Corfu Ηistorical Figures

Gerasimos Markoras (1826 - August 28, 1911) was a Greek poet, student of national poet Dionysios Solomos. It belongs to the "poets ...

Dionysios Solomos (8 April 1798 – 9 February 1857) was a Greek poet from Zakynthos. He is best known for writing the Hymn to Liberty, of...

Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros (26 October 1795 – 12 April 1872) was a Greek composer born in Corfu and the major representative of th...

Count Ioannis Kapodistrias (11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias, was the first Governor of the...

Charles A of Anjou in Corfu requires a new management style. Sets a representative Viceroy and divides the island into four administrati...

He was born in Corfu on October 1, 1825 (October 13 with the new calendar), from a noble family with roots from Constantinople. He recei...

He was born in Corfu in 1807. Studied law at the Ionian Academy and received his PhD. Exercised its judicial and legal profession. In po...