Английская Википедия:Island of San Antón (Pontevedra)
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The Island of San Antón (Illa de San Antón in Galician), also called San Antonio, is a Spanish Island in the province of Pontevedra off the coast of the municipality of Redondela, connected to the Island of San Simón by a monumental three-sided bridge.[1][2]
Between 1596 and 1601, the Benedictine monks of Poio used the island as a refuge from the plague, which especially affected the Pontevedra area.[1]
In 1838 the island (which measures just 1.2 hectares was converted into a maritime lazaret or "leper colony" to control infections, isolate patients from deadly and highly contagious epidemics and serve as a transit point for the crew of ships destined for the Galician coast to quarantine there. [1]
Its lazaretto was classified as a dirty lazaretto, while the one at the neighbour island San Simón was classified as a so-called clean one. The lazaretto was closed definitively in 1927.[1] The building, which is still preserved, along with other buildings, among the eucalyptus trees that cover the island, was used as a prison from 1936 to 1940 for opponents of the military uprising of General Francisco Franco.[3][4] In 1941 about 250 people died there.[1]
Later, all the buildings on the two islands were used for their activities by the Spanish Youth Organisation (Organización Juvenil Española).[5][6][7][8]
In the year 2021 the island was uninhabited and since 1999 it has been considered an Asset of Cultural Interest with the category of "Historic Site".
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