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Map of Corfu island.

View of Corfu with the Old Fortress.

William Parler, Admiral of the British Navy, and head of the Piraeus blockade operation following the Don Pacifico affair, leaves Corfu for Cephalonia.

Cricket match at Spinada, Corfu, July 1853. In the background, the Old Fortress of Corfu.

View of the town of Corfu from Kanoni (location of the city cannon), 1859. The Old Fortress, in the background.

The Old fortress of Corfu, 1859.

View of the town of Corfu from the sea, 1862. On the left, the Old Fortress.

View of the town of Corfu. In the background, the Old and New Fortresses.

View of the town of Corfu. On the left, part of the Old Fortress. On the background, on the right, the New Fortress.

View of the Acroceraunian mountains (Albania) from Corfu. In the background, the town of Corfu with the Old and New Fortresses.

View of the town of Corfu, with the Old and New fortresses (imaginary representation). In the foreground, Douglas's Column and the church of Hagios Georgios in the Old Fortress.

The town of Corfu with the Old and New Fortresses.

Citadel of Corfu (the Old and New Fortresses).

View of the town of Corfu from the south (from Mon Repos). In the background, the Old and New Fortresses.

View of the mountains of Albania from village near the town of Corfu. In the background, the Old and New Fortresses (1839).

View of the town of Corfu from Kynopiastes.

View of Corfu from Garitsa, outside the northern wall of the city. According to a tradition this was the garden of the mythical king Alcinous.

The town of Corfu seen from the chestnut wood on the road to Kombitsi.

The town of Corfu seen from the chestnut wood on the road to Kato Garouna.

Top: View of the town of Corfu with the Old and New Fortresses. Bottom: The palace of Saint Michael and Saint George or Old Palace (today Museum of Asian Art).