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Corfu’s Old and New Fortresses

Corfu’s Old and New Fortresses

Corfu · Greece

3 stops
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Walk through Corfu’s two major fortresses and see how defensive architecture shapes the city’s waterfront. Begin at the Old Fortress, continue to its lighthouse, then finish at the New Fortress. The route brings you close to walls, elevated viewpoints, and contrasting fortress spaces while keeping one clear focus: Corfu’s historic defenses.

The walk

  1. Old Fortress

    Old Fortress

    A Venetian fortress that survived three Ottoman sieges, then witnessed Corfu’s darkest imprisonment.

  2. Old Fortress Lighthouse

    Old Fortress Lighthouse

    Old Fortress Lighthouse, an attraction in Corfu, Greece.

  3. New Fortress

    New Fortress

    A Venetian fortress built after siege, enlarged by rivals, and scarred by Corfu’s later history.

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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