Summertime View Of Corfu Harbour And New Venetian Fortress Greece Editorial Photo

Corfu town yachts moored in harbour and The New Fortress of Corfu is a Venetian fortress built on the hill of St. Mark in Corfu in stages.Historic 16th-century fortified Venetian castle offering city & ocean views.The current buildings which exist within the fortress were built by the British during their rule of the island 1815-63. At the top of the castle there is a stone building which was used for defence and a brick building which in modern times functions as the headquarters of the Naval Station of Corfu.The Venetian fortifications were later expanded by the British and the French to help defend against a possible Turkish attack. Its fortifications included 700 pieces of artillery with range estimated as far as the Albanian coast