It was built about 1832 on the site of an earlier mansion owned by the family, in which the first prime minister of the modern Greek state, Ioannis Kapodistrias, was born. The building later came into the possession of the Septinsular Republic and was used as the residence of the President of the Senate. After the unification of the Ionian Read more...
“Municipal Gallery Corfu” was founded in 1991. Since 1995, housed in the east wing of the Old Palace, St. Michael and St. George, in the historic center of Corfu Town. In the permanent collection, the Gallery hosts paintings from the 16th to the 21st century. Also exhibitions of engraving, sculpture, photography and contemporary artists works, take place as well. Read more...
The Reading Society is one of the oldest cultural institutions in modern Greece, founded by young university alumni in 1836 on the model of the Geneva society of the same name. Its membership has included many distinguished personalities in letters, arts, sciences and politics. The society has gradually collected a substantial library, mainly of Ionian interest, that is open to Read more...
This museum displays material that sheds light on the tragedy of the Serbian army in the First World War. Following the disintegration of their front against Austrian and German forces in the autumn of 1915, the ragged remnants of the army, some 150,000 people, found refuge on Corfu. Read more...
The exhibits here offer proof of local civilization from the Palaeolithic Age to later antiquity. The impressive Archaic-Age (590-580 bc) stone pediment of Artemis Gorgo comes from the west side of the goddess’s great temple at Palaeopolis. Tombstone monuments such as the lion of Menekrates (6th c. bc), funeral gifts, emblematic Archaic-Age statues of young men and women (kouroi and Read more...
Casa Parlante is a unique museum: it brings history to life and lets the visitor breathe it in. In the unique architectural setting of a classical mansion in the historic Old Town of Corfu, through animated figures, using robotic technology, and the perfect reproduction of décor and furnishing, Casa Parlante promises to deliver you a true insight into bygone Corfu. Read more...
It is the residence where our national poet Dionysios Solomos lived from 1828 until 1857. It is used as a museum and the headquarters of the Corfiot Studies Society. Among the exhibits there are various mementos and relics, such as personal items of the poet, handwritten documents, and also portraits which are connected with the poet’s life and work. Read more...
The Palace of Saint Michael and Saint George houses the Corfu Museum of Asian Art, the only one of its kind in Greece, solely dedicated to the art and antiquities of the Far East and India. It was founded in 1928 as the Museum of Sino-Japanese Art, following the donation of Gregorios Manos’ Sino-Japanese collection to the Greek state. Since Read more...
The wealth and variety of cultures of the people who have lived and still live on this island have left in Corfu Town the imprints of its past and present inhabitants. The Synagogue in the old Jewish Quarter (the Evraiki), bombed by German incendiaries in the Second World War. The older of the two existing. Greek (vecchia), reconstructed after the Read more...
The wealth and variety of cultures of the people who have lived and still live on this island have left in Corfu Town the imprints of its past and present inhabitants. The Anglican Church in the Porta Remunda housed in a secular 19th c. building. Read more...
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