SPINALONGA ISLAND
The Venetians built a big fortres on this tiny island close to the town of Agios Nicolaos (in Crete). In this town is where you can find a boat that visits the island for a daytrip. It's quite impressive. The fortress and the rest of the buildings are all in pretty good shape (there's also a renovation going on). Between 1903 and 1957 is was turned into a leper colony. Within the walls you will find the houses and the graves of the people that lived there and died there. The graves are small, about one metre by one metre, because after amputations not much was left of the inhabitants. |