Corfu (ceety)
Corfu (Greek: Κέρκυρα - Kérkyra) is a ceety in north-wastren Greece. It is the caipital an main toun o the island an peripheral unit o Corfu. It is an aa the historical caipital o the Ionian Islands. The ceety an aa serves as a caipital for the periphery o the Ionian Islands. The ceety (pop. 28,185 in 2001) is a major tourist attraction, an haes played an important role syne the 8t century. The ceety haes become kent as a Kastropolis (Castle Ceety) acause o its twa castles.[1] In 2007, the auld town o the ceety wis inscribed on the UNESCO Warld Heritage Leet.[2][3][4] The Municipality o Corfu (Kérkyra) generally stretches in a northwasterly direction frae the ceety on the central east coast o the island, an haes a land aurie o 41.905 km2 (16.180 sq mi) an a total population o 39,487 inhabitants. Besides the ceety o Corfu/Kérkyra, its lairgest ither touns are Kanáli (pop. 3,556), Potamós (2,365), Kontokáli (1,616), Alepoú (1,606), an Gouviá (952).
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Cultur [edit]
The ceety o Corfu haes a lang tradition in the fine airts. The Philharmonic Society of Corfu is pairt o that tradition.
International relations [edit]
Twin touns — Sister ceties [edit]
Kruševac, Serbie, syne 19 October 1985)[5]
Paphos, Cyprus, syne 5 Julie 1992[5]- Famagusta, Cyprus, syne 13 August 1994[5]
Meissen, Germany, syne 26 September 1996[5]- Troisdorf, Germany, syne 4 October 1996[5]
- Asha, Cyprus, syne 3 May 1998[5]
Brindisi, Italy, syne 21 Mey 1998[5]
Vathi, Samos Greece, syn 29 Julie 1998[5]- Carovigno, Italy, syne 7 May 2000[5]
- Verona, Italy, syne August 2000[5]
Koper/Capodistria, Slovenie, syne 7 December 2000)[5]
Sarandë, Albanie, syne 12 Julie 2001)[5]- Tremetousia, Cyprus, syne 9 December 2001[5]
- Ioannina, Greece, syne 21 December 2002[5]
- Belgrade, Serbie, syne 25 February 2010[7]
References [edit]
- ↑ Home Page. Municipality of Corfu. Retrieved on 23 Mairch 2010. .
- ↑ BBC news on UNESCO World Heritage list
- ↑ UNESCO Advisory Body (ICOMOS) report on Corfu History retrieved 3 July 2007
- ↑ Old Town of Corfu on UNESCO website retrieved 3 July 2007
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 AllCorfu.Com: Corfu's Twin Cities. allcorfu.com. Retrieved on 25 Februar 2010. .
- ↑ Twinned Cities. Municipality of Corfu. www.corfu.gr (2005-09-20). Archived from the original on 9 Apryle 2005. . Retrieved on 30 Mairch 2007. .
- ↑ Bratimljenje Beograda i Krfa. B92. Retrieved on 25 Februar 2010. .
