Reading Society

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Reading Society

The Reading Society of Corfu is the most ancient cultural institution of the modern Greece and is located in Kapodistriou road (number 120). It was founded in 1836 in order to collect the best philosophers, poets and artists of that period like Solomos, Kalvos, Kapodistrias, Theotokis and many others all natives of the Ionian Islands. Today this association boasts a library of remarkable dimensions (10,000 books regarding the Ionian Islands), prints, maps, newspapers, photos, engraving and painting. The Reading Society of Corfu look after different kind of activities like the organization of seminaries, meeting, scientific conferences, musical performances and exhibitions of painting, photography and art.