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The Corfu Channel Incident refers to three separate incidents involving Royal Navy ships in the Straits of Corfu which took place in 1946, and it is considered an early episode of the Cold War. [3] [4] [5] During the first incident, Royal Navy ships came under fire from Albanian fortifications. [4]
Old Fortress in the 16th century from a print at the British Museum. The protective wall of the marina is visible in front of the castle. The marina is still in use to this day. The Old Fortress of Corfu (Greek: Παλαιό Φρούριο, Venetian: Fortezza Vecchia) is a Venetian fortress in the city of Corfu.
The royal villa nowadays houses the Museum of Palaiopolis, which opened in 2001. On the ground floor, visitors can experience the atmosphere of the 19th century, with portraits, furniture, and a dress belonging to the palace's first resident, Diamantina-Nina Palatianou, Lady Adams, as well as her personal items (a donation from the Palatianou ...
The Public Library of Corfu is located at the old English Barracks, in Palaio Frourio. The Reading Society of Corfu has an extensive library of old Corfu manuscripts and rare books. The Serbian Museum of Corfu (Serbian: Српска кућа, Serbian House) houses rare exhibits about the Serbian soldiers' tragic fate during the First World War.
Typical houses of Corfu city. In several parts of the town may be found houses of the Venetian time, with some traces of past splendour. The Palace of St. Michael and St. George , built in 1815 by Sir Thomas Maitland (1759–1824; Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands ) is a large structure of white Maltese stone.
The palace gardens, complete with old Venetian stone aquariums, exotic trees and flowers, overlook the bay through old Venetian fortifications and turrets. The local sea baths are at the foot of the fortifications surrounding the gardens. A café on the grounds includes its own art gallery, with exhibitions of both local and international artists.
Agios Nikolaos (Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος, before 1940: Κολοκύθι - Kolokythi, [2] meaning "courgette") is a traditional quiet village in the south-east of Corfu near to the villages of Petriti and Notos. The main industry is agriculture as the land around is flat and the soil is rich despite the main part of the village being ...
The Achilleion (Greek: Αχίλλειο, Katharevousa: Αχίλλειον) is a palace built on Corfu for Empress (German: Kaiserin) Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sisi, after a suggestion by the Austrian consul Alexander von Warsberg.