Saint Michael and Saint George palace is the only example of Georgian architecture in the Mediterranean.

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At the beginning was the mansion of the British Governor Sir T. Maitland, then became the summer residence of the Greek Royal Family and recently was restored with a view to the European Union Summit (1994). In the past it was the seat of the Order of Knights of Saint George and Saint Michael, from which the palace takes his name, and then the seat of the Ionian Republic Senate. Today inside the palace there are the Museum of Asian Art, the council art gallery and the Department of Classical Antiquities of Corfu. From the architectonic point of view the Palace of Saint Michael and Saint George is characterized by Doric arcade on the facade and bas-reliefs representing the seven Ionian islands along the length of the is symbolized by a ship

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Location: Corfu Town Greece
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
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