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Ermoupolis shot through the dilapidated window of the abandonedprison at Lazareta on Syros Island, Greece.

A building with a big history.

The Quarantine House and later prison, is located at Lazareta area and was constructed in 1837 in order to quarantine the travellers and shipmen that arrived to Syros at times when cholera, leprosy and other deadly diseases hit Europe.

During the Cretan Revolution for Independence in 1866 it was used as a shelter for the Cretan refugees and in the end of the 19th century as a prison. While in 1908 accommodated the Asylum for the mentally ill. Its last use was as jail for political prisoners, during the post civil war years.

Location: Syros Island, Greece

Photographer: ©01110011

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Ermoupolis shot through the dilapidated window of the abandonedprison at Lazareta on Syros Island, Greece.

A building with a big history.

The Quarantine House and later prison, is located at Lazareta area and was constructed in 1837 in order to quarantine the travellers and shipmen that arrived to Syros at times when cholera, leprosy and other deadly diseases hit Europe.

During the Cretan Revolution for Independence in 1866 it was used as a shelter for the Cretan refugees and in the end of the 19th century as a prison. While in 1908 accommodated the Asylum for the mentally ill. Its last use was as jail for political prisoners, during the post civil war years.

Location: Syros Island, Greece

Photographer: ©01110011