Five kilometres from Agios Markos and eighteen kilometres from Corfu Town , has a population of 1400 and many buildings in traditional style. It boats a Philharmonic Orchestra founded in 1958, underlining the musical traditions which began in 1623 with the founding of the Mandolinatas of the Pope. Out of its 37 churches, the ones dedicated to Agios Nikolaos, the Archangel Michael and Agios Athanasios are of great interest to Byzantine scholars. The local school, a fine neo-Classical building, contains a small folklore collection.