Vacation "leftovers" 2

Spinalonga views

For those who don't know what is Spinalonga, I copy some information from the Greek Ministry of Culture (in italics):

"It is an islet at the entrance of the Elounta bay. In antiquity there was a fortress of the Olounites. In 1579 the Venetians built a mighty fortress there, which remained under their rule even after the Ottoman occupation of Crete in 1669. During the last years of the Ottoman occupation, it was a safe refuge of Ottoman families. In 1903, by law of the Cretan government, it was appointed as the place of stay for the lepers of Crete." (...and most of the Greek mainland. The "barracks" that acommodated lepers ceased their operation in the early 1950's.)