Ionian University Ionian University The Ionian University (Greek: Iόνιο Πανεπιστήμιο) is a university located in the city of Corfu, Greece. It is one of the newest institutions of Higher Education in Greece, created pursuant to presidential order 83/84 ΦΕΚ 31 Α/20-3-84, along with the University of the Aegean and the University of Thessaly. The university opened its doors to students in 1985 and today comprises three Schools and six Departments offering undergraduate and post-graduate degrees programmes and summer schools. The Ionian Academy was the first Greek University of modern times. It was in operation in Corfu for forty years, from 1824 to
Island Beneath the Sea Island Beneath the Sea Island Beneath the Sea () is a 2009 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. It was first published in the United States by HarperCollins. The book was issued in 2009 in Spanish as "La Isla Bajo el Mar", and was translated into English by Margaret Sayers Peden, who has translated all (except the first) of Allende's books into English. The story is set during the Haitian Revolution of Toussaint Louverture. The story opens on the island of Saint-Domingue (current day La Hispaniola) in the late 18th century. Zarite (known as Tete) is the daughter of an