Apollonia
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Albania:- Apollonia, IllyriaApollonia, IllyriaApollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, located on the right bank of the Aous river . Its ruins are situated in the Fier region, near the village of Pojani, in modern-day Albania...
Bulgaria:
- Apollonia, Thrace now SozopolSozopolSozopol is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today it is one of the major seaside resorts in the country, known for the Apollonia art and film festival that is named after one of the town's ancient names.The busiest times of the year...
France:
- Sainte-Apollonie island, Île de Sainte-Apollonie, on the Mayenne river in the French region Pays de la Loire
Greece:
- Apollonia (Acte)Apollonia (Acte)Apollonia was an ancient town in the peninsula of Acte, or Mount Athos in Macedonia, the inhabitants of which were called Macrobii. Plin. iv. 10. s. 17. § 37....
, a city on Mount AthosMount AthosMount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the... - Apollonia (Aetolia)Apollonia (Aetolia)Apollonia was an ancient town on the frontiers of Aetolia near Naupactus. Livyxxviii. 8....
, a town near to NaupactusNaupactusNaupactus or Nafpaktos , is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit... - Apollonia (Chalcidice)Apollonia (Chalcidice)Apollonia was the ancient chief town of Chalcidice in Macedonia, situated north of Olynthus, and a little south of the Chalcidian mountains. That this Apollonia is a different place from Apollonia in Mygdonia, appears from Xenophon, who describes the Chalcidian Apollonia as distant 10 or 12 miles...
, a city in the ChalcidiceChalcidiceChalkidiki, also Halkidiki, Chalcidice or Chalkidike , is a peninsula in northern Greece, and one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Macedonia. The autonomous Mount Athos region is part of the peninsula, but not of the regional unit... - Apollonia (Kavala), a city in KavalaKavalaKavala , is the second largest city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala peripheral unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos...
, northern Greece - Apollonia (Mygdonia)Apollonia (Mygdonia)For other uses, see ApolloniaApollonia was a town of Mygdonia in Macedon, south of Lake Bolbe , and north of the Chalcidian mountains, on the road from Thessalonica to Amphipolis, as we learn from the Acts of the Apostles and the Itineraries. For other uses, see ApolloniaApollonia (Greek: ) was a...
, an inland city near modern Apollonia, Thessaloniki, visited by the apostle Paul - Apollonia (Sifnos), the main town on the island of SifnosSifnosSifnos is an island municipality in the Cyclades island group in Greece. The main town, near the center, is known as Apollonia home of the island's folklore museum and library. The town's name is thought to come from an ancient temple of Apollo on the site of the church of Panayia Yeraniofora...
- Apollonia, ThessalonikiApollonia, ThessalonikiApollonia is an ancient town and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volvi, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located along the Via Egnatia in Macedonia, about midway between Thessaloniki and...
- Three cities in CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
:- Apollonia (North coast of Crete)Apollonia (North coast of Crete)Apollonia was an ancient city of Crete, near Cnossus, the inhabitants of which were most treacherously treated by the Cydoniatae, who were their friends and allies. The site is on the coast near Armyro, or perhaps approaching towards Megalo Kastron, at the Ghiófero. The editors of the Barrington...
, on the north coast - Apollonia (South coast of Crete)Apollonia (South coast of Crete)Apollonia , also called Eleuthera was an ancient city of Crete, on the south coast, of uncertain location.. William Smith states that the philosopher Diogenes Apolloniates was a native of the environs of Apollonia , although other scholars claim that the Apollonia in question was the Thracian one...
, on the south coast - EleuthernaEleuthernaEleutherna , also called Apollonia, was an ancient city-state in Crete, Greece, which lies 25 km southeast of Rethymno in Rethymno Prefecture...
, inland city also called Apollonia
- Apollonia (North coast of Crete)
Israel:
- Apollonia, later called ArsufArsufArsuf also known as Arsur or Apollonia, was an ancient city and fortress located in Israel, about 15 kilometres north of modern Tel Aviv, on a cliff above the Mediterranean Sea. The city site, Tel Arsuf, was intensively excavated from 1994...
, near modern Herzliya
Indonesia:
- Fort Apollonia, Dutch settlement, now called SurabayaSurabayaSurabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city with a population of over 2.7 million , and the capital of the province of East Java...
Italy:
- Apollonia (Sicily)Apollonia (Sicily)Apollonia was an ancient city of Sicily, which, according to Stephanus of Byzantium, was situated in the neighborhood of Aluntium and Calacte. Cicero also mentions it Apollonia (Greek: ) was an ancient city of Sicily, which, according to Stephanus of Byzantium, was situated in the neighborhood of...
, a sea port town in Northern Sicily, identified with Pollina - Sant'Apollonia (Padua), township situated in Bagnoli di Sopra Padua, Veneto
- Fondamenta Sant'Apollonia, situated in Venice, Veneto
- Sant'Apollonia (Turin), township located in Val della Torre, province Turin, in the Piedmont region
- Sant'Apollonia (Brescia), township in Ponte di Legno, province of Brescia
- Sant'Apollonia (Lecco), township located in Viganò, locality of Lecco
- Sant'Apollonia (Ancona), situated in Corinaldo, province of Ancona
Libya:
- Apollonia, CyrenaicaApollonia, CyrenaicaApollonia in Cyrenaica was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean. It served as the harbour of Cyrene, to the southwest...
Turkey:
- Apollonia (Mysia)Apollonia (Mysia)Apollonia was an ancient city of Mysia, Anatolia, situated on an eminence east of Pergamum, on the way to Sardis. It seems to have been near the borders of Mysia and Lydia. The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World place Apollonia between the modern Turkish towns of Yenice...
, a town in MysiaMysiaMysia was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor or Anatolia . It was located on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was bounded by Bithynia on the east, Phrygia on the southeast, Lydia on the south, Aeolis on the southwest, Troad on the west and by the Propontis on the north... - Apollonia ad RhyndacumApollonia ad RhyndacumApollonia or Apollonia-on-the-Rhyndacus was an ancient town near the Rhyndacus river in northwestern Anatolia. Strabo placed it in Mysia, causing some to misidentify the site as Uluabat on the western shore of Lake Uluabat. However, the site is actually the promontory tombolo on the northeastern...
, a town astride the river Rhyndacus in Bithynia next to the lake Apolloniatis - AssosAssosAssos , also known as Behramkale or for short Behram, is a small historically rich town in the Ayvacık district of the Çanakkale Province, Turkey....
, also called Apollonia - Apollonia, PisidiaSozopolis, PisidiaSozopolis in Pisidia, called Apollonia during Seleucid times, was an ancient town in the region of Pisidia, now in the Asian part of Turkey. It is not to be confused with the Thracian Sozopolis in present-day Bulgaria....
(later called Sozopolis), Anatolia
United States
- Apollonia, WisconsinApollonia, WisconsinApollonia is an unincorporated community located in the town of Stubbs, Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. Apollonia is located along U.S. Route 8 west-southwest of Bruce....
Interplanetary:
- 358 Apollonia358 Apollonia358 Apolonia sex y is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by [auguste charlois]] on March 8, 1893 in Nice....
is a large Main belt asteroid - Apollonia is an albedo feature on Mercury.
Other
Group(s)- Apollonia 6Apollonia 6Apollonia 6 was a 1980s female singing trio created by Prince as a continuation/succession of a previous group, Vanity 6.-Formation and Purple Rain:...
, a musical group led by Apollonia Kotero
Fictional characters
- Apollonia Vitelli-CorleoneApollonia Vitelli-CorleoneApollonia Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather. She is portrayed by Simonetta Stefanelli in Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation.-In the novel:...
was a fictional character in Mario PuzoMario PuzoMario Gianluigi Puzo was an American author and screenwriter, known for his novels about the Mafia, including The Godfather , which he later co-adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola...
's The Godfather saga.