Follow

This morning we walked to the top of the ‘new’ fortress. New is a relative term of course, as it’s almost 500 years old. Good views.

Old Fortress in the distance.

Airport on the edge of town.

These lizards are the fort’s only residents nowadays.

Later we walk down to the old fortress. This is 1500 years old. It served the town well for 1000 years until its design became obsolete with the invention of heavy calibre firearms like naval cannon. The Corfiots abandoned it and built the new one.
True to form, the Turks amassed an army of 35,000 just off Corfu. The Corfiots, commanded by Johann von der Schulenberg, numbered just 5000. Schulenberg and his men prevailed, and he is celebrated with a fine statue down by the old fortress.

Here’s Val standing nearby.