Construction of the Lazaretto in Split

Od kraja XVI. stoljeća splitski lazaret je ključno mjesto trgovačke razmjene Osmanlijskog Carstva i Mletačke Republike u kojem se provodi karantena kao mjera zaštite od kužnih epidemija. Izgrađivan je u nekoliko faza od 1583. do 1629. godine, kada zauzima najveću površinu. Venecija u doba Kandijskog rata, zbog ekonomskoga značenja lazareta, odlučuje Split opasati bastionskim sustavom utvrda i time ga spašava od turskog osvajanja. U to doba zamire trgovina i počinje transformacija lazareta, koji u smanjenom obujmu djeluje do polovice XVIII. stoljeća. Nakon Drugoga svjetskog rata u cijelosti se uklanja.By the end of the 16th century, the Split Lazaretto grew into a significant trade centre between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice functioning at the same time as a quarantine against infectious epidemics. Its construction was carried out in several stages between 1583 and 1629 when it finally reached its full size area. Due to the economic significance of the Lazaretto during the Candian war, the Republic of Venice, made a decision to enclose Split by a system of fortifications in order to protect it from Turkish conquests. At that time, trading activities ceased and the Lazaretto was gradually transformed. Its function, however, continued on a limited scale until the mid 18th century. By the end of the Second World War it was entirely demolished