History and Culture of Corfu

Ask any Corfiot why so many men on the island are named Spyros and women Spyridoula, and the answer always

Every October 28, Corfu Town fills with flags, bands and school parades. Here’s what Oxi Day commemorates and the story of the island’s own Second World War.

For centuries, a Jewish community lived in the lanes near Corfu’s New Fortress. Here is the history of the Evraiki, its surviving synagogue and how to visit respectfully.

Every souvenir shop in Corfu glows orange with kumquat liqueur. But how did a tiny fruit from China end up as the island’s trademark? Here’s the story.

In the winter of 1916, a shattered Serbian army was carried to Corfu. Thousands never left. Here is the story of Vido island, the Blue Tomb and what you can see today.

For half a century Corfu was a British protectorate, and the traces are still everywhere — on the Spianada, in the palace, and in a bottle of tsitsibira.

The Venetian citadel on Corfu Town’s eastern promontory was built to hold an empire’s frontier. Here’s what happened there and what to see today.

Corfu’s vast, unpruned olive groves are not an accident of nature — they are the result of a Venetian policy that paid farmers to plant. Here’s the story.

A whitewashed monastery, a tiny islet chapel, and a view tied to Homer’s Odyssey — here’s the story behind Corfu’s most photographed scene at Kanoni.

Built for Empress Elisabeth of Austria and filled with statues of Achilles, the Achilleion Palace is one of Corfu’s most striking historic sites. Here’s its story and how to visit.