Nqe lus piav txog kev nyiam
Cov kob ntawm Spinalonga (raug hu ua Kalydon) nyob hauv Gulf of Elounda nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Crete, Lassithi prefecture, rov qab rau lub nroog Elounda. Nws nyob ze ntawm Kolokita Peninsula ("Great Spinalonga").
Nyob rau lub sijhawm puag thaum ub, cov kob Spinalonga, zoo li Kolokita ceg av qab teb, yog ib feem ntawm cov kob Crete. Ntawm qhov chaw ntawm Elounda niaj hnub yog cov nplua nuj Greek thaum ub thiab tom qab Roman chaw nres nkoj nroog Olus. Tom qab av qeeg nyob rau xyoo pua 2 AD. Olus yuav luag tag nrho hauv dej, thiab lub hiav txwv thiab nqaim isthmus tsim nruab nrab ntawm Crete thiab Kolokita. Los ntawm nruab nrab ntawm lub xyoo pua 7, Elounda thiab thaj chaw ib puag ncig dhau los yuav luag tsis muaj neeg nyob vim muaj tub sab nyiag mus tas li.
Nyob rau nruab nrab ntawm xyoo pua 15th, Venetians pib mining ntsev ntawm no thiab thaj av tau tsim sai. Coj mus rau hauv tus account kev lag luam tus nqi ntawm thaj chaw, kev ua tub sab tsis tu ncua thiab kev hem thawj ntawm cov neeg Turkish, Venetians nyob rau xyoo 1526 sib cais ib feem ntawm ceg av qab teb thiab tsim cov kob Spinalonga, lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb ntawm uas yog txhawm rau txhim kho kev tiv thaiv ntawm Elounda chaw nres nkoj.. Xyoo 1578, Venetians tau txib tus kws tsim choj Bressani los npaj cov koog pov txwv. Nws tsim blockhouses ntawm cov ntsiab lus siab tshaj plaws ntawm sab qaum teb thiab sab qab teb ntawm Spinalonga, ntxiv rau txhim kho lub nplhaib raws ntug dej hiav txwv kom tiv thaiv cov kob ntawm cov yeeb ncuab tsaws. Xyoo 1579, thawj lub pob zeb tau muab tso rau hauv lub hauv paus ntawm lub fortress. Tom qab ntawd, muaj kev tiv thaiv ntxiv rau saum toj roob. Txawm tias qhov tseeb tias Crete tau tso tseg rau Turks hauv 1669, Venetians khaws kev tswj hwm ntawm Spinalonga cov kob kom txog thaum 1715.
Spinalonga tseem raug hu ua "kob ntawm cov neeg mob ruas" raws li nws muaj tsev neeg mob qog noj ntshav los ntawm 1903 txog 1957. Ib lub rooj vag ntawm lub chaw tiv thaiv hu ua "Dante's Gate" thiab tau yoog raws rau kev nkag mus rau cov neeg mob tshiab uas tseem tsis tau paub tias lawv yuav tsis muaj txoj kev rov qab thiab lawv yuav tsis rov qab los. Tab sis nws tseem zoo dua, txij li ntawm cov kob lawv muaj zaub mov noj, saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv thiab ntau lossis tsawg dua qhov tsim nyog nyob. Yav dhau los, cov neeg mob uas mob ruas tau raug ntiab tawm ntawm zej tsoom thiab, raws li txoj cai, nyob rau hnub lawv nyob hauv qhov tsua deb ntawm kev vam meej. Nws yog ib qho ntawm cov mob kheesxaws nquag kawg nyob hauv Europe. Tus neeg kawg tawm ntawm cov kob xyoo 1962. Txij thaum ntawd los, cov kob tsis muaj neeg nyob.
Niaj hnub no Spinalonga yog ib qhov chaw mus ncig xyuas ntau tshaj plaws. Koj tuaj yeem tau los ntawm Plaka, Elounda thiab Agios Nikolaos.
