Lazaret is a district in

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. It is located in the eastern part of the city.

History

On the current location of the train station, there was a small Dominican monastery that was relocated into the citadel of

. The former monastery buildings were put to use as a

lazaret A lazaretto or lazaret (from it, lazzaretto a diminutive form of the Italian word for beggar cf. lazzaro) is a quarantine station for maritime travellers. Lazarets can be ships permanently at anchor, isolated islands, or mainland buildings. ...

, to house and quarantine the sick and isolate them from the general population of the citadel. With the development of the city, the lazaret was pushed further to the outskirts, until it was put out of use, the region becoming a residential district.

References

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