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The Paper Money Museum, in the
A R S E N
building that housed Corfu’s first bank
I O U
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A P O L LO D O R O U FINISH K A P O D I S T R I O U
The Corfu Reading
Society was founded in
1836 and was modelled
on the Reading Society of
Geneva. It is the oldest
cultural institution in
modern Greece.
L E O N T O S
Built by the British between 1819 and
1824, the Palace of St Michael and St
George later became the residence of
the Greek royal family. Today it houses
the Museum of Asian Art (p68).
K A P O D I S T R I O U
E L E F T H E R I A S
Once a Venetian firing range, the
cricket ground was developed by People enjoying
the British, and local teams play coffee on the
here regularly. Listón, Corfu town
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