Les stratégies préventives sanitaires et la construction territoriale de l’État grec

The article studies the relationship between geography, trade, social and territorial integration, as well as the European political influence in order to help understand the development of health protection at the borders of the Greek State. Contrary to an overly unambiguous perspective, it suggests that more attention should be paid to the combination of a multitude of factors influencing the preventive measures applied during the twelve years’ period since the foundation of the kingdom. These strategies include both quarantines (on the borders and inside the country’s territory) and hygienic measures (inside the territory). The article thus provides an overview of the main characteristics of Greek public hygiene while trying to analyse the link between the quarantines at the borders and the country’s aspiration to unite, geographically, sanitarily and politically with the European interstate system and thus establish its sovereignty.