Lazaretto

A lazaretto or lazaret is a quarantine station for maritime travellers. Lazarets can be ships permanently at anchor, isolated islands, or mainland buildings. Until 1908, lazarets were also used for disinfecting postal items, usually by fumigation.

The first lazaret was established by Venice in 1403 on Santa Maria di Nazareth (also called "Nazaretum" or "Lazzaretto"), an island in the Venetian lagoon.

During World War II, the Fascist occupation of Greece established a concentration camp for the prisoners of the Greek National Resistance movement on the islet Lazaretto, located on the northeast side of Corfu island. There remain today a few buildings and the wall against which those condemned to death were shot [1].

As of 2002, one of the few remaining lazarets in Europe is the one in Dubrovnik.

References

• "History of Quarantine". The Most Dangerous Woman in America. Retrieved March 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
• "AMERICAN EXPRESS AND PBZ AMERICAN EXPRESS ANNOUNCE U.S. $80,000 GRANT FOR RESTORATION OF THE LAZARET IN DUBROVNIK". American Express. Retrieved March 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
• "Peel Island". GNT History. Retrieved March 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
• "The Disinfection of Postal Items". C. Savona-Ventura. Retrieved March 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
• {{http://www.comune.venezia.it/isole/mostra/lazv.asp?ipo=title= the island Santa Maria di Nazareth

External links

• Lazaretto outside of Philadelphia