Fountain in the back yard of Achilleion Palace - Gastouri, Corfu, Greece
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N 39° 33.774 E 019° 54.268
34S E 405891 N 4379818
A fountain in the back yard of Achilleion Palace.
Waymark Code: WM123GZ
Location: Greece
Date Posted: 02/17/2020
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The Achilleion is a palace a few kilometers south of the main town of Corfu. It was built from 1890 to 1892 for the Austrian empress Elizabeth (Sisi). In 1907 it was bought by the German Emperor. During World War I the palace was used as a field hospital by Serbian and French troops. After the war it became Greek property. In World War II, it was again used by Foreign troops, from 1941 Italians, after 1943 Germans, who used the building as their headquarters on the island. From 1962 to the early 1980s it was a casino, until it was bought by the Greek state in 1983. Today it is a museum and one of the islands major tourist attractions.
The fountain stand at the northern border of the elevated backyard behind the main palace building. It has a square basin with a brass sculpture of a person embraced by a dolphin. Another statue of a person playing cymbals and having a child on the shoulder stands on a marble pedestal next to the fountain. Most probably this scene is related to a lesser known Ancient Greek legend, but I could not find any references.
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