalonga is a small Island next to the Town of Elounda, at the northern Entrance of the gulf of Elounda. The maximum length in north- south direction is about 440m, 250m width in the southern part of the island. The highest elevation reached about 50m.

The venetians built a fortress on Spinalonga in the 15th century, respectively a hugh fort. In 1715 the turks conquered the fortification. About 600 christian inhabitans were deported by the turks and muslims began to settle.

Spinalonga was used as a leper colony from 1903 to 1957. With the foundation of the leper colony, the muslim inhabitans had to leave the island.
Leprosy was in that time a dangerous and incurable disease, also highly contagious. At peak times there were more than 1000 lepers on the island. 8 years after the first effective leper drugs were found, in 1953, the leper colony was unnecessary and dissolved.

Today Spinalonga can be visited by tourists on a day trip. The Island can be reached by boat from Agios Nikolaos and Elounda, also from the small village of Plaka.

Weblinks:

greek Ministry of culture and tourism

History about Spinalonga

Day Trip to Spinalonga
Day Trip to Spinalonga
Spinalonga Island
Spinalonga Island
Spinalonga in the Gulf of Elounda
Spinalonga in the Gulf of Elounda

Spinalonga - used as leper colony
Spinalonga – used as leper colony

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