This is the 6th and last episode of the "Greek Island Odyssey" series presented by Bettany Hughes and produced in Corfu for Channel 5. Count Flamburiari welcomed Bettany Hughes in his villa "La Serenissima" and discussed in detail the subjects that the film should include. Amongst the subjects were the Corfu Old Town, the Corfu [...]
Author: Corfu Heritage Foundation
Corfu Festival 2021
“Hymn to Liberty” Events for the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821 in Corfu To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821, the Corfu Heritage Foundation programmes a series of cultural events related to the letters, music and the visual arts. These events are generally entitled “Hymn [...]
Order of St Michael & St George
“An Anglo-Hellenic Celebration of the Bicentenary of the Order of St Michael and St George” (paperback; 130 pages; 29 x 21cm; ISBN: 978-618-83770-0-4); Spiro Flamburiari (Chief Executive); Elias Capodistrias (Management); Ken Reilly (Artistic Designer); Dan Costin (Webmaster); Stelios Rigopoulos (Text Translator); Nicholas Garthwaite (English Copy Editor); Corfu, GR: Zabelis, 2018. 1.- Foreword by HRH The [...]
Acknowledgement – 2018
London, 12 October 2018 Acknowledgement of a successful Bicentenary Festival 2018 It was almost a year ago that I came up with the idea of celebrating in 2018 the 200th anniversary of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in Corfu. With this in mind, I undertook with colleagues of the Foundation to organise [...]
Corfu Festival 2018
PRESS RELEASE Festivities for the Bicentenary of the Order of St Michael and St George in Corfu 1818 – 2018 CORFU.- As it is well known, George IV, as Prince Regent of the United Kingdom, founded the Order of St Michael and St George in Corfu and in Malta on 28 April 1818, two [...]
Romanticism in Corfu
“Romanticism in Corfu” curated by Megakles Rogakos at the Ionian Academy, Corfu (2 – 26 August 2018) Eventbrite CORFU.- As it is well known, George IV, when he was Prince Regent of the United Kingdom, founded the Order of St Michael and St George in Corfu and in Malta on 28 April 1818, two hundred [...]
Cricket Match
Cricket Matches organised by Sir Simon Orr-Ewing Bt and Mr Nikos Louvros. 13 May - Matches between the Lost Marbles and the Atlas CC Cricket Corfu teams.
Contemporary Perspective
“Prossalendi’s Britannia” - Contemporary Perspective Ionian Academy, Corfu, 1 – 29 September 2018 - Eventbrite CORFU.- As it is well known, George IV, when he was Prince Regent of the United Kingdom, founded the Order of St Michael and St George in Corfu and in Malta on 28 April 1818, two hundred years ago. This forms [...]
Historical Perspective
“Prossalendi’s Britannia” – Historical Perspective Curated by Megakles Rogakos Ionian Academy, Corfu, 7 – 29 July 2018 - Eventbrite CORFU.- As it is well known, George IV, when he was Prince Regent of the United Kingdom, founded the Order of St Michael and St George in Corfu and in Malta on 28 April 1818, two hundred [...]
About
Count Spiro Flamburiari and the Corfu Heritage Foundation Heritage is History and History is Heritage. Both, in regard to Corfu, are complex and ancient. In the relatively modern era, Corfu was under the occupation of Venice, Napoleonic France, Russia and under the Protection of the United Kingdom until its ceding to the then Kingdom of Greece [...]