In the antiquity the island was situated in font of the port, and was provide of great edifices white marble on its each bends, whichmade it, appears as a hoot the island had always been linked with the diseased that is why since 293BC, the temple; of Esculapio, god of the medicine and protectorof the plague,which became later a hospital was erected here.The originsof the island remain mysterious. But it seems that in the antiquity it was an important commercial area, factor contribute to the development of the city.