GREECE 



Rose Pergola^ The Achilleion^ Corfu 



ACHILLEION was built for the 

 Empress Elizabeth of Austria, who loved 

 the beauty and the quiet of Corfu. In 1907 it 

 was acquired by the German Emperor, who 

 altered and added to it for his own use. It 

 stands high up on the side of the steep little hill 

 called Agia Kyriaki or St. Sunday, overlooking 

 the Ionian Straits. The garden is arranged in 

 terraces around the southern and eastern sides of 

 the palace, and continues in a long strip down 

 the hillside to the sea. 



Twice a year, in the autumn and in the spring, 

 a " Herr Botaniker " arrived from Berlin ; in 

 the autumn he prepared everything for the spring 

 blossoming, and in the spring put the finishing 

 touches to his work, and then as at the wave of 

 a magic wand, thousands of flowers opened their 



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