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Church of Saint Spyridon, Corfu

Άγιος Σπυρίδων · Saint Spyridon

The Church of Saint Spyridon is the Orthodox church in the Old Town of Corfu that keeps the relics of Saint Spyridon, whom the Metropolis of Corfu calls the island's protector.

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The Church of Saint Spyridon is a single-nave church in the Old Town of Corfu, built around 1589 to 1594 by the Voulgaris family, according to the Holy Metropolis of Corfu, Paxoi and the Diapontian Islands. The Metropolis says the relics of Saint Spyridon, the island's protector, are kept there together with those of Saint Theodora the Empress, and that by tradition the saint's relic was brought to Corfu from Constantinople in 1489. It dates the bell tower to 1590 and credits the iconostasis to Corfiot painters including Prosalentis and Doxaras. The same page gives the saint's feast as 12 December and says his relic is carried in solemn procession five times a year. It is a working church; no visiting rules from the church itself were read, so none are given here.

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Corfu Town

Corfu Town (Kerkyra) is the town on the island of Corfu that is the seat of the Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands; the Ministry of Culture says its Old Town, two fortresses and perimeter fortifications were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2007. XTOUR maps the Old and New Fortresses and the Church of Saint Spyridon in the town, and the Achilleion at Gastouri as a place reached from it.

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