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Corcyra

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Corcyra, Greece
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Corcyra was an ancient Greek city on the island of Corfu, founded as a Corinthian colony during the Archaic period and positioned as a key port for ships sailing west toward Italy and beyond. According to Thucydides, it was the site of the earliest recorded naval battle in history — fought against Corinth in the mid-7th century BC — and ranked alongside Athens and Corinth as one of the three great naval powers of 5th-century BC Greece.

  • Nearest water from center0.3 km
  • Nearest mountain from center0.8 km
  • UNESCO within 50 km2

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