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Corfu (/ k ɔːr ˈ f (j) uː /, also US: / ˈ k ɔːr f (j) uː /) or Kerkyra (Greek: Κέρκυρα, romanized: Kérkyra, pronounced ⓘ; Ancient Greek: Κόρκυρα, romanized: Kórkyra, pronounced; Medieval Greek: Κορυφώ, romanized: Koryfó; Latin: Corcyra) is a city and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece.
Kerkyra in particular, with its magnificent harbour, splendid scenery and wealth of picturesque ruins and castles, is a favourite stopping place for cruise liners. British tourists in particular are attracted through having read Gerald Durrell 's evocative book My Family and Other Animals (1956), which describes his childhood on Kerkyra in the ...
The metropolitan cathedral of the Theotokos Spilaiotissa in Corfu town. The Metropolis of Corfu, Paxoi and the Diapontian Islands (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κερκύρας, Παξών και Διαποντίων Νήσων) is a metropolitan see of the Church of Greece.
Korkyra (also Corcyra / k ɔːr ˈ s aɪ. r ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κόρκυρα) was an ancient Greek city on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea that is adjacent to Epirus. [2] It was a colony of Corinth that was founded in the Archaic period.
Corfu (/ k ɔːr ˈ f (j) uː / kor-FEW, - FOO, US also / ˈ k ɔːr f (j) uː / KOR-few, -foo) or Kerkyra (Greek: Κέρκυρα, romanized: Kérkyra, pronounced ⓘ) [a] is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, [1] and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the nation's northwestern frontier with Albania. [2]
In Greek mythology and religion, Corcyra (/ k ɔːr ˈ s aɪər ə /) or Korkyra (/ k ɔːr ˈ k aɪər ə /; Ancient Greek: Κόρκυρα, romanized: Kórkura) is the naiad daughter of the river-god Asopos [1] and the nymph Metope, herself the daughter of the river-god Ladon. [2]
Cape Drastis. Corfu (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Κερκύρας) is one of the regional units of Greece.It is part of the region of the Ionian Islands. ...
Archaeological Museum of Corfu. The Archaeological Museum of Corfu (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Κέρκυρας) in Corfu, Greece was built between 1962 and 1965.