The union of the Ionian Islands with Greece on 21 May 1864 was the culmination of a political aspiration that had been present in the consciousness of the island’s Greek-speaking...
The French period in the history of Corfu, though brief in absolute duration when measured against the four centuries of Venetian rule that preceded it, left an impression on the...
The period of British protection over the Ionian Islands, formally established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and lasting until the union with Greece in 1864, represents the final...
The Battle of Lepanto, fought on 7 October 1571 in the Gulf of Patras to the south and east of Corfu, was the largest naval engagement in the Mediterranean since...
Corfu stands apart from almost every other part of what is now Greece in one historically significant and culturally defining respect: it was never conquered by the Ottoman Empire. While...
Of all the civilisations and powers that have governed Corfu through its three thousand years of recorded history, none has left a more complete, more lasting, or more visually dramatic...
The period between the effective end of Byzantine rule in Corfu and the island’s voluntary submission to Venetian protection in 1386 is among the least studied and least understood chapters...
The Byzantine period of Corfiot history, spanning roughly from the fourth century AD to the thirteenth, represents one of the longest and in many respects most formative chapters in the...
The ancient city of Corcyra was one of the most significant Greek colonial foundations in the western Mediterranean, established by settlers from Corinth around 734 BC and developed over the...
Corfu Town in September: The Old Town Without the August Crowds Corfu Town in August is a genuinely magnificent urban experience: the illuminated Venetian facades, the animated evening volta, the...