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The pentagon-shaped Lazzaretto of Ancona sits on an artificial island at the harbor...
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A lazzaretto was an island quarantine station where people, ships, and goods suspected...
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A depiction of Europeans in a smallpox quarantine camp at El Tor, North Africa, 1884.
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Many countries implemented strict quarantine and stay-at-home measures during the...
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