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

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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 learned Greek and she used to visit the place often until 1898 when she was assassinated in Geneva by Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni.

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Size: 6016px × 4016px
Location: Gastouri, Corfu, Greece
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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