The Achilleion at Corfu 
THE ENTRANCE TO THE PALACE PROM THE BENIZZE ROAD 
sections of the world to contribute to its 
equipment and conveniences. Modern in 
execution and design, the light, rich touches 
of the East are joined with the more ponder¬ 
ous and elegant effects of the North and 
West. Its spirit is withal Greek, but Greek 
of that early age which the world has come 
to look upon as its own,—the age of Homer 
and of those beautiful, mythical days which 
have proved 
an inex¬ 
haustible 
storehouse 
from which 
men of every 
subsequent 
period have 
never ceased 
to draw ad 
libitum. 
Thus it is 
in the air 
of these clas¬ 
sic days, and 
in the pres¬ 
ence of the 
THE PLAN OF THE ACHILLEION AND GROUNDS 
Specially drawn for House and Garden from the official surveys in the possession of the 
Austrian Government 
world’s master minds in literature, phi¬ 
losophy and art, that one breathes the 
spirit of the Achilleion more than in the 
beauty of its surroundings or the compre¬ 
hensiveness of its position. However, it 
so happens that we are concerned more 
particularly with the latter, although no 
description of the Achilleion which slights 
the former is either complete or just. 
Visitors 
to the Achil- 
1 e i o n may 
go by sea to 
the private 
landing of 
the palace 
near the lit¬ 
tle fishing 
village of 
B e n i z z e, 
whence they 
may follow 
the beauti¬ 
ful, easily 
rising . road¬ 
way which 
THE ACHILLEION 
ELIZABETHEMPRESS ofAVSTRIA- 
ON THE. 
ISLAND ofCORFV- 
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