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Achilleion Museum

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Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Achilleion Museum
Phone:
+30 2661 056210

Hours:
Sunday8am - 8pm
Monday8am - 8pm
Tuesday8am - 8pm
Wednesday8am - 8pm
Thursday8am - 8pm
Friday8am - 8pm
Saturday8am - 8pm


Achilleion is a palace built in Gastouri on the Island of Corfu by Empress of Austria, Elisabeth of Bavaria, also known as Sisi, after a suggestion by Austrian Consul Alexander von Warsberg. Elisabeth was a powerful woman obsessed with beauty, but was deeply saddened by the tragic loss of her only son, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria during the Mayerling Incident in 1889. A year later she had this summer palace built in the region of Gastouri , about ten kilometres to the south of the city of Corfu in Achilleio. Achilleion's location provides a panoramic view of Corfu city to the north, and across the whole southern part of the island.The architectural style was intended to represent an ancient palace of mythical Phaeacia The palace was designed with the hero Achilles of Greek mythology as its central theme, and from which the name is derived. Corfu was Elizabeth's favourite vacation place and she wanted a palace to gratify her admiration for Greece, its language and its culture.
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