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According to the excavations reports, the ancient city of Corfu, located in the area of Kanoni, was an organised walled city with two ports.
The trade centre of the city, the Agora, was located in the centre of the city, and surrounded with impressive buildings, villas and Doric temples.
The city also must had theatres and stadiums.
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All the medieval architecture monuments, a heritage from the Angevins dynasty, were destroyed and, for strictly defensive reasons, new buildings were founded by famous Venetians military architects.
The city was then composed by multistoried imposing buildings. Later, the city’s architecture started to be decorated with some public monuments, squares, churches as an Italian city of the Renaissance.
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Some architecture monuments, such as the Municipal Theatre, were built after the unification of Corfu with the rest of Greece in 1864.
Many monuments of the architecture heritage were destroyed during the World War II but the town has managed to keep its amazing characteristics and offer its unique charm and atmosphere. |
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