Old Town of Corfu

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic city center

The Old Town of Corfu is a historic coastal city in the Ionian Islands of Greece, renowned for its Venetian fortifications, narrow cobbled streets, and well-preserved neoclassical architecture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Corfu Old Town	2
Old Town of Corfu canonical	2
Old Town of Corfu UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
UNESCO World Heritage setting of Corfu Old Town	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ historic city center ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Mediterranean ⓘ Venetian ⓘ neoclassical ⓘ
coordinateLocation	39.624°N 19.923°E ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
governingAuthorityInHistory	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Republic of Venice ⓘ United States of the Ionian Islands ⓘ
hasConservationStatus	protected historic area ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	well-preserved historic urban ensemble ⓘ
hasTourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod	British protectorate ⓘ surface form: British Protectorate period Byzantine period ⓘ Venetian rule ⓘ
inscriptionYear	2007 ⓘ
locatedIn	Corfu NERFINISHED ⓘ Corfu regional unit ⓘ Ionian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Ionian Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Basin ⓘ Region of Ionian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	coast of the Ionian Sea ⓘ eastern coast of Corfu Island ⓘ
mainReligionHistorically	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
materialUsed	local limestone ⓘ stucco ⓘ
notableFeature	Liston promenade ⓘ New Fortress of Corfu ⓘ Old Fortress of Corfu ⓘ Saint Spyridon Church ⓘ Spianada Square ⓘ Venetian fortifications ⓘ arcaded streets ⓘ Saint Spyridon Church (Corfu) ⓘ surface form: campanile of Saint Spyridon narrow cobbled streets ⓘ neoclassical buildings ⓘ red-tiled roofs ⓘ small squares and plazas ⓘ tall pastel-colored houses ⓘ
partOf	City of Corfu ⓘ
patronSaint	Saint Spyridon ⓘ surface form: Saint Spyridon of Trimythous
roofType	clay tile roofs ⓘ
significantFor	example of fortified Mediterranean port town ⓘ fusion of Venetian and Greek architectural traditions ⓘ
streetSurface	cobbled stone ⓘ
UNESCOcriteria	(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOregion	Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	978 ⓘ
urbanForm	dense urban fabric ⓘ labyrinthine street network ⓘ
usedFor	defense against Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Heritage Sites in Greece → hasSite → Old Town of Corfu ⓘ

Old Fortress of Corfu → partOf → Old Town of Corfu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Town of Corfu UNESCO World Heritage Site

Old Fortress of Corfu → hasViewOf → Old Town of Corfu ⓘ

Spianada Square → near → Old Town of Corfu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corfu Old Town

Spianada Square → partOf → Old Town of Corfu ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage setting of Corfu Old Town

Campiello quarter → locatedIn → Old Town of Corfu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corfu Old Town