chilleio was built in 1890-91 for the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, also known as Sissy.
	The imposing neo-Classical building in dubious taste took its name from her expressed weakhness for Achilles. The fine gardens are the most interesting element in the site.
The second floor balcony, with its Ionian peristyle, houses some rather uninteresting statuary: busts of the ancient philosophers, of Shakespear and of the Nine Muses.

he ground floor has a room with a small collection of the royal owners. Passing around the building a path leads us to a balconied viewpoint with an enormous statue of Achilles, the Empress's favourite hero. There is an excellent view over the intervening woods to Corfu town. The Achilles theme is continued in a number of other statues placed at various points around the grounds, the most accomplished of which is The Dying Achilles, by Herter (1884).

Photos and text taken from "Corfu - Today and yesterday" (Toubis Editions)

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