Historical Markers and War Memorials in Corfu, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian

By Barry Swackhamer, July 22, 2018

Achillion Palace and Marker

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1 ► Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Corfu, Achillii — Achillion Museum Corfu —

The texts on this marker are written in Greek (left), English (center-left), German (center-right) and French (right). Only the English text has been transcribed. To read the Greek, German and French texts, enlarge the marker image by clicking on . . . — — Map (db m126429) HM

2 ► Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Corfu, Achillii — Pendant La Guerre Continentale 1914-1918 —

French: Les troupes Alliées ont utilisé l'ile de Corfou afin d'y recueillir et abriter l'armée Serbe apes sa retraite a travers l'albanie le 17 Février 1916, le géneral de brigade de Mondesir Commandant les troupes francaises et le . . . — — Map (db m126432) HM WM

3 ► Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Corfu, Achillii — The Entrance Gate to Achillion —

The texts on this marker are written in Greek (top) and English (bottom). Only the English text has been transcribed. To read the Greek, text, enlarge the marker image by clicking on it. English: The entrance gate to Achillion . . . — — Map (db m126436) HM

4 ► Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Corfu — Barracks of Pasqualigo/Barracks of British Officiers —

The texts on this marker are written in Greek (top) and English (bottom). Only the English text has been transcribed. To read the Greek, text, enlarge the marker image by clicking on it. ΣTPATΩNAΣ . . . — — Map (db m126480) HM

5 ► Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Corfu — Church of Saint George — NAOΣ AΓIOY ΓEΩPΓIOY —

The church of Saint George was built during the period when the island was a British Protectorate (1815-1864). Construction began in 1840 in accordance with the design of the English military architect Anthony Emmett, so that the church could serve . . . — — Map (db m126479) HM

6 ► Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Corfu — Count Matthais von der Schulenburg — O ΣTPATAPXHΣ MATTHIAS VON DER SCHULENBURG —

The texts on this marker are written in Greek (top) and English (bottom). Only the English text has been transcribed. To read the Greek, text, enlarge the marker image by clicking on it. English: The German general Matthias von der . . . — — Map (db m126440) HM

7 ► Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Corfu — Latin Chapel of Madonna del Carmine/British Army Barracks —

The texts on this marker are written in Greek (top) and English (bottom). Only the English text has been transcribed. To read the Greek, text, enlarge the marker image by clicking on it. ΛATINIKO ΠAPEKΛKHΣI THΣ . . . — — Map (db m126477) HM

8 ► Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Corfu — Old Fortress — ΠAΛAIO ΦPOYPIO —

The texts on this marker are written in Greek (top right) and English (bottom right). Only the English text has been transcribed. To read the Greek, text, enlarge the marker image by clicking on it. English: The Old Fortress's . . . — — Map (db m126476) HM

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9 ► Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Corfu — Old Fortress — ΠAΛAIO ΦPOYPIO —

The texts on this marker are written in Greek (bottom left) and English (bottom right). Only the English text has been transcribed. To read the Greek, text, enlarge the marker image by clicking on it. English: The Old Fortress's . . . — — Map (db m126514) HM

10 ► Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Corfu — Palace of the Venetian Commissioner — MEΓAPO BENETOY ΠPONOHTH —

This building is not preserved (it was damaged by the bombs placed by Germans in 1943 and was subsequently demolished). It was the most important Venetian monument of the Old Fort. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1743 and was rebuilt in 1753 . . . — — Map (db m126516) HM