the Cricket Pitch in front of the palace of St Michael and St George in Corfu Town on the Greek island of Corfu


In front of this neoclassical palace there are a garden and a fountain that has in the middle the bronze statue of Sir Frederick Adam, the man who supervised the construction of the aqueduct in the city. Inside the palace there are a wonderful hall decorated with ionic columns and frescoes with scenes of Odissea and a splendid stairs that brings to the antechamber of the first floor decorated with Corinthian columns. Also in front of the palace is the Cricket ground where Corfiotes play the very English Game of Cricket


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