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Paleopolis Basilica of Paleopolis In the area of Paleopolis we come across the Basilica of Paleopolis, an important early Christian monument. Situated opposite Mon Repo, where the ancient city center was located. It was built in the 5 th AD century and it was one of the largest basilicas of that period, five-aisled, with two narthexes, adorned with many sculptures and mosaics. The church was dedicated to Santa Kerkyra. The Basilica of Paleopolis was destroyed during the raids of the 6 th century and in its place was built a smaller three-aisled, which was also destroyed in the 11 th century. In 1537, the church was rebuilt and destroyed by the bombings of WW II. Today the church is ruined, without its roof. The estate of Mon Repo (Mon Repo means “my rest”), in Paleopolis, is the largest green lung of the city with a total extent of 240,000 m2. Within the limits of the estate were discovered the ruins of the ancient temples of Hera and Apollo. Mon Repo Mon Repo was built in 1828-31 as a holiday house of the commissioner Lord Fred Adam. It is also a work of Whitemore. It is a building with simple forms, large windows and a typical application of the morphological characteristics of the English classical tradition with the addition of Greek elements. After the Union, it was granted by the City to King George I, who named it Mon Repo. It was granted back to the property of the Municipality of Corfu, that granted for fifty years the building of the villa to the Ministry of Culture to house the museum of Paleopolis. Panagia Vlacherna - Pontikonisi The monastery of Panagia Vlacherna housed nuns until 1980. It is located on the islet of Vlacherna linked to Corfu with a narrow corridor. Pontikonisi is called the “ship of Ulysses”. The legend says that when the king of Ithaca arrived here, Neptune turned the ship in a green rock. 384
The British Commissioner Fred Adam built Mon Repo as a holiday house. CORFU PANORAMA 385
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