The  Palaio Frourio of Corfu

The  Palaio Frourio of Corfu  is of Byzantine construction of the 8th m.X century and encompassed almost the entire then small medieval town located within this natural outcrop of land.
This rock, and especially the sea Tower as the Eastern Peak was called, was fortified at the time to protect the city from the numerous raids of the Middle Ages. Medieval. The Palaio Frourio it has two peaks, the tower of the Sea and the tower of the land, from there probably and through corruption of the word peaks or Peaks came the current international name Corfu(KORFOU) for the island.Inside the Old Fort later the British in 1840 built the Doric style Church of St. George.Worthy of attention are the central gate, the bastions of Savornian, Martinengo and Mandraki, the towers of land to the city and sea further east, the English hospital and English barracks, the clock tower and Lighthouse.There is still also the prison built in 1786 by the Venetians and which was later expanded by the English, the military Chapel, the two English barracks of 1850, the military hospital which today is the music department of the Ionian University.The fortress now houses the historical archive with over 6 centuries of history, the Byzantine collection with sculptures and icons of the Byzantine era and the Public Library.Right at the entrance of the fortress on militants Polytechniou street there is the statue of the Prussian Marshal Suleburg, made by the Venetians in his honor when he successfully repelled the Turkish raid of 1716.Today the fortress is a masterpiece of architecture and fortification art while offering the visitor the best view of the city, the sea passage to the opposite land as well as the mountains of Epirus.The Republic of Venice  ( Δημοκρατία της Βενετίας)  created a technical channel, the “Contra Fossa” that connected the Gulf of Corfu with the Bay of Garitsa and turned the Byzantine capital into an artificial island..