Outrage over naked women's pole dancing in Greece's historic palace
ALBAWABA - A photoshoot from Greece has disturbed the community after multiple women were spotted half-naked posing in pole dancing in a historic Royal Palace.
Authorities in Corfu Island confirmed arresting five women were seen wearing only their underwear at the Palace of Saint Michael and Saint George, a 19th-century neoclassical building and one of Corfu's most prominent cultural landmarks.
According to Greek media, the women are facing charges of violating the Legislation relating to the Protection of Antiquities and cultural heritage in general.
ANT1 report confirmed that the photoshoot idea at the palace in Corfu is a pole dancing school based in Great Britain. This is a school that organizes a vacation package with intensive pole dancing seminars in Corfu every year in the last two weeks of May. However, people in Greece were unhappy with the photoshoot, calling it 'inappropriate and offensive'.
Μετά την Ακρόπολη και την adidas ήρθε και το pole dancing στα Ανάκτορα της Κέρκυρας! Εκεί που κάποτε φιλοξενούνταν βασιλείς, τώρα το κάναμε κωλάδικο. Τελικά, η παρακμή δεν έρχεται με βαρβάρους. Έρχεται με χορηγούς και influencers! #addidas #Κερκυρα pic.twitter.com/S4bTqrlzc7 — Stefanos Damianidis (@dstefanos) May 23, 2025
It is worth noting that the website even details that pictures from the professional photoshoot can be used to enrich each dancer's portfolio and that it costs each participation 42 pounds ($56) per day.
Konstantinos Vousolinos, Corfu's deputy mayor for culture, was shocked by the lack of interruption for the photoshoot, claiming that it lasted for an hour and adding that it remained unclear whether the shoot was part of a commercial production or organized by a group of tourists, who, he noted, 'appeared to be foreign.'
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