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    Achilleion (Greek: Αχίλλειο, Katharevousa: Αχίλλειον) is a palace built on Corfu for Empress (German: Kaiserin) Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sisi...
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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 or Achilleium) was an ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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