Fury as half -naked ‘British’ pole dancers hold ‘shameful’ photo shoot in the historic Greek palace

A group of polar dancers has aroused Greece After video, she circulated a photo shoot underwear for the old palace in Corfu.

Greek media shared video with British spectators who look at the executive artists outside the palace of St. Michael and St. George in the early hours this morning.

Two women were seen in balance on a pole in bright red underwear.

Protothema assessed: “Understandably, there were various reactions about who gave permission for such a photo shoot in the city center.”

The former Royal Residence, commissioned by the British Lord High Commissioner Sir Thomas Maitland and designed by Colonel George Whitmore, is proud of it in the old city of Corfu, a UNESCO World heritage site.

Dozens of residents expressed furious reactions on social media about the photo shoot in small clothing outside the historic palace. Some commentators claimed that the dancers were British.

‘The Corfu Palaces: they once organized Royals. Now, pole dancing, “wrote commentator Panagiotis Kalogeros on Facebook.

“If Lord byron pole saw in the palaces dancing, he would have returned to England without a second thought.”

‘They would do the same in Buckingham [Palace]? “wrote another. ‘Of course we have been on holiday and Binge here for years here for years. [sic]’

Another was worried how the pole was supported, for fear ‘that they pierced the plates in the ground’ to hold him in place. There was no evidence that the site was damaged.

The palace of St. Michael and St. George was designed by British architects at the beginning of the 19th century, with the help of neoclassical styles that are typical of the time.

It has been in the old town of Corfu for more than two centuries, which has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2007.

The building is still in use and remains a well -preserved copy of Regency architecture towards the end of the Georgian period.

Greek users on Facebook were anxious that part of the site could have been damaged during the photo shoot, where different asked how they were allowed.

“Have the permanent residents of the historic center and their association taken a position for this event?” asked one.

“Who gave the consent slip ???” said another.

“Someone should call the police,” a third added.

According to the local media, the directorate of the Museum of Asian Art, housed in the palace, was not aware of the event.

However, not all abhorred the dancers for the performance outside the historic building.

User account Metallinos defended the performance.

“In short, what we see is the backstage of some photography,” he said about the video.

‘Otherwise dancing is part of culture[.] It’s just that it is misunderstood …

‘Yes, the concept insults the monument, but as an open space unguarded and unmarked disappointing swimsuit or extra items I see no reason someone who wants to take photos to be banned, it is an open public space.

‘But to see how hypocritical[ical] We are, we have passed a road of heavy vehicles through the palace and under the arch and we send all exhaust pollution to Tufopetra that is consumed by all this fuel gas …

‘And instead of screaming about the damage we cause, we shout about the photography done by some professionals in the area.

‘Ultimately, who damages the monument? Them or us? ‘

Another user did not agree and extensively: ‘What do traditional dancing have to do with stripping there?

“Personally if my daughter was there, I would be ashamed.”

The palace in Corfu was built for a period of five years in the immediate aftermath of the Napoleonic wars.

The defeat of Napoleon in Waterloo in 1815 saw the Ionian Islands, including Corfu, a protectorate of the UK by the Paris Convention.

Corfu, in turn, became the seat of the British Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands.

It was Sir Thomas Maitland who ordered the palace of St. Michael and St. George as the official home for the high commissioner of Lord.

There was a flourish in the Regency Architecture building in Great -Britain and its overseas companies after the end of the Napoleonic wars as the government spending recovered and sophisticated wood shortages without the demand for war.

Closer to home, examples of Regency Architecture can be seen in the work of John Nash throughout London.

Great -Britain has revived some of the classical architectural styles of the Greeks and Romans during his imperial rise, after architects such as Inigo Jones brought back to the British Island techniques that were recovered by the Italians during the 16th and 17th centuries.