The Reading Society of Corfu

The Municipal Theatre of Corfu was the main theatre and opera house in Corfu, from 1902 to 1943. The theatre was the successor of the Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù, which became the Corfu city hall. It was des...

The "Mouse" island or Pontikonisi is a green of trees and rocks, which is located at the entrance of the lagoon Halikiopoulou opposite Corfu Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias". Its name comes from its shape. This rock is on

A short distance from the area of Dassia we can find Castello (Villa Mimpeli). It was built by the Italian Baron Luke Mimpelis in 1905 in gothic pace, which contrasts with the harmony and the typical Corfiot landscape. I

Obelisk of Douglas, known as a " pillar of Douglas ‘, we meet at the confluence of the promenade Republic Avenue and the Alexandras Avenue. The English Baro...

The Peristyle Maitland is located in Upper Square and is known as " Sterna ". Constructed in 1816 in the Ionic order , with plans of the British Engineer Colonel George Whitmore. It was dedicated to the English commis...

The Church of St. George built in 1840 , in the Old Fortress , to meet the religious needs of the British soldiers who served in Corfu the period of English Protection ( 1814-1864 ) . For the construction of the chur....

The theater of San Giacomo , or else the theater of St. James , was theater in Corfu , which became the center of Greek opera between 1733 and 1893 . Despite the provincial origins attracted Italian musicians and co.....

The Anountsiata (Latin Annunziata translated in the Greek Euaggelistria) is none other than the famous Catholic churches LONTSIADAS.I church dedicated to the Annunciation and in St Lucia (Latin Lucia, Lucia) from Hagia t

Count Ioannis Kapodistrias was born in Corfu in 1776 and was assassinated in 1831. He was the first Governor of Greece during the transitional period and while it was under...

Neoclassical building which was constructed in 1855 by the architect John Chronis. The main entrance marble bearing inscriptions in Greek and English and mention the resolution of the Union with Greece...

It is one of the oldest and most important Helleno-Christian monuments of our island !! The history of this holy monastery lost in the mists of time ... According to the tradition that survives, he moved there in early C

The Ionian Academy was the first university -level Greek commentaries modern age and the academy of the United States of the Ionian Islands . The building is located in the southwestern part of the Plaza Espla.....

The city until the time of the English protection didn't aqueduct. The needs of the population served by public cisterns that were in various places like the Esplanade, square Kremasti, square Brachliwti, square Heroes o

The Bosketo - which in Italian means little grove Bosketo - located next to the entrance of the Old Fortress. Smothered in plants and flowers...

The Municipal Gallery of Corfu began work in 1978 in the building of endowment Dalietoy. After it was transferred to the towering Palace sites of Saints Michael and George work the Gallery of the municipality of Corfu, w