Cathedral of Saint James and Saint Christopher, Renaissance cathedral in Corfu, Greece

The Cathedral of Saint James and Saint Christopher is a three-aisled wooden-roofed basilica with a total area of about 600 sq.m, entered from the west through three doorways. Its early-20th-century facade sets Tuscan pilasters in two storeys under a triangular pediment, with a Gothic tower beside it. Inside, the floor rests on four marble columns with old shafts and late-17th-century capitals.

This building was consecrated in 1553 and replaced an earlier cathedral that had occupied the old fortress grounds. Over the following decades, the structure endured damage and reconstruction while maintaining its Renaissance character.

The cathedral keeps the feast of Saint Spyridon, added by Archbishop Carolus Labia in the 17th century, and each 2 February candles recall the transfer of the icons of James and Christopher from the church of Saint Francis. Inside, Konstantinos Tzanes's Virgin Vrefokratousa Enthroned, painted in 1654, hangs among the paintings.

The cathedral stands on the Town Hall square (Plateia Dimarchiou) in Corfu town, entered from the west side through three doorways: a central main door and two symmetrical side doors. The interior floor level is reached past the facade; the main roof rises 9.20 m above the floor. It is an active Catholic place of worship, so dress modestly and keep silent during services.

The 1654 painting Virgin Vrefokratousa Enthroned by Konstantinos Tzanes survives in the cathedral; his brother Emmanuel finished a related Lambovitissa thirty years later after Konstantinos could not complete it. The bones of Saint Arsenius, Corfu's first bishop, were returned to the church by the Catholic diocese in 1944.