2 CORFU PANORAMA English_1

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QUEEN OF
THE IONIAN SEA
Lagoons, lakes, waterfalls,
rivers, forests, mountains,
islets. And whatever nature
“didn’t have time to do” is
complemented by human
architecture.
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Corfu
Paxoi
Antipaxos
Mathraki
Othoni
Ereikoussa
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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Although Corfu was a “Bone
of contention”, barbarians or
civilized conquerors could not
alter the Greek identity of the
Corfiots.
MONUMENTS and FORTS
Ancient temples, castles,
towers, moat, Roman baths,
cave with Paleolithic finings,
Byzantine buildings and
churches adorn the island
of Phaeakes.
BLAZONS
The great spiritual, artistic,
business and other celebrities
seal with their blazons their
passage from Corfu.
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OLD PHOTOS
History is not only written by
historians. It is also written
by photographers.
And photographers have a lot
to “tell” us about the island.
MUSEUMS
Painters, sculptors, craftsmen
of ceramics, engravers and all
kinds of artists have been
working for centuries and
nowadays their work is
exhibited.
CHURCHES and
MONASTERIES
The Corfiots built at their own
expense and personal work
churches with excellent
decoration and artistic bell
towers.
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CULTURAL EVENTS
The happy and extroverted
character of the Corfiots has
shaped the way they celebrate.
Solemn at the religious events,
and open to the feast.
PAINTING - SCULPTURE -
ENGRAVING
Cultures and artists made an
“appointment in Corfu” and
created new trends influenced
by the Western way of thinking.
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STATUES
Many worthy sons, and
many foreigners who loved
and created works of art
on the island.
Today we can get to know
them by their statues.
OLD TOWN
Here the past meets the
present. The story “speaks”
in every corner, every
square, every street.
And reminds you the soul
of the Corfiots.
ACHILLEIO
The palace that concealed
the pain of Sissy,
the empress of Austria and
was later “sealed” and by
Kaiser Wilhelm II.