if not for this

By chopkinsknits

Not an ancient Greek Temple

but a building with a venerable history, none-the-less. It was built in 1846 as the garrison (CofE) church for the British on Corfu. It stands on the side of the rock on which also stands the old venetian fortress, which was taken over by Napoleon and then the British. This building style, called Greek Revival was very fashionable in the UK at that time (see St Pancras Church on The Euston Road)

Soon after the British left the church was converted to Greek Orthodox. Until WW2 it retained some of the typical features of a British preaching hall, including its balcony held up by cast iron pillars. During the war it was badly damaged and the balcony was removed when repairs were carried out in the 1950s

However, as we wandered around the back, there were the pillars, piled up, with wild flowers growing between them, which according to their castings were made in 1846 by Bailey Pegg & Co of 81 Bankside London (about where the Tate Modern is now.

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