Ionian Academy
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Distance:
21
km
Estimated driving time:
36
min
Description
The building dates, in its present form from 1725. The army quarters of Grimani where situated here. After 1824 became the home of the Ionian Academy, which was the first university of the “newborn” Greek State.
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