The British in their former colonies, such as Malta and India, continued to set milestones by expanding and building the road network. This is very likely to have happened in Corfu as well.
The milestones were apparently erected by the High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, Sir Frederic Adam, who succeeded Sir Thomas Maitland after his death in 1824. Adam multiplied the budget for public works and promoted them. The fortifications were restored, an aqueduct, a university and a school system were built, as well as the first network of carriage roads on the island. During the construction of the latter, the landmarks must have been placed. The Corfu Milestone project was set up by Dimitris Klagkos in 2020, allowing them to be found by us all. it is possible that you could find one that is not listed, if so please tell them by using the social media link below and taking a picture and location.
The very interesting thing in the case of Corfu is that these landmarks measure distances in kilometres and not in miles, having the point 0, we calculated the distance to the nearby points 1 (Garitsa), 4 (Kanoni) etc, using google maps. We also took into account the changes in the roads. We found in this way that the distances correspond exactly to kilometres.
The milestones were apparently erected by the High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, Sir Frederic Adam, who succeeded Sir Thomas Maitland after his death in 1824. Adam multiplied the budget for public works and promoted them. The fortifications were restored, an aqueduct, a university and a school system were built, as well as the first network of carriage roads on the island. During the construction of the latter, the landmarks must have been placed. The Corfu Milestone project was set up by Dimitris Klagkos in 2020, allowing them to be found by us all. it is possible that you could find one that is not listed, if so please tell them by using the social media link below and taking a picture and location.
The very interesting thing in the case of Corfu is that these landmarks measure distances in kilometres and not in miles, having the point 0, we calculated the distance to the nearby points 1 (Garitsa), 4 (Kanoni) etc, using google maps. We also took into account the changes in the roads. We found in this way that the distances correspond exactly to kilometres.
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