A cikin shekara ta 1888, Sarkin sarakuna na Austriya bayan ya ziyarci wurin ya yanke shawarar cewa shi ne wuri mafi kyau ga fadar kansa a Corfu. An tsara fadar ta masanin Italiyanci Raffaele Caritto kuma an gina ta a wani yanki na 200,000 m2. Mijin Elisabeth, Sarkin sarakuna Franz Josef na Austria, ya mallaki wasu filaye na kusa. An umurci masanin zane-zane na Jamus Ernst Herter don ƙirƙirar ayyukan da aka yi wahayi daga tarihin Girka.
Ernst Herter