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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 Sisi, after a suggestion by the Austrian consul Alexander von Warsberg.
Achilleio (Greek: Αχίλλειο) is a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands, of which it is a municipal unit. [2] It is located in the south-central part of the island of Corfu, south of Corfu (city).
Download as PDF; Printable version ... of taking holidays in Corfu. Having purchased the Achilleion in 1907 ... to the music history of Corfu and the 19th ...
In 2019, it was removed from the administrative unit of the municipality of Corfu, and was transferred to the municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands. [2] Gastouri is the location of Achilleion palace, built by Empress Elisabeth of Austria .
The statue of Achilles in the gardens of the Achilleion (Corfu). The islands were settled by Greeks at an early date, possibly as early as 1200 BC, and certainly by the 9th century BC. The early Eretrian settlement at Kerkyra was displaced by colonists from Corinth in 734 BC. The islands were mostly a backwater during Ancient Greek times and ...
Statue of Achilleas Thniskon (Dying Achilles) at the Corfu Achilleion. An Achilles' heel [1] (or Achilles heel [2] [3]) is a weakness despite overall strength, which can lead to downfall. While the mythological origin refers to a physical vulnerability, idiomatic references to other attributes or qualities that can lead to downfall are common.
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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 the island of Corfu, Greece; Achilleion (Thessaly), a neolithic site in Thessaly, Greece; Achilleion (Troad), a Greek polis in the Troad, Turkey