Today, I toured the island of Corfu, Greece. I got to see the Achilleion Palace, which was built by Elizabeth, the Empress of Austria in the late 1800's. She loved Greece and Greek mythology, and she had many Greek statues throughout her palace. The banister of the main staircase has images of all the gods in bronze. In the garden is a great bronze sculpture of Achilles in his armor, which was made for Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, who later owned the home. The other pictures are of the shops in Old Town Corfu. The last picture is a view of Corfu from the palace garden.
The sculpture of Achilles is gorgeous! Especially with the palm tree right behind it. I would have loved to see that in person. :)
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