All about Zakynthos

The mansion was built in the mid-19th century as the residence of the English governor.

In the twentieth century the house belonged to the mayor Luke Carrer, son of the deputy Dionysius Carrer.

Luca Carrer, mayor during the Italian and German occupation, took care of the salvation of the

of the Jews of Zakynthos, together with the metropolitan of Zakynthos Chrysostomos A Demetriou and other prominent and non-Zakynthians.