Achilleion is a palace built on Corfu for Empress Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sisi, after a suggestion by the Austrian consul Alexander von Warsberg. Elisabeth was deeply saddened by the tragic loss of her only son, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria following the Mayerling incident in 1889, and a year later she had this summer palace built as a refuge.
Achilleion (Corfu)
Dying Achilles (Achilleus thneskon) in the gardens. Achilles gazes skywards as if to seek help from the gods; his mother Thetis was a goddess
The Triumph of Achilles by Franz von Matsch; panoramic fresco (main hall, upper level). Achilles drags Hector's lifeless body at the Gates of Troy.
Achilles as guardian of the palace in the gardens, gazing northward toward the city. The inscription in Greek reads: ΑΧΙΛΛΕΥΣ ("Achilles"); commissioned by Kaiser Wilhelm II
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.
Elisabeth in 1867
The house where she was born in Munich.
The young Elisabeth shortly after becoming Austrian Empress, by Amanda Bergstedt (1855)
Portrait of Empress Elisabeth, 1857 aged 19
