Review article
Hygienic and sanitary issues related to funerals in Pula at the end of the eighteenth and in the first half of the nineteenth century
Raul Marsetič
orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-1172
; Centro di ricerche storiche, Rovigno, Croazia
Abstract
In Pula, like in the rest of Europe since the beginning of the Early Middle Ages, cemeter¬ies were situated in major churches for almost an entire millennium, with many sanitary hygienic consequences for the town, until the new cemetery moved outside the town walls. At the end of the eighteenth. century, the question of urban hygiene, especially issues related to urban burial, came into the spotlight of scientific thinking. Churches were recognised as a true threat when it came to the spread of diseases, and the only solution to this intolerable situation was to move cemeteries away from the city and separate the world of the living from the world of the dead. With medieval burial practices ad sanctos abandoned, the enlightened thought set the ground for new solutions for healthcare, urban, and social issues. The reloca¬tion of the cemetery outside the city walls in 1846, relieved Pula of the great hygienic burden, rightly considered a threat for public health.
Keywords
Burials; Cemeteries; Health care; Burial standards; Urban history; Pula
Hrčak ID:
96410
URI
Publication date:
17.12.2012.
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