MUNICIPALITIES: 124 PRACTICES
The Municipality of Corfu is a municipality of the Region of the Ionian Islands and was established in 2011 by the “Kallikrates Program”.
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The boundaries of the municipality of Corfu include a historic monument “The Old Town of Corfu”, a unique cultural entity of a high aesthetic value, listed in 2007 as a Unesco World heritage site.
The Old Town of Corfu with the fortresses and the built-up area, is an active town having the demands and needs of the modern life as well as the sensitivities and particularities of a historic monument, threatened by the modern way of life and pressured for modernization, renovation and development. In order to protect all the cultural values included in the “ Old Town of Corfu” the municipality investigates, processes and analyses many possibilities.
In this context, the goal of this specific measure is:
The improvement measures were applied in the regions as follows : “Pentofanaro”, “Ionian Academy”, “Eugeniou Boulgareos”, “Ionian Parliament”. The main focus was the unification of the public space and its redesign in order to support a new functional role, mainly attributed to the pedestrians, while promoting the important architectural heritage of the region and improving the quality of life of the residents, also contributing in sustaining the social fabric of the city.
The measures concerned:
The population served by measures of complete urban development is measured to be around 600.000,00. This number may be increased due to Corfu being a very well projected touristic destination.
