The city of Corfu is one of the most beautiful cities of Greece. The charm capital of the island is separated in the Old and New City.
People who visit the island remember for ever the walks in the historical city with the traditional cantons, the small squares and the Venetian buildings. The old neighbourhoods reveals aspects of the history of the island. During your walk to the streets of the Old Town, you will meet historical buildings (the Town hall, the Ionian Academy), the two fortresses of the city (Old and New) that their powerful fortifications protected many times the residents, the historical churches (Saint Spyridon, Panagia Antivouniotissa), the Palace of St. Michael and St. George (that it constituted residence of each English Commissioner and now entertains the museum of Asiatic art and the municipal library of city) and the museums (Archaeological, Byzantine, Folklore, Museum of Kapodistria and Museum of Solomos). There the visitors could see many exhibitions from the cultural heritage of place.
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