Located in the Kanoni are of Corfu town, adjacent to the entrance to Mon Repos, it is the important monument of the Basilica of Paleopolis, built in the 5th century by Bishop Iovianos on the ruins of a Roman conservatory.
Destroyed repeatedly in the 6th century. Vandals - Goths, and again in the 11th century by the Saracens, It was rebuilt in the 11th century. as a three-aisled church with a narthex and in 1680 by the Cretan monk Arsenios Kaloudis. To only be destroyed again by the Normans, again in 1537 by the Turks and during the First World War.
In 1968, all the pieces of the early Christian architectural members, shields, colonnades, capitals, etc. were collected and stored in the Museum of the Old Palaces. In 1960 and 1969, mosaic maintenance work was carried out.
Destroyed repeatedly in the 6th century. Vandals - Goths, and again in the 11th century by the Saracens, It was rebuilt in the 11th century. as a three-aisled church with a narthex and in 1680 by the Cretan monk Arsenios Kaloudis. To only be destroyed again by the Normans, again in 1537 by the Turks and during the First World War.
In 1968, all the pieces of the early Christian architectural members, shields, colonnades, capitals, etc. were collected and stored in the Museum of the Old Palaces. In 1960 and 1969, mosaic maintenance work was carried out.