Statue of Athletes in the garden of the Achilleion palace of Empress of Austria Elisabeth of Bavaria, in Gastouri Corfu


Achilleion is a palace built in Corfu by Empress of Austria Elisabeth of Bavaria, also known as Sissi. The palace was designed with the mythical hero Achilles as its central theme. Elisabeth was a woman obsessed with beauty, and very powerful. The architectural style is Pompeian


Size: 4016px × 6016px
Location: Corfu, Gastouri, Greece
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
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