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    Haunted Places in Elounda

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    Spinalonga Island

    EloundaGreece1579 (Fortress) / 1903–1957 (Leper Colony)

    Spinalonga (officially Kalydon), an islet in the Gulf of Elounda off the northeastern coast of Crete, is one of the world's most poignant historical and dark-tourism sites. Formidable Venetian fortress walls surround an abandoned village that served as Greece's official leper colony from 1903 to 1957, where over 1,000 afflicted citizens were forcibly exiled for life, leaving behind a haunting legacy of grief, courage, and phantom footsteps.

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