Corfu

The capital and principal town of the Ionian Islands. It was first occupied by the Phæcians, and then by the Liburnians; but the accounts of it are somewhat mythical until its settlement by the Corinthians about 734 B.C. , and through its commerce it soon after acquired a considerable importance. It soon quarreled with the mother-country, and after many vici itudes of fortune pa ed under the dominion of the Romans about 229 B.C. The town is defended by two fortre es, and garrisoned by British troops since 1864, though belonging to the kingdom of Greece.