Paralia Platanou (i.e. "Platanos Beach", Παραλία Πλατάνου in Greek), lies on the seashore exactly below Platanos village, yet with time the plain name 'Platanos' (without the geographical term 'Paralia') has been attributed more to the village on the beach rather than to the original village above which is for a long time now commonly referred to as 'Pano' or 'Ano' (for Upper) Platanos.
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Andronikos Asen Zaccaria, Baron of Chalandritsa and Arcadia, Grand Constable of Achaea
The Doric Greek dialect spoken in Achaea in the NW Peloponnese, on the islands of Cephallenia and Zacynthus in the Ionian Sea and in the Achaean colonies of Magna Graecia in Southern Italy (including Sybaris and Crotone).
He was sent by Nero in 64 AD to Asia and Achaea to plunder the temples and take away the statues of the gods.
A sneak attack on Nantucket itself by the nation of Tartessos, led by an ally of Walker, unites the factions of the Republic behind an all-out effort to topple Walker's growing empire, centered in Achaea (Greece), in a two-pronged campaign, attacking Tartessos and opening a second front in the Middle East (through an alliance with Babylon, Hittite Empire and Mitanni).
The first settlers of the town came from Aegean shores and named the town "Platana" because of the abundance of plane trees (Greek Plàtanos, Πλάτανος, Latin Platanus).
The specific epithet is derived from the Roman province of Achaea, which included the whole of Greece, except Thessaly.
Antony received all the richer provinces in the east, namely Achaea, Macedonia and Epirus (roughly modern Greece), Bithynia, Pontus and Asia (roughly modern Turkey), Syria, Cyprus and Cyrenaica and he was very close to Ptolemaic Egypt, then the richest state of all.
Daughter of Phorbas from Olenus in Achaea, wife of Alector and mother of Amarynceus
William II of Villehardouin, the last Villehardouin prince of Achaea, son of Geoffrey I Villehardouin
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Geoffrey II of Villehardouin, prince of Achaea, first son of Geoffrey I Villehardouin
It is 5 km northwest of Kontovazaina, 6 km southeast of Lampeia (Elis), 9 km southwest of Psofida (Achaea) and 50 km south of Patras.
The municipal unit Kissamos includes the Gramvousa peninsula (Chernisos Gramvousas Χερσόνησος Γραμβούσας) in the northwest and the adjacent Gramvousa islets, as well as the islet of Pontikonisi, and the villages of Sfinari, Koukounaras, Polirinia, Platanos, Lousakia, Sirikari, Kallergiania and Kalathena.
Krinos (Greek: Κρίνος) is a village in the municipal unit of Movri, Achaea, Greece.
It is the westernmost municipal unit of Achaea, stretching along the Ionian Sea coast and the border with Elis to the southern part of the Movri hills.
He founded the family's Moreote line, which eventually ascended to the princely title of Achaea under Maria II Zaccaria and Centurione II Zaccaria.
Mataragka, Achaea, a village in the municipal unit Larissos, Achaea
Monodendri, Achaea, part of the municipal unit of Vrachnaiika, Achaea, Greece
:This article is about the city in Achaea, which should not be confused with Pellene in Lacedaemon or Pallene.
Platani, Achaea, a village in the municipal unit of Rio, Achaea, Greece
Rizomylos, Achaea, a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea
Mount Skollis, a mountain in Achaea formerly known as Santameri
The welterweight boxing champion of the world, "Pipino" Cuevas was born in Santo Tomás de los Plátanos on December 27, 1957.
Tsoukalaiika, Achaea, a village in the municipal unit Vrachnaiika, Achaea