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Olvia (seaport)
Olbia is a city in Sardinia, Italy. Olbia may also refer to: Places Europe * Province of Olbia-Tempio, a former province in Sardinia, Italy * Pontic Olbia, ancient city and archaeological site in Ukraine * An ancient settlement in Hyères commune in the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southeastern France Elsewhere * Olbia (Bithynia) or Astacus, an ancient town of Bithynia, now in Anatolia (Asian Turkey) * Olbia (Cilicia), an ancient town of Cilicia, now in Anatolia (Asian Turkey) * Olbia (Egypt), an ancient city later called Arsinoe * Olbia (Pamphylia), an ancient town of Pamphylia, now in Anatolia (Asian Turkey) * Olbia, Libya, an ancient city and former bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see * Olbia, alias Nicomedia, presently İzmit in Anatolia (Asian Turkey) Other * '' Lavatera olbia'', a species of plants in the genus '' Lavatera'' * Olbia Calcio 1905, Sardianian football (soccer) club * MS ''Cruise Olbia'', a fast ropax ferry operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olbia
Olbia (, ; sc, Terranoa; sdn, Tarranoa) is a city and commune of 60,346 inhabitants (May 2018) in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. Called ''Olbia'' in the Roman age, Civita in the Middle Ages ( Judicates period) and ''Terranova Pausania'' before the 1940s, Olbia was again the official name of the city during the fascist period. Geography It is the economic centre of this part of the island (commercial centres, food industry) and is very close to the Costa Smeralda tourist area. It was one of the administrative capitals of the province of Olbia-Tempio, operative since 2005 and canceled after a referendum seven years later. Olbia is a tourist destination thanks to its sea and beaches and also for the large number of places of cultural interest to visit. Climate Olbia has a Mediterranean climate (''Csa''), with mild winters, warm springs and autumns and hot summers. History Although the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İzmit
İzmit () is a district and the central district of Kocaeli province, Turkey. It is located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia. As of the last 31/12/2019 estimation, the city center had a population of 367,990. Kocaeli province (including rural areas) had a population of 1,953,035 inhabitants whom 1,111,789 lived in the Izmit City built-up (or metro) area made of Kartepe, Basiksele, Korfez, Golcuk, Derince and even Sapanca (in Sakaria Province) largely being conurbated. Unlike other provinces in Turkey, apart from Istanbul, the whole province is included within the municipality of the metropolitan center. İzmit was known as Nicomedia (Greek: Νικομήδεια) in antiquity, and was the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire between 286 and 324, during the Tetrarchy introduced by Diocletian. Following Constantine the Great's victory over co-emperor Licinius at the Battle of Chryso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olbia (bug)
Olbia (, ; sc, Terranoa; sdn, Tarranoa) is a city and communes of Italy, commune of 60,346 inhabitants (May 2018) in the Italy, Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. Called in the Roman age, Civita in the Middle Ages (Sardinian medieval kingdoms, Judicates period) and the Terranova Pausania until the 1940s, ''Olbia'' has again been the official name of the city since the Italian Fascism, fascist period. Geography It is the economic centre of this part of the island (commercial centres, food industry) and is very close to the Costa Smeralda tourist area. It was one of the administrative capitals of the province of Olbia-Tempio, operative since 2005 and canceled after a referendum seven years later. Olbia is a tourist destination thanks to its sea and beaches and also for the large number of places of cultural interest to visit. Climate Olbia has a Mediterranean climate (''Csa''), with mild winters, warm s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport ( it, link=no, Aeroporto di Olbia-Costa Smeralda) is an airport in Olbia, Sardinia. It was the primary operating base for Italian airline Air Italy whose headquarters were located at the airport. It mostly handles seasonal holiday flights from destinations in Europe and is managed by Geasar S.p.A. History A military airfield was opened at Olbia (then Terranova Pausania) in 1921, and a seaplane base was inaugurated close to the Isola Bianca harbour in 1927, although poor loads from the island on the flights to Ostia and Cagliari led to the service's stop in Terranova being discontinued in 1929. The airfield and seaplane base were targeted by Allied bombing in World War II, and the Germans opened another airfield 4.5 miles west of the town, which was renamed Olbia in 1945. Commercial flights gradually returned and in 1963, the Olbia-based airline Alisarda was formed. It successfully expanded its route network, introducing jet flights in 1972, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Cruise Olbia
MS ''Europa Palace'' is a fast ropax ferry owned by Grimaldi Lines and operated by Minoan Grimaldi Lines. The ship previously named ''Cruise Olbia'' and did the Civitavecchia-Olbia route. Built in 2001 as ''Superfast VI'' by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel, Germany for Attica Group's subsidiary Superfast Ferries, she was sold to the Genting Group in 2013, Renamed ''Bimini Superfast'' for the Bimini-Miami route. In 2016 she was sold to her current owners. Concept and construction ''Superfast VI'' was built at HDW in Kiel for Superfast Ferries' Adriatic Sea services, along with her sister ship '' Superfast V''. She was the second ship in the third pair of ropax ferries built for Superfast Ferries from various ship yards in Northern Europe. She was ordered in July 1998, alongside sister ship and another pair for Baltic sea services, Superfast VII and VIII She was launched from dry dock on 11 March 2000 and was due to be delivered at the end of July 2000, but after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olbia Calcio 1905
Olbia Calcio 1905 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Olbia, is a football club based in the city of Olbia, in the province of Sassari. It plays in Serie C, the third division of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1906 (although its birth is traditionally traced back to 1905), it was refounded in 2010 following the exclusion decreed by the Federal Council of the FIGC due to bankruptcy for financial reasons. Since its foundation, it has won nine championships, including a Serie D ''Scudetto'' in 2002. The club colour is white, while the identifying symbols are the ship and the island of Tavolara. It plays its home matches at the Stadio Bruno Nespoli. History Foundation The birth of the city's first football club has been uncertain. Still, according to local chronicles, it was conceived in 1905, more precisely towards the end of that year and the beginning of the following one, in the then Terranova Pausania. According to an article in La Nuova Sardegna of that d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavatera
''Malva'' is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae. It is one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe. The leaves are alternate, palmately lobed. The flowers are from 0.5–5 cm diameter, with five pink, lilac, purple or white petals. Etymology The word "mallow" is derived from Old English "mealwe", which was imported from Latin "malva", cognate with Ancient Greek μαλάχη (malakhē) meaning "mallow", both perhaps reflecting a Mediterranean term. The colour mauve was in 1859 named after the French name for this plant. Uses Ornamental plant Several species are widely grown as garden flowers. Very easily grown, short-lived perennials are often grown as ornamental plants. Food Many species are edible as leaf vegetables and commonly foraged in the West. Known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavatera Olbia
''Malva olbia'' (previously know as ''Lavatera olbia''), the garden tree mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to the western Mediterranean, and has been introduced to California. A vigorous perennial shrub reaching , the Royal Horticultural Society considers it to be a good plant to attract pollinators. Cultivars It has a number of commercially available cultivars, which may be hybrids with '' Malva thuringiaca'', dubbed '' Malva × clementii''. The cultivars 'Rosea' and 'RedRum' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Other cultivars include 'Barnsley' (with white aging to shell pink flowers), 'Lilac Lady', 'Eye Catcher', 'Pink Frills', 'Wembdon Variegated', and 'Saxtead'. References olbia Olbia (, ; sc, Terranoa; sdn, Tarranoa) is a city and commune of 60,346 inhabitants (May 2018) in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olbia, Libya
Olbia or Theodorias ( grc-gre, Ὀλβία, Θεοδωριάς) was a Roman / Byzantine town between Marj and Bayda in the Cyrenaica region of modern Libya. Olbia is now mostly the archaeological site. The location's modern name is Qasr Libya, after the Islamic period castle (Qasr) on the site and Libya or Lebia as a corruption of the ancient name Olbia. History The ancient city of Olbia, after destruction by the Vandals and incursions by Laguatan (Lwatae) nomads, was refounded in 539 CE as ''polis nea'' ("new city") Theodorias by the Byzantine empress Theodora. All that remains of the town are two Byzantine churches. One is integrated into the Qasr, which now houses the Qasr Libya Museum. The other church was excavated by Richard Goodchild in the mid 1950s.Pliez, Olivier (ed.) (2009) "Qasr Libya (Olbia-Theodoria)" ''Le Petit Futé Libye'' Petit Futé, Parisp. 241 ; in French. Only the floor plan remains, but fifty beautiful mosaic panels depicting the known world and the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Olbia-Tempio
The province of Olbia-Tempio (, , ) was a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy. It had two provincial capitals, Olbia (58,723 inhabitants) and Tempio Pausania (14,342 inhabitants). As of 2015, the province had a total population of 159,950 inhabitants and covered an area of , so had a population density of 46.96 inhabitants per square kilometer. The province contained 26 ''comuni'' (plural; singular: ''comune''), see list of communes of the former Province of Olbia-Tempio. The largest ''comuni'' in the province were Olbia (population of 45,366 as of 2001), Tempio Pausania (13,992 as of 2001), Arzachena (12,080 as of 2001) and La Maddalena (11,369 as of 2001). The former province of Olbia-Tempio was formed by a 2001 regional law that became effective in 2005. It contained a section of historic Gallura and was bordered by the provinces of Nuoro and Sassari. On 6 May 2012 the regional referendums of Sardinia took place regarding the abolition of certain provinces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olbia (Pamphylia)
Olbia ( grc, Ὀλβία) was the westernmost town on the coast of ancient Pamphylia, which some ancient writers place in Lycia. Ptolemy places it between Phaselis and Attaleia. Stephanus of Byzantium blames Philo Philo of Alexandria (; grc, Φίλων, Phílōn; he, יְדִידְיָה, Yəḏīḏyāh (Jedediah); ), also called Philo Judaeus, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt. Philo's de ... for ascribing this town to Pamphylia, since, as he asserts, it was situated in the territory of the Solymi, and its real name was ''Olba''; but the critic is here himself at fault, confounding Olbia with the Pisidian Olbasa. Strabo describes Olbia as a strong fortress, and its inhabitants colonised the Lycian town of Cadrema. Its site is located near Koruma, Asiatic Turkey. References Populated places in ancient Pamphylia Populated places in ancient Lycia Former populated places in Turkey {{Ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olbia (Egypt)
Olbia or Arsinoe (Greek: ) was an ancient city in the Regio Troglodytica upon the western coast of the Red Sea between Philoteras ( Quseir or Kosseir) and Myos Hormos. (Strabo xvi. p. 769; Steph. B. s. v. ). The city was renamed from Olbia to Arsinoe by Ptolemy II in honor of Arsinoe II of Egypt, who was both his sister and wife. According to Agatharchides (de Rub. Mar. p. 53), there were hot springs in its neighborhood. The city stood nearly at the point where the limestone range of the Arabian hills joins the Mons Porphyrites, and at the southern entrance of the Gulf of Suez The Gulf of Suez ( ar, خليج السويس, khalīǧ as-suwais; formerly , ', "Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula. Situated to the east of the Sinai Peninsula is the smaller Gulf of ... (the Heroopolite Gulf). References {{coord missing, Egypt Populated coastal places in Egypt Former populated places in Egypt Ancient Greek geography o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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