Show ISLAND WITH QUEER HISTORY Ce phalonia in the ionian sea has haa mary many M masters te on in 2000 years the occupation of by french and british forces tor for strita gie etc purposes walked marked another other aveis in the history of this little island it in the bulan ionian aea which hh has haa played the bolea role ot shuttlecock be ck in u international diplomacy I 1 tor 0 r more than two thousand ears says baya a national geographic society bulletin with an area about three times timea as great as 8 that of mar ma tha abas a vineyard on the in massachusetts ra sch tt coas coast t Ce phalonia 1 la the largest of the seven ionian islands island th the origin of its settlement is shrouded in the noting n a ting uncertainty of 0 homeric legend but from th the year of 1 it ita surrender andr to tho the romans roman B C its history has ban been marked by a Bucce ac a aslou lo ot of oner ownership ship which would bewilder the most a astute uto student of world politics aft after the R roman re emperor in are hadrian made ad a gift ot of the iskend to athens aaion Ce phalonia and the six other lidan islands 18 ot of the tent group bar became free aud ad an auto bonom nomona I 1 but during the aacen as d noncy dancy ot of the byzantine empire they were 8 subject object to its p power a war th the next a cb change re cones came 1 in the aith eleventh century while illiam the conqueror was vias engaged in establish log ing himself firmly in the british isles another both bonnan no robert Gul Gid acard ithe the re resourceful erful after conquering southern italy balled aued to the tha ionian am aea and captured several ot at the tha 1 Is lands preparatory to overthrowing the greek empire this remarkable ad tr t r died on the island land or of cepha joe lonia a wh while I 1 ease engaged oil in quelling a re 1 volt I at R it time when be fremed to have laid the fout foundations dun tor far a nov norman amp empire re similar to that which william in england following robert guiscard Gul a ton inva at alon on passed I 1 in turn under the suzerainty ot at the princes ot of toren taren tum the tha Us fia counts ot of tocco the r re pont public greic I 1 a ot t veitice the ravaging coris cor of greece e a and nd hapl naples the turks the spanish P h venetian vit allies li lit voin venice vo in again france the luaao allies the french and the british great bri tain finally relinquished its ita protector ate and ceded the islands to greece after the latter had allowed the ins court of st james jame to namo name a brother of if the tha princess of walis jalcs as aa king of the hot hel lenes lanes 1 in 1862 is 62 the chief city of Cephal onla 1 Is A ar gestalt which lee hda an 01 excellent harbor and which is especially noted doted for ita it curious sea mills operated by a a cur rent of at sea water sister flowing through a chasm in the rocky shore share across access the bay train from Is the r rival I 1 val port of a art cyclopean and helle hellenic hellei I walls wall or are still standing on a the alus R of the an clear cities of 1 ersull front and so ga mas while hit a few miles ties band A araps toll there rises a relic ratio of V venetian list do das the tha strongly fortified tor tilled mail castle of st george the who are am mentally menta liy alert and ho he are more purely greek than the inhabitants of any or of the oth er islands of the ionian blonts group have h shown great gnat ingenuity and industry in building terraces tor far the cultivation cult of the vine and olive on one of the eh chief 1 of fir products an ducts of the island to is a peculiarly ay iy it flavored ver it bar currant met which finds a ready market in holland belgium and ger car many in addition to their tural pursuits the iana are interested 1 in shipbuilding silk spin ning basket making and the to ture tur or of carpets A an odd add lace made of aloe aloa fiber 1 la exported Dr td |