Apollonia or Apolonia (named after the Greek god
Apollo
Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, mu ...
) may refer to :
Places and jurisdictions
Albania
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Apollonia (Illyria)
Apollonia (Ancient Greek, Koine Greek: Ἀπολλωνία; demonym: Ἀπολλωνιάτης, ''Apolloniates''; ) was an Ancient Greek trade colony which developed into an independent polis, and later a Roman city, in southern Illyria. It was ...
, now Pojani (Polina) in Albania; former bishopric, now Latin titular see
Bulgaria
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Apollonia, Thrace, now Sozopol, Bulgaria
Greece
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Apollonia (Aetolia), a town near Naupactus
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Apollonia (Argolis), also known as Troezen
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Apollonia (Athos), a city on Mount Athos
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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 describ ...
, a city in the Chalcidice
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Apollonia (Echinades), a town in the Echniades
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Apollonia (Kavala), a city in Kavala, northern Greece
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Apollonia (Mygdonia), an inland city near modern Apollonia, Thessaloniki, reportedly visited by the Apostle Paul
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Apollonia, Sifnos (ancient town), an ancient town on the island of
Sifnos
Sifnos () is an island municipality in the Cyclades island group in Greece. The main town, near the center, known as Apollonia (pop. 918 as of 2021), is home of the island's folklore museum and library. The town's name is thought to come from an ...
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Apollonia (Sifnos), the main town on the island of
Sifnos
Sifnos () is an island municipality in the Cyclades island group in Greece. The main town, near the center, known as Apollonia (pop. 918 as of 2021), is home of the island's folklore museum and library. The town's name is thought to come from an ...
, taking its name from the former
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Apollonia, Thessaloniki
Apollonia is an ancient town (former Apollonia in Mygdonia) 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 ...
* Five cities on Crete:
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Apellonia, also called Apollonia, on the north coast
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Apollonia (northern Crete), on the north coast
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Apollonia (southern Crete), on the south coast
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Eleutherna
Eleutherna (), also called Apollonia
(), was an ancient city-state in Crete, Greece, which lies 25 km southeast of Rethymno in Rethymno (regional unit), Rethymno regional unit. Archaeologists excavated the site, located on a narrow northern ...
, inland city also called Apollonia
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Kydonia
Kydonia ( or ), also known as Cydonia (, ''Kydōnía'') was an ancient city located at the site of present-day Chania near the west end of the island of Crete in Greece. The city is known from archaeological remains dating back to the Minoan e ...
, also called Apollonia
Italy
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Apollonia (Sicily)
Apollonia (Greek language, Greek: ) was an ancient city of Magna Graecia in Sicily, which, according to Stephanus of Byzantium, was situated in the neighbourhood of Aluntium and Calacte.
The city was founded by Dionysius I of Syracuse as an ou ...
in Northern Sicily
* Sant'Apollonia (Ancona), in
Corinaldo, province of Ancona
* Sant'Apollonia (Brescia), township in
Ponte di Legno
Ponte di Legno (Camunian dialect, Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' of 1,729 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
Geography
Situated at the confluence of the two source rivers (Frigidolfo and Narcanello) of the Ogli ...
, province of Brescia
* Sant'Apollonia (Lecco), township in
Viganò
Viganò is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,804 and an area of .All demographics ...
, locality of Lecco
* Sant'Apollonia (Padua), township in
Bagnoli di Sopra Padua, Veneto
* Sant'Apollonia (Turin), township in
Val della Torre, province Turin, in the Piedmont region
* Fondamenta Sant'Apollonia, in
Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
, Veneto
Asia
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Surabaya
Surabaya is the capital city of East Java Provinces of Indonesia, province and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strai ...
, Indonesia; formerly the Dutch settlement of Fort Apollonia
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Apollonia-Arsuf, near modern
Herzliya
Herzliya ( ; , / ) is an affluent List of Israeli cities, city in the Israeli coastal plain, central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it had a populatio ...
, Israel
; Anatolia (Turkey)
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Apollonia (Lycia), an ancient city in Lycia
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Apollonia (Lydia), an ancient city in Lydia, also Apollonis
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Apollonia (Mysia)
Apollonia () was a town of ancient 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 site of Apollonia is located between the modern Turkish towns of ...
, an ancient city in Mysia
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Apollonia (Pisidia) (later called Sozopolis), an ancient city in Pisidia
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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Apollonia or Apolonia (named after the Greek god Apollo) may refer to :
Places and jurisdictions
Albania
* Apollonia (Illyria), now Pojani (Polina) in Albania; former bishopric, now Latin titular see
Bulgaria
* Apollonia, Thrace, now ...
, a town astride the river Rhyndacus in Bithynia next to the lake Apolloniatis
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Apollonia Salbaces, an ancient city in Anatolia
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Assos
Assos (; , ) was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek city near today's Behramkale () or Behram for short, which most people still call by its ancient name of Assos. It is located on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast in the Ayvacık, Çanakkale, Ayvac ...
, also called Apollonia
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Tripolis on the Meander
Tripolis on the Meander (, ''Eth.'' , ) – also Neapolis (), Apollonia (), and Antoniopolis () – was an ancient city on the borders of Phrygia, Caria and Lydia, on the northern bank of the upper course of the Maeander, and ...
, also called Apollonia
Elsewhere
* Sainte-Apollonie island (''Île de Sainte-Apollonie''), on the
Mayenne river in Pays de la Loire, France
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Fort Apollonia, Beyin, Ghana
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Apollonia, Cyrenaica
Apollonia () in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) 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.
Apollonia became autonomous from Cyren ...
, Libya
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Apolonia, Texas, US
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Apollonia, Wisconsin, US
In space
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358 Apollonia, a large main belt asteroid
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Apollonia (Mercury), an albedo feature on the planet Mercury
People
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Saint Apollonia
Saint Apollonia (; , ) was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius. According to church tradition, her torture included having all of her tee ...
of Alexandria (died 249)
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Apollonia Kickius (1669-1695), Scottish painter
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Apollonia Kotero
Patricia Apollonia Kotero (born August 2, 1959) is an American actress, songwriter, singer, producer, director, podcast host and former model. She is known for co-starring in Prince's 1984 film '' Purple Rain'' and for having been the lead sing ...
(born 1959), American musician and actress
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Apollonia 6
Apollonia 6 was an American female singing trio founded in 1983 by Prince, as a successor to his previous group Vanity 6 following the departure of lead singer Vanity. Singers Brenda Bennett and Susan Moonsie continued from the earlier group, wh ...
, a musical group led by Apollonia Kotero
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Apolonia Litwińska (1928-2021), Polish chess player
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Apollonia Mathia (died 2011), South Sudanese journalist
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Apolonia Muñoz Abarca (1920-2009), American healthcare campaigner
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Apollonia Poilâne (born 1984), French baker
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Apolonia Ustrzycka (1736-1814), Polish noblewoman
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Apolonia Vaivai (born 1981), Fijian weightlifter
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Apollonia van Ravenstein (born 1954), Dutch model and actress
Fictional
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Apollonia Vitelli Corleone, a character in Mario Puzo's ''The Godfather'' saga
* Apollonia, aka The Black Knight, a playable character in the Japanese gacha game ''
Granblue Fantasy
''Granblue Fantasy'' is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Cygames for Android, iOS and web browsers, which first released in Japan in March 2014. The game reunites music composer Nobuo Uematsu and art director Hideo Minaba, who pre ...
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* Apollonia, a character in the
Raul Julia
Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay (March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994) was a Puerto Rican actor. He was known for his intense and varied roles on stage and screen. He started his career in the Public Theater before transitioning to film. He ...
public television film ''Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'' also covered on
Mystery Science Theater 3000
''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (abbreviated as ''MST3K'') is an American science fiction comedy television series created by Joel Hodgson. The show premiered on WUCW, KTMA-TV (now WUCW) in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. It then ...
Other uses
* ''
Apolonia, Apolonia'', 2022 documentary film directed by Lea Glob
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Apollonia University, a private university in Iași, Romania
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KF Apolonia Fier
Futboll Klub Apolonia Fier is an Albanian football club based in Fier. The club was founded on 17 June 1925 and took its name from the nearby ruins of the ancient city of Apollonia. The club currently competes in Kategoria e Parë, the seco ...
, an Albanian football club based in Fier
See also
* ''
Apollonias'', a genus of plants in the family Lauraceae
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Apolloniatis (disambiguation) Apolloniatis (; "near Apollonia") may refer to several different places in the ancient world:
*A large, shallow lake of ancient Bithynia, the modern Ulubat Gölü in Turkey
*A region about Sittace, also called Sittacene Sittacene was an ancient re ...
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Apollonopolis (disambiguation) Apollonopolis or Apollinopolis (Greek: ) may refer to any of several ancient cities in Egypt or Aethiopia, including:
*Apollonopolis Magna, the "Great Apollonopolis", capital of its own nome, now Edfu, Egypt
*Apollonopolis Parva, the "Lesser Apollo ...
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