OPENING CEREMONY - Corfu Imperial Hotel
Wednesday, May 26th, 19.30-20.30 hrs                                                                                                   

Welcome addresses:

• Dimitrios S. Korres, President of the local Medical  Association
• Jose Casamitjana, President of the CSRS-European Section 
• Representative of local Authorities
• Key note Speech on “The green island of Corfu and Achilles Palais”
  Professor Emeritus of Archeology, George S. Korres                       
• Moderator: Prof. Rainer Buchholz

A Welcome Reception will follow.

(included in the registration fee for participants and accompanying persons) 

Myth, imperial luxury and plain natural beauty. The imperial villa of the sad emperess «Sissy» is the emblem of a whole era. 

  
Achilleion Palace - click the images to enlarge 

Entering the yard, in front of the imposing building and the garden with several statues, close youw eyes and imagine the view of Elisabeth Emperess of Austria (known as Sissy), when she first came to this place. The estate around the Achilleion offers a unique sense of peace– even in the summer, when it is overwhelmed by visitors.
Until Sissy’s assasination in 1898 in Vienna, by an Italian anarchist, the empress  spent several summers here, learning Greek and reading Goethe, Shakespeare and Homer.
The palace was devoted to Achilles  the hero who represented to the empress the Greek soul and beauty of the locals. Entering the palace, all eyes are impressed by the wonderful roof fresco, symbolically depicts the Four Seasons.

Price per peson: 75 € (including transportation from the official hotels of the meeting)