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Lazaretta


An old leprosarium island where any persons suspected of having leprosy were disembarked here before being allowed to enter the town of Chania.

Called Lazaretta after Lazarus from the Christian parable who was venerated as a patron saint of lepers by the Roman Catholic Church.
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