Spinalonga
Agios Nikolaos, Crete
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Altitude
30 m
Population
—
Region
east
Era
venetian
Former leper colony island in the Gulf of Elounda, one of the last active leper colonies in Europe (closed 1957). The spectacular Venetian fortress was never captured by the Ottomans, holding out until 1715.
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