Ads
related to: saint george of greece greek island village apartments
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Agios Georgios (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος meaning Saint George) is a village and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece.Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit. [2]
Pagoi (Greek: Πάγοι) is a village in the northwestern part of Corfu Island in Greece, and a community of the municipal unit Agios Georgios. The community consists of the villages Pagoi, Agios Georgios, Prinylas, Roumpatatika and Vatonies. The community had a population of 394 as of the 2021 census.
After the union with Greece in 1864, the villa and the gardens were gifted to King George I of the Hellenes as a summer residence; he renamed it "Mon Repos" (French for "My Rest"). The Greek royal family used it as a summer residence up until King Constantine II fled the country in 1967. The villa subsequently became derelict, but was restored ...
Gouvia is a village and resort beside a natural harbour in Corfu, Greece. It is situated around 8 km (5 miles) North of Corfu town . It is separated from the Bay of Gouvia to the south by a headland on which is found the village of Kontókali .
Near the island, Pericles defeated the Samians in a naval engagement in 440 BCE. [5] In modern times, the island (dependent on Patmos) was occupied in 1912 by the Kingdom of Italy during the Italo-Turkish war and, after being part of the Italian Islands of the Aegean (of which it was the northernmost islet), [2] was ceded from Italy to Greece in 1947 with the Treaty of Peace.
The Palace of St. Michael and St. George (Greek: Ανάκτορο των Αγίων Μιχαήλ και Γεωργίου) is a palace in Corfu City on the island of Corfu, Greece. Commissioned by Sir Thomas Maitland, it originally served as the residence of the British Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands.