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Corfu
Selasa, 2026-08-18 03:13:53

days. The 5,000 Venetians and foreign mercenaries, together with 3,000 Corfiotes, under the leadership of Count von der Schulenburg, who commanded the...

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Saint Spyridon
Minggu, 2026-07-12 13:38:18

victorious outcome of the battle, Venice honored Schulenburg and the Corfiotes for successfully defending the island. The great composer Vivaldi was...

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Corfiot Italians
Selasa, 2026-06-23 01:31:34

lasted during the Renaissance and until the late 18th century, most of the Corfiote upper classes spoke Italian (or specifically Venetian in many cases), but...

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Ioannis Kapodistrias
Minggu, 2026-05-24 19:45:16

Kapodistrias 1776 Corfu. Diplomat and politician. Scion of distinguished Corfiote Family p. 785 2003 Edition ISBN 960-8322-06-5 Kurt Fassmann; Max Bill (1976)...

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Gastouri
Senin, 2026-08-10 20:01:47

Postcard of a Gastouri street ca. 1910, based on a painting by Corfiote artist Angelos Giallinas and published by Aspioti-ELKA....

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Petros Vrailas Armenis
Jumat, 2025-03-28 09:28:47

Petros Vrailas Armenis (Greek: Πέτρος Βράιλας Αρμένης; 1812-1884) was a Greek philosopher, liberal politician, and diplomat from Corfu (Kerkyra) in the...

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Achilleion (Corfu)
Jumat, 2026-07-10 09:37:46

Tourism Organization. The Achilleion property was originally owned by Corfiote philosopher and diplomat Petros Vrailas-Armenis, and was known as "Villa...

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Angelokastro (Corfu)
Senin, 2026-07-20 03:50:07

the leadership of a Corfiote nobleman, they were ultimately repulsed. In 1406, the Venetian Senate received a petition by Corfiote representatives to Venice...

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Ali Pasha Castle
Senin, 2026-07-06 04:09:04

17th or early 18th century as a fortified estate centre belonging to a Corfiote family that farmed land on the plains south of the ancient city. Ali Pasha...

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Potamos (Corfu)
Kamis, 2023-05-25 08:19:41

Postcard of Potamos village ca. 1910, based on a painting by Corfiote artist Angelos Giallinas and published by Aspioti-ELKA...

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Old Fortress, Corfu
Senin, 2026-07-20 04:59:56

fierce fighting with the Ottomans during which Schulenburg and the local Corfiote garrison distinguished themselves in battle, the Ottomans finally abandoned...

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Italian diaspora
Jumat, 2026-08-21 08:12:28

featuring internal courtyards (also known as "patios"). Corfiot Italians (or "Corfiote Italians") are a population from the Greek island of Corfu (Kerkyra) with...

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New Fortress
Senin, 2026-07-20 04:58:01

1572–1645. The start date for the construction is also reported as 1577 by Corfiote historian Katsaros. The works had also the effect of widening the defensive...

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Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Sabtu, 2026-08-22 08:25:12

Greek manuscripts. Harassed by delays in the transfer of funds and by the Corfiotes' hostility, tantalised by travellers' tales from the mainland of 'a very...

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Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969)
Rabu, 2026-07-29 17:48:21

Theodora and her relatives. In his will, the sovereign bequeathed the Corfiote palace of Mon Repos to Andrew. After years of living in close proximity...

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Calogerà family
Senin, 2026-07-20 00:40:27

Noblesse Ionienne (1925). Senior Corfiote branch, published in Livre d'Or de la Noblesse Ionienne (1925). Junior Corfiote branch, published in Livre d'Or...

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Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands
Jumat, 2026-05-01 10:09:29

This was accomplished voluntarily by the people of Corfu. On 10 May, the Corfiotes appointed five ambassadors to submit to the Venetian senate. The Ottomans...

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Georgios Theotokis
Senin, 2026-03-30 00:42:54

Modernist Party or Neoteristikon Komma (NK). He was the third child of Corfiote Nikolaos Andreas Theotokis. After graduating from the Ionian High School...

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Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark
Jumat, 2026-07-10 05:31:02

Margarita and her relatives. In his will, the sovereign bequeathed the Corfiote palace of Mon Repos to Andrew. After years of living in close proximity...

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Japan–United Kingdom relations
Selasa, 2026-08-18 08:08:58

Anglican missionary specialist on the Ainu Felice Beato - British/Italian/Corfiote photographer Edward Bickersteth - first Anglican bishop of South Tokyo...

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Souliotes
Kamis, 2026-08-13 04:09:35

would enable them to return to their homeland. Kapodistrias, a native Corfiote serving as Russian foreign minister, who knew most of the exiled chieftains...

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Byzantine Museum of Antivouniotissa
Jumat, 2026-07-10 09:45:29

timber-roofed basilica in which the particular characteristic of the Corfiote churches of the period are preserved intact: that is, the exonarthex envelopes...

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The Countess of Corfu
Rabu, 2025-08-13 22:12:34

Rena Vlahopoulou. Rena Vlahopoulou plays signora Antzolina, an old-time Corfiote aristocratic lady who has fallen on hard times and is working as a piano...

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Alexander Helladius
Kamis, 2024-10-31 14:20:08

several works on the Greek language and tradition. He was a student of the Corfiote hierodeacon Frangiskos Prosalentis. He arrived in England in 1703 as the...

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Reinhold Klotz
Jumat, 2026-08-21 05:05:28

linguae particulis (1835–1842) of Matthaeus Deverius (or Devares), a learned Corfiote (c. 1500–1570), and corrector of the Greek manuscripts in the Vatican;...

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François-Xavier Donzelot
Kamis, 2026-06-25 02:39:22

where his gentle demeanour and mild manners made him popular with the Corfiotes. In 1808, he was named Baron of the Empire. In 1815, he was a divisional...

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Banknote Museum of Alpha Bank
Senin, 2026-07-06 07:58:27

Ionian Bank. It is housed at the former Ionian Bank building, designed by Corfiote architect Ioannis Chronis in about 1840. In 2000 Ionian Bank merged with...

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List of people from Greece
Kamis, 2026-08-13 02:01:13

committee for Athens 2004 Olympic Games Marie Aspioti, M.B.E, distinguished Corfiote magazine publisher and cultural figure who influenced the literary and...

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Kapodistrias Museum
Selasa, 2026-08-11 08:58:39

and the Society of Corfiote Studies) specifically for that purpose. The museum also functions as a center for Kapodistrian and Corfiote studies. In 2017...

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Gardiki Castle, Corfu
Senin, 2026-07-20 04:32:13

the two Venetian Fortresses of Corfu City, the Citadel and the New Fort. Corfiote noble Andrea Marmora, the earliest historian of Corfu in medieval times...

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List of Greek women writers
Rabu, 2025-04-02 13:04:33

journalist Loula Anagnostaki (1930–2017), playwright Marie Aspioti (1909–2000), Corfiote writer, playwright, poet, publisher, writing in English and Greek Olga...

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Siege of Corfu (1798–1799)
Minggu, 2026-08-23 04:12:24

forces (consisting of Russian soldiers and seamen, Albanians, Turks, and Corfiotes) stormed and captured the outlying forts of San Rocco, San Salvatore,...

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Theotokis family
Jumat, 2026-01-23 21:04:21

was descended from a branch of the same family that fled to Crete. The Corfiote branch was ennobled by the Republic of Venice and was entered in the Libro...

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French rule in the Ionian Islands (1797–1799)
Selasa, 2026-07-21 14:20:25

higher education. As the medievalist William Miller remarked, "If the Corfiotes of that day seemed [...] to be ignorant and superstitious, poor and indolent...

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Arapian
Kamis, 2026-08-13 12:10:36

Karamandlika Leg Pastourma Corfu noumboulo of Venetian origin made by the Corfiote charcuterie. Greek and foreign salami Louza from Tinos Bison meat Kavourmas...

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HMS Arrow (1796)
Senin, 2026-02-02 22:20:31

took advantage of Corfu's neutrality to fire on British warships from Corfiote ports, the British would be justified in destroying the French privateers...

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Livio Zambeccari
Rabu, 2026-06-03 19:35:11

Zambeccari might now inflame a corresponding desire for independence among Corfiotes - a cause for which British governments could muster no enthusiasm. So...

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Greek Archaeological Service
Kamis, 2026-04-30 23:24:52

Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, appointed the Corfiote antiquarian Andreas Moustoxydis as "Director and Ephor" of the first national...

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