Corfu

Corfu or Kerkyra is a town and a former municipality at the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 neighborhood authorities reform, it's miles a part of the municipality of Corfu island. It is the capital of the island and of the Corfu local unit. The town also serves as a capital for the region of the Ionian Islands. The metropolis population 24,838 in 2011 is a major traveller enchantment, and has played an critical function when you consider that antiquity.

The ancient town of Corfu, called Korkyra, took element within the Battle of Sybota which was a catalyst for the Peloponnesian War, and, consistent with Thucydides, the biggest naval conflict between Greek city states till that time. Thucydides also reviews that Korkyra turned into one of the three awesome naval powers of 5th century BC Greece, along with Athens and Corinth.

Medieval castles punctuating strategic places throughout the metropolis are a legacy of struggles within the Middle Ages against invasions by way of pirates and the Ottomans. The metropolis has turn out to be regarded since the Middle Ages as Kastropolis because of its two castles. In 2007, the antique metropolis of the city become inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The vintage fortifications of the metropolis, previously so considerable as to require a pressure of from 10,000 to 20,000 troops to guy them, had been in first-rate component thrown down with the aid of the British inside the nineteenth century.