Porta Riala, another destroyed Corfu monument...

This was Konstantinos Theotokis' poetic lament on the 1893 destruction of Porta Riala by "barbarians".

Lorentzos Mavilis also wrote a strong poem on the subject, which finishes with a curse on the Corfiots who destroyed Porta Riala. He wants his verse to live on, both as a reminder of the destruction they caused, but also in the hope that the island's despoilers will burn for their sins!

It was the British who'd destroyed the Porta Remunda (Raimonda) gate, in 1837. All in a good cause, of course...to open up the seafront (Strada Marina) road down to Garitsa.