In the hospital building in Spinalonga, it is planned to create a hall for multiple cultural uses
In the restoration and reuse of its buildings Leprosy Center in Spinalonga, of the dormitories and the hospital, in order to create exhibition spaces, the Ministry of Culture and Sports is proceeding. The project is part of the overall promotion, maintenance and protection work carried out at the Venetian Fortress by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
As the Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni stated: “The islet of Spinalonga, an extremely important fortress complex from the Venetian period, but also a place charged with hard memories from the period when the islet functioned as a Leprosy Center, has been for years in the center of the interest of the Ministry of Culture and Sports. In our planning, in addition to the important restoration interventions and works to highlight and restore the building stock of the island, which are in progress, and in addition to the accessibility and upgrade projects of the publishing house-sales office, the restoration of the buildings of the Leprosy Center, the dormitories is also included and the hospital, with the aim of hosting exhibitions on the history and memory of the island. We want the cultural palimpsest of Spinalonga to be highlighted, its history, as it is expressed through the different periods of habitation and the special conditions that formed in them. The Venetians turned a barren rock into a powerful fortress, the Muslims into one of the strongest financial and commercial centers in the region, while the patients of the Leprosy Center created a society of solidarity. The approval of the museological study is an essential step for museum reuse of the buildings of the Leprosy Hospital, which are the only remaining remains of the organized building activity of that period, as the rest were demolished in the 1980s. The island is a symbol of human will and the struggle for something better”.
The buildings are used to organize the permanent exhibition of the dormitories of the Leprosy Hospital and the Hospital building. It is divided into four large conceptually independent sections and a small section with the diachrony of the island’s habitation. Essentially, it chronologically covers a period from the 16th century. (Venetian) until the 20th c. (1957, last year of operation of the Leprosy Center). The sub-objectives include references to the natural environment of the area around the island, the creation of a narrative that helps to better understand the monuments and encourage a comprehensive museum experience, the management of memory and “difficult heritage”. The highlighting of the stories of the people who inhabited the island and the objects, as well as the supervisory material of the collection, aim to help the visitor experience the uniqueness of life on the island.
In the hospital building, it is planned to create a hall for multiple cultural uses (for periodical exhibitions, lectures, conferences and events), a refreshment area and a service area for visitors. All buildings are planned to be accessible to people with disabilities using ramps and elevators.
Source :Skai
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