Maitland Monument

Maitland arrived in Corfu on 16 February 1816, and eight months later, on 25 October 1816, forty-six noble Corfiots made a proposal for the construction of a triumphal arch in his honour.

[1][2] The monument was eventually constructed in 1821 in a completely different form of a rotunda with twenty Ionic columns.

[3] Like the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, the structure was built out of limestone imported from Malta,[4] which was a British colony at the time.

Maitland had simultaneously held the positions of Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands and Governor of Malta.

[3] The top of the monument contains the following circular inscription:[3] ΕΙΣ ΜΝΕΙΑΝ ΑΙΣΙΟΥ ΗΜΕΡΑΣ ΕΠΑΝΟΔΟΥ ΕΚ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΒΡΕΤΑΝΝΙΑΣ ΘΩΜΑ ΜΑΙΤΛΑΝΔΟΥ ΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΡΩΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΗΜΑΤΟΣ ΝΗΣΩΝ ΙΟΝΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΤΑΙ ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑΙΟΙ ΑΝΕΣΤΗΣΑΝ ΕΤΕΙ ΣΩΤ ΑΩΙΣΤThe Maitland Monument is visible in the 1981 Bond film For Your Eyes Only.