Philiates
Philiates"Distant about ten of twelve miles from the sea, at Sayades, the station of a British vice-consul, and the general port of embarkation for Corfu and Janina, is situated near a mountain gorge of unsurpassed beauty. Every British or French traveller that has passed through Philiates must be able to testify to the hospitality of the widow of Dj’ammer Bey; she is a celebrated person in her way; and settles disputes and administers justice in the village. She sits unveiled in her Divan. Her son is a Pasha, and is now fighting against the Russians. As a Turk, she eats not with Christians, but keeps a bountiful table, where travellers can ever obtain welcome board and lodging. It is a remarkable fact, that the storks, who build their nests in Turkish chimneys, invariably avoid the Greek residences, even in a mixed village, where it is difficult to distinguish any difference between the houses; and at Philiates, you can thus know a Turkish dwelling by this strange discrimination of these birds."
From a description by the artist, George de la Poer Beresford.
In this exhibition
- Greece under Ottoman rule
- Travels to Greece
- The Philhellenes
- The Greek War of Independence
- British involvement in the war
- The Ionian Islands: a British Protectorate
- Produce from the Ionian Islands
- Travels in Albania
- Select bibliography