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Fontilles and leprosy in Spain

Franciscan sisters at the Fontilles Sanatorium

The Purísima pavilion, 1909.

First procession of the Corpus, presided over by Father Vilariño and Father Ferris, at the entrance of the Purísima pavilion. The way participants were positioned during this religious event epitomizes the separation between «healthy» and «sick» people that lasted for decades and was inherent to the sanatorium's design and organisation.

Fontilles Photo Archive, m-29.

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