Corfu is an island with stunning and intriguing places for everyone's taste.
If you are in Corfu, do not ignore to check out the following places:
Among them is the Achilleion Palace, constructed as a summertime recidence, back in 1890 by the Empress of Austria, Elisabeth of Bavaria, also korfu urlaub known as Sissi. It lies in Gastouri area, around 10 km south of Corfu city.
According to history books, Sissi was a romantic female but with a fascination for appeal. She fell in love with the island, and loved the nature and culture of the island and usually of Greece. The theme design of the Palace is based upon the well-known Greek warrior Achilles.
Greek statues surround the palace, a monument of platonic romanticism and escapism. Various paintings and statues of Achilles embellish its primary hall and glamorous gardens showing the heroic and tragic scenes of the Trojan War.
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