Most popular articles
Casa Parlante. Reviving history. “Welcome! Please, come in! The Count will be with you presently. He ...
The Folklore Museum of Sinarades. The “Nikos Paktites” Folk Museum of Sinarades  is housed in a traditional two-floor building. It...
Lazareto. Miniscule island, opposite Kontokali, just 2 miles from Corfu. It was a monastery at the time of the Venetian...
Kynopiastes. Kynopiastes is an old, officially characterized, traditional settlement, eight (8) km south of the city of Corfu, two (2)...
Kontokali. 6.5 km from Corfu Town; No.7 City Bus; a ten - minute walk from the bus stop. ...
Remove filters
Apply filters
Home / General / The Old Town (UNESCO)

The Old Town (UNESCO)

The Old Town of Corfu is the only such large area in Greece to have retained almost intact its historical urban network, with buildings dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. This housing stock brings to the surface the unique historical conjuncture that formed its architectural and cultural character. The Old Town and its two forts are nowadays listed among UNESCO’s World Heritage Monuments.
That listing is accompanied by a “Statement of Outstanding Universal Value,” parts of which follow: “The ensemble of the fortifications and the Old Town of Corfu lies at a strategic location on the entrance to the Adriatic Sea. Its roots go back to the 8th century BC and then to the Byzantine period. It has thus been subject to various influences and an admixture of different peoples and their ideas […] On various occasions it had to stand at the first line of defence of the Venetian maritime empire against Ottoman armies. Corfu was a well-considered example of fortification engineering, designed by the architect Sanmicheli, and proved its worth in practical warfare. Corfu retains a specific identity reflected in its system of fortifications, and in its neo-classical building stock. It can therefore be placed among other major Mediterranean fortified port cities.”

more info: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh352.jsp?obj_id=25506

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP9d-D6QDTCti4sVRduhCHQ

https://www.facebook.com/corfupage

Location

What's nearby

A small natural paradise with a turbulent past, just 1200 meters from..
visit corfu museum asian art
The Palace of  St. Michael and St George was built  by the..
fe9bxch8wp1402842758ecwabsdhif
Despite Corfu’s proximity to mainland Greece, where Jewish communities have existed since..
The church is a triple-aisled basilica in the Ionian style, with Renaissance..
This is a single-aisled church with six side chapels. Existing since the..