The Achilleion at Corfu 
A VIEW LOOKING NORTHWARD FROM THE FIRST TERRACE 
other mechanisms of 
the palace, but to 
glance at the splen¬ 
did statue of Byron 
which has been set 
up close by this exit. 
It is altogether ap¬ 
propriate that this 
distinguished Eng¬ 
lishman should find 
a place in the land 
he served and sup¬ 
ported ; and the 
statue depicts admi¬ 
rably that delicacy 
which is the inef¬ 
faceable heritage of 
this unique figure in 
literature. Greece 
also boasts another 
statue of the famous 
bard set up in a lit¬ 
tle province of the 
North, where tradi¬ 
tion says he left his 
heart if not his 
body ; but the stat¬ 
ue of the Achilleion 
Taken when the gardens were young. The city of Corfu in the distance 
is the statue of the 
living not the dying 
Byron. 
Passing between 
the nude bronze 
forms of the gladi¬ 
ators who stand 
guard at the en¬ 
trance from the sec¬ 
ond to the third ter¬ 
race, the visitor finds 
himself divided in 
opinion upon the 
excellencies of this 
last garden, and full 
of wonder at the 
difference which ex¬ 
ists between it and 
the other two below 
it. One is not 
quite sure wherein 
this difference lies. 
There seems to be 
a relaxation in the 
somewhat rigid plan 
followed in the 
other gardens; 
walks have not 
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THE STATUE OF BYRON 
