2 CORFU PANORAMA English_1

Northeast Corfu
Focusing on the coastal road, we encounter too many
villages succeeding each other. Others are washed by the
waves, others are a bit more inside the inland and others are
mountainous. However, all have their own personality.
Let’s start the “exploration”.
First route
Alepou is a suburb connected to the city of Corfu found
in written sources as early as the 16 th century, as borgo
(suburb).
In 1584 the Church of Agia Paraskevi was founded.
About its name, others claim that it originates from the grape
variety “aloupou” and others from a corruption of the name
of landowners Alipoutza (Alpuzza).
Of course, it can be named after the cunning quadruped.
And Potamos is a suburb of the city of Corfu.
It was named after the river that crosses it and is the most
important in significance and amount of water as well as a
wetland (p. 34). Its banks are joined by the Asirmatos Bridge,
an architectural work of the Venetian period. In the village
are preserved many mansions even from the 16 th century.
The Church of Zoodochou Pigis and Church Barbarian with
its 35 meters’ belfry is a building of the early 16 th century.
On the beach there were salt pans during the Venetian Era.
Evropouli is a small, picturesque village. In a place called
Koukouritsa lies Kapodistrias Museum - Center of
Kapodistrian Studies. It was founded in 1981 and is
donated by Maria Desylla-Kapodistria, Mayor of Corfu
(the first female Mayor in Greece) during the period
1956-1959.
It is housed in the summer residence of the family of the first
Governor of Greece and was part of the estate of his family.
The exhibits are personal items, medals, decorations and
seals with the crest and furniture of that era. In the church is
kept a bagpipe from Russia donated by Kapodistrias himself
to the church. There is also an old oil mill, built in 1777.
Next stop, Kontokali. A coastal village with shady streets
and a sandy beach. It was named after the noble Christopher
Kontokalis who participated as a Sopracomito (the Commander
of a naval ship) in the Βattle of Lepanto (1571).
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