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Clock Tower
8 JOHANN MATTHIAS
The elegant
Venetian bell tower (left) VON DER
with its four clock faces SCHULENBURG
and pink-painted walls A Prussian aristocrat and
stands below the Castella soldier, Schulenburg
Terra. Its bells were tolled (1661–1747) was
to warn of approaching recruited by the Venetians
enemies such as Turkish to defend the Palaio
Frourio in the 1714–18
pirates or an Ottoman Ottoman–Venetian War.
fleet, as well as to ring The fortress survived a
out the hour. 7-week siege in 1716,
Byzantine Museum
5 when a Turkish fleet was
finally driven away by a
Built into the main gate, the Byzantine
Museum contains a small but impressive collection storm. When the war
ended, Venice retained
of religious works of art including mosaics, the Ionian Islands, but
sculptures and frescoes. lost its possessions on
the mainland.
Public Library
6 Palaio Frourio floorplan
The imposing
historic British barracks, 3 5 0
built to house soldiers
of a garrison that
numbered up to 1,600
men, now houses a 1
public library which has
a valuable collection of
Venetian manuscripts,
rare books and historic
maps and prints. 4 6 7 8 2 9
Mandraki
Akra Sidero
Castella Terra
7 9 0
Lighthouse
Harbour
It takes 20–30
minutes to climb the Built by the British in The fortified city’s original
stone steps to the top of 1828 in the centre of the harbour, on the north
the inner fort that the citadel, this round stone side of the islet (below),
Venetians called Castella lighthouse with its green is now the base of the
Terra. A polygonal stone roof still guides ships in Corfu Sailing Club
well can be seen close to and out of Corfu’s and is filled with
the top. This is the highest harbour, though it is a elegant sailing
point of the Palaio Frourio, little dilapidated. yachts.
with breathtaking views.

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