Spinalonga Island

E442720
historic site island tourist attraction

Spinalonga Island is a small fortified island off the coast of Crete, Greece, best known for its Venetian-era fortress and its history as a former leper colony.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Spinalonga 3
Spinalonga fortress 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
island ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessibleBy boat ⓘ
administrativeRegion Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kalydon NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy Kingdom of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
featuredIn The Island (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Island (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
fortifiedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
fortressBuiltBy Venetians NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedAsPartOf municipality of Agios Nikolaos NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of isolation and human resilience ⓘ
hasFortification Venetian fortress ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus protected archaeological site ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Σπιναλόγκα NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRemainsFromPeriod Ottoman period ⓘ
Venetian period ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
hasStructure bastions ⓘ
churches ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
residential buildings ⓘ
hasTouristSeason summer ⓘ
hasTypeOfFortification coastal fortress ⓘ
hasViewOf Mirabello Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUse military outpost ⓘ
quarantine island ⓘ
knownFor Venetian-era fortress ⓘ
former leper colony ⓘ
well-preserved fortifications ⓘ
leperColonyFrom 1903 ⓘ
leperColonyUntil 1957 ⓘ
literaryWorkBy Victoria Hislop NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Gulf of Elounda NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Elounda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plaka, Lasithi NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf Lasithi regional unit NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismActivity guided tours ⓘ
historical sightseeing ⓘ
usedAs leper colony ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lasithi regional unit → contains → Spinalonga Island ⓘ
Agios Nikolaos → hasNearbyIsland → Spinalonga Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spinalonga
Elounda → locatedNear → Spinalonga Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spinalonga
Elounda → hasNearbyIsland → Spinalonga Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spinalonga
Elounda → hasNearbyAttraction → Spinalonga Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spinalonga fortress