Corfu Architecture

monuments, squares and churches, such as an Italian city of the Renaissance.

The French and then the British followed the Venetian domination. The entire town was reorganized and most of what we see today dates back to that period 916th- 19th century).

French and English built magnificent monuments such as the Esplanade Square, the Liston building, the Palace of Saint Michael and Saint Georges, the palace of Mon Repos and many other fine architectural marvels.

From archaeological excavations we know that the ancient city of Corfu was located in the area of Kanoni and was an organised fortified city with two ports. The Agora was the trade centre of the city and it was located in the centre of it, surrounded by impressive buildings such as villas and Doric temples.
The ancient city also had theatres and stadiums.

powerful and fortified with fortresses and castles like the Angel castle, Gardiki Castle and the Fortress of Saint Mark . Because of its overpopulation, the city extended its borders on the surrounding hills.

When the island fell, in the 14th century, under Venetian rule, the city experienced some major changes due to the threat of the Turkish invasion.

All of the medieval buildings built by the dynasty of the Angevins were destroyed and replaced, for defensive purposes, by new buildings founded by military Venetian architects. The whole city was full of multi-storey imposing and austere buildings.

Later, the city started to be embellished with public

After the unification of Corfu with the rest of Greece in 1864, some monuments were built such as the superb Municipal Theatre.
Unfortunately, a lot of those amazing monuments were destroyed during World War II, but without alternating the extreme beauty, the unique character and atmosphere and the many charms of the city of Corfu.