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Galatea (Māori: Kuhawaea) is a settlement in the Whakatāne District in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. [ 3 ] The forested hills and mountains of the Ikawhenua Range and in particular Mount Tāwhiuau stand guard on the eastern flank of the Galatea Plains or Basin, an area surrounding the village.
The Triumph of Galatea is a fresco completed around 1512 by the Italian painter Raphael for the Villa Farnesina in Rome. [1] The Farnesina was built for the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, one of the richest men of that age. The Farnese family later acquired and renamed the villa, smaller than the more ostentatious palazzo at the other side of ...
Project Galatea is a proposed community of Wikipedians interested in making large-scale, sweeping stylistic improvements to articles. It is meant to be a community of dedicated and competent writers advising, helping and encouraging each other in what is an extremely necessary, but difficult and often underappreciated part of creating high-quality Wikipedia articles.
Project Galatea members are encouraged to add articles they've completed stylistic rewrites on below this line. This will make it easier for us to help each other out and learn from one another, and it's an easy way to keep track of what happens to the articles after the rewrite.
In Greek mythology, Galatea (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ə ˈ t iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") [1] was the name of the following figures: Galatea, a Nereid who loved the shepherd Acis, and was loved by the cyclops Polyphemus. [2] Galatea, the statue of a woman created by Pygmalion and brought to life by Aphrodite. [3]
Galatea (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ə ˈ t iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") [1] is the post-antiquity name popularly applied to the statue carved of ivory alabaster by Pygmalion of Cyprus, which then came to life in Greek mythology.
Galatea Bellugi [a] (born 1997) [1] is a French actress. [2] Early life. Born in Paris, [3] Bellugi is the daughter of Italian actor Duccio Bellugi-Vannuccini, while ...
HMS Galatea (F18) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham on the Tyne . She was launched on 23 May 1963 and commissioned on 25 April 1964 and was the eighth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.