Corfu's culture is a product of its rich and diverse history, melding elements from Mainland Greece and Europe, from Venice and the wider Italy, and from France and Britain.
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According to mythology, Corfu was named after the daughter of Asopos, who was named Kerkyra, a nymph who the Greek God Zeus fell in love with and brought to Corfu.
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Corfu was the only Greek island not conquered by the Turks. The island was the cradle of culture and science. In Corfu was founded the first university or Greece, called the Ionian University and the first modern theater and opera of Greece.
The escalating migrant crisis has put many alarmed holidaymakers off visiting Greece, but the popular Greek island of Corfu is not affected. Corfu and other Ionian islands are unaffected due to their location off Greece's northwest coast in the Ionian Sea across from Italy.
In the 12th century, the Kingdom of Naples sent some Italian families to Corfu to rule the island. From the Fourth Crusade of 1204 onwards, the Republic of Venice sent many Italian families to Corfu. These families brought the Italian language of the Middle Ages to the island.
The architecture of Corfu City still reflects its long Venetian heritage, with its multi-storied buildings, its spacious squares such as the popular Spianada and the narrow cobblestone alleys known as Kantounia. The town began to grow during the Venetian period on a low hillock situated between the two forts.
With houses dating from the 14th century, Old Perithia is Corfu's most ancient village. Built to be safe from pirate attacks, it's near the top of the island's highest peak, Mount Pantokrator, surrounded by dense forest and with views over the Ionian Sea towards Albania.
Corfu is one of the most cosmopolitan Greek islands, famous for its vivid nightlife. Corfu Town suggests many places to start your evening, like the traditional taverns with amazing local dishes, especially in the Old Town.
Paleokastrítsa, between coves and cliffs. Located on the north-west coast of Corfu, the village of Paleokastrítsa is considered to be the most beautiful on the island. ...
Pélekas and Sinarádes, authentic Corfu. ...
Nissaki, a small fishing port. ...
The villages of Mount Pantokrator, Corfu's most beautiful views.
Incorporated into the Napoleonic empire (1807), the island became a British protectorate after the emperor's final defeat (1815). British administration displeased the inhabitants, however, and in 1864 Corfu was ceded, with the other Ionian Islands (Iónia Nisiá), to Greece.