Editing Corfu (section)

===Kaiser's Bridge===
[[File:Kaiser's Bridge in Corfu.jpg|thumb|Remains of the Kaiser's bridge]]

German [[Wilhelm II of Germany|Kaiser Wilhelm II]] was also fond of taking holidays in Corfu. Having purchased the Achilleion in 1907 after Sissi's death, he appointed [[Carl Ludwig Sprenger]] as the botanical architect of the Palace, and also built a bridge later named by the locals after him—the "Kaiser's bridge" (Greek: η γέφυρα του Κάιζερ transliterated as: i gefyra tou Kaizer)—to access the beach without traversing the road forming the island's main artery to the south. The bridge, arching over the road, spanned the distance between the lower gardens of Achilleion and the nearby beach; its remains are an important landmark on the highway. The bridge's central section was demolished by the [[Wehrmacht]] in 1944, during the German occupation of World War II, to allow for the passage of an enormous cannon, forming part of the Nazi defences in the southeastern coast of Corfu.<ref name="GilesFlamburiari1994">{{cite book |author1=Frank Giles |author2=Spiro Flamburiari |author3=Fritz Von der Schulenburg |title=Corfu: the garden isle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Evs-AQAAIAAJ&q=Kaiser%27s+Bridge+Corfu |access-date=4 May 2013 |date=1 September 1994 |page=109 |publisher=J. Murray in association with the Hellenic Group of Companies Ltd. |isbn=978-1-55859-845-4 |quote=Although subsequently demolished in 1944 to allow the passage of a huge German coastal gun beneath, the locality still bears the name "Kaiser's Bridge".}}</ref><ref name="Corfu map">[http://www.corfu-map.net/news/latest/municipality-of-achilleon.html Corfu map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012142137/http://www.corfu-map.net/news/latest/municipality-of-achilleon.html |date=12 October 2007 }}: The bridge was destroyed during a German attack in World War II. The remains can still be seen today.</ref>