St. George's Church
in the Old Fortress of Corfu
St. George's church is located inside the Old Fortress of Kerkyra/Corfu. The fortress was Venetian and became British in 1815 (after short French and Russian periods).
The church was built in the style of a Doric temple in 1840 by the British military architect Emmett. It was used as a place of worship by the British garrison (Anglican).
In 1864 the Bristish protectorate of the United States of the Ionian Islands merged with Greece, the garrison was handed over to the Greek and St. George's Church was converted into an Orthodox church. IT IS THE ONLY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ALL OVER GREECE IN THE STYLE OF AN ANCIENT TEMPLE. Today it is still an active Greek Orthodox church, but is also often used as a concert hall for the Ionian University.
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| Section | Travel: Corfu |
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Jim McKinniss 06/08/2015 21:13
Adele, I like this composition and the diagonals that lead your view to the church.Nice work.
Jim
alexander stefanatos 27/04/2015 12:37
Exactly,dear Adele, your historic information is acurate and very explicit about this superbe piece of doric temple that eventually ended as Christian Orthodox Church although...not much of affinity and sympathy existed between them.But we have seen the same on other occasions also. Just imagine that, not only Kerkyra but ALL Ionian islands have been offered in 1864 by qeen Victoria to Danish Prince George and Russian Grand Duchess Olga as a wedding present and also as a present for his inauguration to the throne of Greece as George the 1st. What a present!Bautiful photo and nice view to the sea.
regards alexander
Johanna C. 22/04/2015 13:44
Tres bien composée !JURAFR 22/04/2015 8:44
Belle architecture avec une vue magnifique , un bel esprit de paix régne ici !!!! superbeAmitiés
chantal Montmasson in Ghiroldi 21/04/2015 22:32
Stupenda ! CiaoAngelika El. 21/04/2015 21:18
Eine feine Aufnahme mit einem ganz besonders gelungenen Bildschnitt! Herrlich, die Blautöne von Meer, Bergen und Himmel! Ein Ort, der sehr viel Ruhe ausstrahlt!
LG! a.
María de la Rosa 21/04/2015 19:01
magnifica!!!!te felicito
Mirjam Burer 21/04/2015 15:42
tranquil mood in this wonderful scene and lovely picture, the persons show the size of the church here..good compo Adele
lg, Mirjam
archiek 21/04/2015 15:10
A great place to get a view of the world. Lots of history in this place, civilizations have come and gone while the building still stands. Good one!Regards,
Archie
Claudio Micheli 21/04/2015 13:17
Stupenda presentazione!Ciao
Oana H. 21/04/2015 12:57
Fascinating!Stefania Cecchetti 21/04/2015 12:18
Ancient architecture on the sea background,well photographed and valued! Bravo!
Hugs,Stefy
PS: My dear friend,thanks for the explanation!
Christian Villain 21/04/2015 10:19
J'admire cette photo . pour sa composition épurée et la profondeur d'image due à ton cadrage bien étudié .Compliments .
Amitiés et bonne journée .
Hung Ho 21/04/2015 9:39
Wonderful landscapes. sabine krause 21/04/2015 9:24
"the green, green land, the blue, blue sea, and man (mother and child, in this case ; )) conquering all!" – my first thought… there's so much "dignified glory" in the architecture of the temple and so much "placid grace" in the sea and sky… what a beautiful and well-balanced composition, adele! the mom and child, effortlessly blending in with the stony architecture, but nevertheless breaking the stagnancy and visual silence of the scene and place… – as tiny a detail they may be, they still make the image for me! hugs, sabine.