The old salt storehouses in Lefkimi, Corfu, house one of the most interesting and original environmental education centres in Greece and the Corfu Environmental Education Centre (CEEC) opened its doors to the public in 1999, after funds secured through the EU Interreg program enabled the local government to renovate the 16th-century Venetian salt storehouses situated in the Lefkimi salt pans, an area spanning 105 hectares, ANA reports.
Salt has been extracted in Corfu since antiquity, providing both locals and conquerors with a strong economic advantage.
In 1630, Lefkimi salt pans were recorded as being the most productive in the whole of Corfu, yielding 21 tons of salt. The salt pans continued being cultivated for a very long stretch of time, until, in 1988, the newly founded national salt agency decided to discontinue salt extraction in the site.
Yet, CEEC has now taken up the task of keeping the memory of the Lefkimi salt pans alive.
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