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    The Achilleion (Greek: Αχίλλειο, Katharevousa: Αχίλλειον) is a palace built on Corfu for Empress (German: Kaiserin) Elisabeth of Austria, also known as...
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  • Achilleion (ancient Greek: Ἀχίλλειον) may refer to: Achilleion, Colombo, a 50-storey twin-tower apartment in Sri Lanka Achilleion (Corfu), a palace on...
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    Achilleion (Ancient Greek: Ἀχίλλειον, romanized: Achilleion; Latin: Achilleum) was an ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia...
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  • Achilleion is an early Neolithic site in Thessaly, Greece. It was partly excavated by the American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas. Achilleion is a large...
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  • Achilleion (Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεῖον) was a town of ancient Ionia. Xenophon records that, in 398 BCE, soldiers of Achilleion were part of the army that...
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    George's Temple at the Old Fortress Mon Repos Gardens of Achilleion Statues at the Achilleion terrace Villa Rossa, landmark of Corfu city Pelekas village...
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    travelled widely, unaccompanied by her family. In 1890, she had the palace Achilleion built on the Greek island of Corfu. The palace featured an elaborate mythological...
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    Herodotus, Pliny the Elder and Strabo reported on the existence of a town Achílleion (Ἀχίλλειον), built by settlers from Mytilene in the sixth century BC,...
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    along with some of his naval paintings, hang in the Kaiser's Room at Achilleion, the Kaiser's summer palace from 1907 to 1914 (currently a museum) on...
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    1863. Here she fell in love with the island, where she later built the Achilleion Palace. After the union with Greece in 1864, the villa was provided to...
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  • Achilleion is a proposed residential complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Upon completion, the complex is planned to consist of two twin skyscrapers of 50 floors...
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    structure of white Maltese stone. Near Gastouri stands the Pompeian style Achilleion, the palace built for the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, and purchased...
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    Agios Achilleios (Greek: Άγιος Αχίλλειος, before 1926: Αχίλλειον – Achilleion) is a village in the Florina Regional Unit in West Macedonia, Greece. It...
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    Justinianopolis Melid Sugunia Theodosiopolis Tushpa Marmara Abarnis Abydos Achaiion Achilleion Ad Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in...
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    Statue of Achilleas Thniskon (Dying Achilles) at the Corfu Achilleion....
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    warfare. Kaiser Wilhelm II, while vacationing at his summer palace of Achilleion in Corfu and while Europe was preparing for war, was involved in excavations...
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    Wilhelm developed a penchant for archaeology while residing at the Corfu Achilleion, excavating at the site of the Temple of Artemis in Corfu, a passion he...
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    Aphrodite taunts Hera and Athena with the Apple, relief in the Achilleion, Corfu....
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    Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector's body around Troy, from a panoramic fresco of the Achilleion...
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    acquired by the Empress of Austria and became the centerpiece at her palace Achilleion in Corfu, Greece. His second original sculpture of Dying Achilles is in...
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    Justinianopolis Melid Sugunia Theodosiopolis Tushpa Marmara Abarnis Abydos Achaiion Achilleion Ad Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in...
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    Anzabegovo, near Štip, Republic of North Macedonia, and Sitagroi and Achilleion in Thessaly (Greece). Digging through layers of earth representing a period...
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    Justinianopolis Melid Sugunia Theodosiopolis Tushpa Marmara Abarnis Abydos Achaiion Achilleion Ad Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in...
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    spit in the northern part of the Strait of Kerch. It extends from Cape Achilleion and the town of Ilich [ru] to the south-west in the direction of the Black...
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    Justinianopolis Melid Sugunia Theodosiopolis Tushpa Marmara Abarnis Abydos Achaiion Achilleion Ad Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in...
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    Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector's lifeless body in Troy. (A fresco in the Achilleion, Corfu)...
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  • refer to Ach(aiion) by Louis Robert, but others attribute the coins to Achilleion. Its site is located near Hantepe, Asiatic Turkey. Pleiades Strabo. Geographica...
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    Justinianopolis Melid Sugunia Theodosiopolis Tushpa Marmara Abarnis Abydos Achaiion Achilleion Ad Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in...
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    Agricultural Bank (1909, formerly the Kosmadopoulos Bank) The Cine-theater Achilleion (1925) The Aegli Hotel, (1927), designed by Kassiopoulos The Building...
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    Justinianopolis Melid Sugunia Theodosiopolis Tushpa Marmara Abarnis Abydos Achaiion Achilleion Ad Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in...
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