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Achilles gazes skywards as if to seek help from the gods; his mother Thetis was a goddess. The Achilleion property was originally owned by Corfiote philosopher and diplomat Petros Brailas-Armenis, and was known as "Villa Vraila". In 1888, the Empress of Austria after visiting the place decided that it was the ideal location for her own palace ...
Gastouri is a Greek village and community located about 10 kilometres south of the city of Corfu. Gastouri was established as a settlement on 28 January 1866 by publication of the decision in the Greek government gazette. [2] In 1995, administratively, it belonged to the municipality of Achilleio. [2]
The seat of the municipality was the town of Gastouri (pop. 1,303). The municipality took its name from the palace Achilleion that Empress Elisabeth of Austria built there. The largest communities are Gastouri, Kynopiastes, Viros, Perama, Benitses , Káto Garoúna, and Kastellánoi.
Achilleion (Ancient Greek: Ἀχίλλειον, romanized: Achilleion; Latin: Achilleum) was an ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia. [1] It has been located on a promontory known as Beşika Burnu ('cradle promontory') about 8 km south of Sigeion. [2]
The complex of buildings includes Fasilides' castle, Iyasu I's palace, Dawit III's Hall, Empress Mentewab's castle, a chancellery and library from Yohannes I, a banqueting hall from the emperor Bakaffa, stables, and three churches: Asasame Qeddus Mikael, Elfign Giyorgis and Gemjabet Mariyam.
The neoclassical design was made by Colonel George Whitmore, who was also the architect of the Palace of St. Michael and St. George on Spianada Square in Corfu City, along with civil engineer J. Harper. The villa was rarely used as a residence for later British governors.
Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes was the usual moment shown in art, here by Gérard de Lairesse. Rather than allow her son Achilles to die at Troy as prophesied, the nymph Thetis sent him to live at the court of Lycomedes, king of Skyros, disguised as another daughter of the king or as a lady-in-waiting, under the name Pyrrha "the red-haired", Issa, or Kerkysera.
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