{"id":2644,"date":"2015-01-18T14:59:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T14:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphimages.wpengine.com\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:35:34","slug":"corfu-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2015\/01\/corfu-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Corfu III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortEntrance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Old Fort entrance\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortEntrance-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SeaMoat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Old Fort sea moat\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SeaMoat-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The entrance to the <a title=\"Wikipedia on Old Fort, Corfu\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Fortress,_Corfu\">Old Fort of Corfu<\/a> is across a sea moat, the &#8220;contrafossa&#8221;, built by the Venetians in the 16th C.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortChapel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Old Fort and chapel\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortChapel-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PaleoFrurioView.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Paleo Frourio View\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PaleoFrurioView-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inside the fort complex: (L) looking up towards the main bastion, (R) from the main stronghold to a former bastion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortCannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cannon at the Old Fort\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortCannon-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cannon on the fort esplanade, looking towards Garitsa bay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortChapel2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Old Fort chapel front\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortChapel2-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortChapelInterior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2660\" title=\"Old Fort chapel interior\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortChapelInterior-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortChapelInterior-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortChapelInterior-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortChapelInterior.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The unusual church of St. George within the fort walls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PaleoFrurioMarina.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Marina next to Paleo Frourio\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PaleoFrurioMarina-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortBoats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Boats from Old Fort\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortBoats-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Views out from the fort.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MarinaVidoView.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2664\" title=\"Marina Vido view\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MarinaVidoView-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MarinaVidoView-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MarinaVidoView-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MarinaVidoView.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/VidoPantokrator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Vido and Pantokrator\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/VidoPantokrator-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking north over the island of <a title=\"Wikipedia on Vido\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vido\">Vido<\/a> towards <a title=\"Wikipedia on Mount Pantokrator\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Pantokrator\">Mount Pantokrator<\/a> (peak left of centre on R), the highest point of Corfu (906 m).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortGaritsa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Old Fort from Garitsa\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortGaritsa-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking back towards the Old Fort from Garitsa bay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ListonView.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Liston View from Arcadion\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ListonView-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortHotel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Old Fort from Arcadion\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OldFortHotel-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Views from the hotel Arcadion: (L) northwards towards the Liston and (R) eastwards towards the old fort. The area between the town and the fort, the &#8220;Spaniada&#8221; was kept clear of buildings in the interests of defence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ListonView2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Liston View\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ListonView2-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking towards the Liston (middle of picture), an elegant arcade built during the Napoleonic period of French control.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,2],"tags":[102,46,150,27,52,83,129,66],"class_list":["post-2644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe-other","category-historical","category-places","tag-boat","tag-church","tag-greece","tag-harbour","tag-military","tag-old-buildings","tag-sea","tag-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}