Principal entrance to the lazaretto on Mahon

A lazaretto or lazaret is a quarantine station for maritime travellers. Mahón (alternately Maó in Catalan) is a Municipality and the capital city of the Balearic Island of Minorca (the Balearic Islands For other uses see Quarantine (disambiguation Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation typically to contain the spread of something 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. Fumigation is a method of Pest control that completely fills an area with gaseous Pesticides to suffocate or poison the pests within ^[1] A leper colony administered by a Christian religious order was often called a lazar house, after the parable of Lazarus the Beggar. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Dives and Lazarus or Lazarus and Dives is a narrative attributed to Jesus that is reported only in the Gospel of Luke (

Lazarettos throughout history

The Vanvitelli's Lazzaretto

The first lazaret was established by Venice in 1403 on Santa Maria di Nazareth (also called "Nazaretum" or "Lazaretum", today "Lazzaretto Vecchio"), an island in the Venetian Lagoon . Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the The Venetian Lagoon is the enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated 45°24′22″N 12°21′36″E / 45.406, 12.36^[2][3][4] Additionally there is Lazzaretto Nuovo, also in the lagoon.

Pope Clement XII erected a Lazaretto at the south end of the Ancona harbor. See Corsini for other uses of that name Pope Clement XII ( April 7, 1652 &ndash February 6, Ancona (Ankon is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101909 (2005 Fidra^[5] an uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth, off eastern Scotland has the ruins of an old chapel, or lazaretto for the sick, which was dedicated to on it St. Nicholas. Fidra (archaically Fidrey) is an uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth, north-west of North Berwick, on the east coast of Scotland. The Firth of Forth ( Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe) is the Estuary or Firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Saint Nicholas (Άγιος Νικόλαος, Agios Nikolaos, "victory of the people" is the common name for Nicholas of Myra, a Christian Saint ^[5]

Lazaretto Island, (formerly known as Aghios Dimitrios) located two nautical miles northeast of Corfu 39°38′28″N 19°55′26″E / 39.641, 19.924. Lazaretto Island, (Greek Λαζαρέτο also Lazareto, formerly known as Aghios Dimitrios) is located two Nautical miles northeast of A nautical mile or sea mile is a unit of Length. It corresponds approximately to one minute of Latitude along any meridian. Corfu ( Greek: Κέρκυρα - Kérkyra) is a city in north-western Greece. The island has an area of 17. 5 acres and is administered by the Greek National Tourist Organization. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U During World War II, the Axis Occupation of Greece established a concentration camp there for the prisoners of the Greek National Resistance movement. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Axis occupation of Greece during World War II ( Η Κατοχή, I Katochi, meaning "The Occupation" began in April Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial The Greek Resistance ( Εθνική Αντίσταση, ie "National Resistance" is the blanket term for a number of armed and unarmed groups from across the political There remains today the two-storied building that served as the Headquarters of the Italian army, a small church, and the wall against which those condemned to death were shot. ^[6][7]

In the early 16th century, when Corfu was under Venetian rule, a monastery was established on the islet. Later that century, the island was renamed Lazaretto, after the leprosarium that was set up there. In 1798, when the French ruled Corfu, the Russo-Turkish fleet took over the islet and ran it as a military hospital. In 1814, during the British occupation, the leprosarium was renovated and went into operation again. After the Ionian Islands were united with Greece (1864), the leprosarium only operated when needed. ^[6]

Lazaretto Islet survives on Ithaca and another on Zakynthos. Ithaca or Ithaka (in Greek, Ιθάκη, Ithaki) is an island in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of 118 km² Ithaca or Ithaka (in Greek, Ιθάκη, Ithaki) is an island in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of 118 km² As of 2002, one of the few remaining lazarets in Europe is the one in Dubrovnik. ||-||-||-||-||-||-||} Dubrovnik (ˈdǔbro̞ːʋniːk Dalmatian: Ragusa; Latin: Ragusium, also Rhausium, Rhaugia; ^[8]

In the United States, the Philadelphia Lazaretto was the first edifice of its kind in the country. The Philadelphia Lazaretto was the first quarantine hospital in the United States built in 1799 in Essington,--> Tinicum Township, Delaware County ^[9]

See also

• Leper colony
• Order of Saint Lazarus
• Saint Lazarus Island
• Villefranche-sur-Mer
• HMS Dreadnought (1801)
• Spinalonga
• Lazareto

External links

• The Lazzaretto Island in Venice, the first lazaretto in the World (in Italian)

References