Talk:Spinalonga

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Hello. Very interesting stuff. However I find it hard to believe that lepers used to share caves with wolves.Beach drifter (talk) 19:50, 8 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

Copy edit completed, and removed the phrase "is one in Dubrovnik" because it has little to do with the subject of the article.--Samuel Tan (talk) 09:14, 2 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Removed the following:

• There is also a fascinating novel called "Yannis" written by Beryl Darby (who also wrote the official guide book to the island "Spinalonga - A leper colony") which is an insightful story about the lepers who lived on the island. Although the novel is fictional it is based on stories retold by one of lepers who was last to leave the island when it eventually closed. The guide book "Spinalonga" has also been translated into many other languages. Following "Yannis" is also the next book in Beryl Darby's series "Anna". For more information go to www.beryldarby.co.uk

Reads too much like advertising to me, particularly with the "fascinating" and the (not working) link to website. --Hburdon (talk) 23:33, 19 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Moving this to Talk, adspam-ish

The book Spinalonga, the isle of the Damned by Victor Zorbas - a local expert on the island - is in editing and will be published in a new, more expanded version. It relates the true story of the leper colony and compares other leper colonies in the world with the island. Because the author met with the last governor of the colony,it also contains many exclusive photos and stories of the German occupation.

-- 187.67.203.186 (talk) 01:57, 20 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

I am in the progress of dropping those lines from the article Elounda:

In 1579, the Venetians built a mighty fortress on the island on the ruins of an ancient acropolis. The Venetians kept control of the island even after the rest of Crete fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1669 and it remained under their control for almost another half a century until its capitulation in 1715. Spinalonga island is notable for being the last active leper colony from 1903 until 1957. Today, it is unoccupied and is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the area.

Maybe there is some fact inside that is missing from the Spinalonga article. Thats why i put it here on the discussion page. --Alexander.stohr (talk) 00:37, 11 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

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