wyspy: Corfu

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Corfu ( kor-FOO, -⁠FEW, US also KOR-foo, -⁠few) or Kerkyra (Greek: Κέρκυρα, romanized: Kérkyra, pronounced [ˈcercira] ) is one of the Ionian Islands in western Greece, and the northernmost island on Greece's west coast except for its satellite Diapontian Islands, which are also the westernmost point of all Greece. Corfu and the Diapontian Islands mark the International Hydrographic Organization border between the Ionian Sea to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the north. Within the Ionian Islands region, the regional unit of Corfu extends as far south as the Paxoi. The capital and largest city of the regional unit is also named Corfu. The island is bound up with the history of Greece from t…

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Corfu (, also US: ) or Kerkyra (Greek: Κέρκυρα, romanized: Kérkyra, pronounced [ˈcercira] ; Ancient Greek: Κόρκυρα, romanized: Kórkyra, pronounced [kórkyra]; Medieval Greek: Κορυφώ, romanized: Koryfó; Italian: Corfù; Latin: Corcyra) is a city and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands. It is the capital of the municipality and of the Corfu regional unit. The city also serves as a capital for the region of the Ionian Islands. The city (with a population of 23,541 residents, while the whole island has a population of 99,134 residents) is a major tourist at…

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Corfu (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Κερκύρας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of the Ionian Islands. The capital of the regional unit is the town of Corfu. The regional unit consists of the islands of Corfu, Paxos, Othonoi, Ereikoussa, Mathraki and several smaller islands, all in the Ionian Sea.

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Angelokastro (Greek: Αγγελόκαστρο (Castle of Angelos or Castle of the Angel); Venetian: Castel Sant'Angelo) is a Byzantine castle on the island of Corfu, Greece. It is located at the top of the highest peak of the island's shoreline in the northwest coast near Palaiokastritsa and built on particularly precipitous and rocky terrain. It stands 1,000 ft (305 m) on a steep cliff above the sea and surveys the City of Corfu and the mountains of mainland Greece to the southeast and a wide area of Corfu toward the northeast and northwest. Angelokastro is one of the most important fortified complexes of Corfu. It was an acropolis which surveyed the region all the way to the southern Adriatic and pre…

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Agia Triada, Ayia Triada, or Hagia Triada is Greek for Holy Trinity (Αγία Τριάδα), and common toponym. It may refer to: Hagia Triada, an archaeological site of the Minoan civilization in Crete, Greece Agia Triada, Boeotia, a village in Boeotia, Greece Agia Triada, Corfu, a village in Corfu, Greece Agia Triada, Elis, a village in Elis, Greece Agia Triada, Eretria, an islet close to Eretria, Greece Agia Triada, Evrytania, a village in Evrytania, Greece, Greece Agia Triada, Kastoria, a municipal unit in Kastoria regional unit, Greece Agia Triada, Lasithi, a village in Lasithi, Greece Agia Triada, Limassol, a quarter in Limassol, Cyprus Agia Triada, Magnesia, a village in Magnesia, Greece Agia…

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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. It was built between 1819 and 1824, to a neoclassical design of Colonel George Whitmore. The building is also known as the Royal Palace, the City Palace, or locally by the Greek name Palaia Anaktora (Παλαιά Ανάκτορα; literally "Old Palace").

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The Temple of Artemis is an Archaic Greek temple in Corfu, Greece, built in around 580 BC in the ancient city of Korkyra (or Corcyra), now called Corfu. It is found on the property of the Saint Theodore monastery, which is located in the suburb of Garitsa. The temple was dedicated to Artemis. It is known as one of the first Doric temples built exclusively of stone. It is also considered one of the first buildings to have incorporated all the elements of the Doric architectural style. Sharing these historical records with the Temple of Apollo in Syracuse in Sicily (Italy). Very few Greek temple reliefs from the Archaic period have survived, and the large fragments of the group from the pedim…