St. George's Church (2)
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 |
| Folders | Greece, Cyprus |
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| Camera | Canon PowerShot S3 IS |
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| Exposure time | 1/60 |
| Focus length | 6.0 mm |
| ISO | 200 |
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Alexa frost 26/04/2015 22:13
Your photo is perfectly framed and with a nice light.Thanks for the docu.
Big hug!
Inez Correia Marques 25/04/2015 23:30
wonderful composition dear Adele!beautiful place
I would love to see it myself
kiss
Artmin Scholz Galerie 24/04/2015 12:26
Ein sehr schöner Altar. Gut aufgenommen. LG, Arminarchiek 23/04/2015 14:47
Perfect symmetry and use of available light. Very nice details and a good place to see history.Regards,
Archie
Conny11 22/04/2015 22:28
Eine sehr schlichte Kirche.... der Altar gefällt mir sehr gut.Eine sehr gelungene Fotografie.
LG Conny
aline64 22/04/2015 21:20
Une belle prise de cet interieur avec un cœur rempli de tableauxAmicalement
ClaireLaira 22/04/2015 20:31
Very impressive !Beautiful light.
Kind regards, Claire
Alfredo Spagnoli 22/04/2015 20:12
BELLA!!!YVES Lr 22/04/2015 15:35
Une photo "documentaire" sous une belle lumière. Voilà une église à la décoration sobre. Rien à voir avec le style rococo de certaines églises catholiques. Presque quelque chose de protestant....Johanna C. 22/04/2015 13:43
Superbe composition!Manfred Jochum 22/04/2015 13:22
So beautiful!Claudio Micheli 22/04/2015 13:15
Bellissima realizzazione.Ciao
Mirjam Burer 22/04/2015 12:17
beautiful image of the interior Adele in fine quality and interesting to see..lg, Mirjam
SINA 22/04/2015 11:42
Prächtig und wundervoll von Dir gezeigt im Fotoin schönster Bildgestaltung Adele
herzliche Grüße von Sina
s. sabine krause 22/04/2015 9:55
"striking symmentry! was my first thought, too! almost everything coming in twos in this image… my favorite chunk of a detail ; ), though, apart from the anachronistic caution tape ; ), is the vast and cumbersome blue ceiling, and how it's corresponding with the tiny blue sky in the painting on the left (of saint george and the dragon??)! once again the symmetry created by the chandelier cutting the ceiling/firmament ; ) in two! hugs, sabine. p.s.: the info – fascinating! ignorant me wasn't even aware of the "turbulent" history of this place!