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Valanio

VALANIO (Village) CORFU
Valanio is picturesque village located to the west of Kyprianades. ‘Valanio’ means ‘public bath’ and to the east there is a spring called ‘giatriki vrisi’ (healing spring). While its therapeutic powers have not been in use for centuries. According to one local tradition, Queen Argyro would bathe there during her visits to the nearby fortress. The ‘fortress’ is located some 500 metres lower down at the now vanished village of Kastro, so called because rocks encircling the habitation, used by its defenders for their gun emplacements, created a natural fortress. The inhabitants of Valanio have a reputation for loyalty and for love of the arts.

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