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Viktor Tsoi Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Виктор Робертович Цой) was a famous Soviet artist and leader of the rock group Kino. Tsoi was born to a Korean father and Russian mother on June 21, 1962 in Leningrad, USSR (now St.
Viktor Tsybulenko Viktor Sergeevich Tsybulenko (, ) (born 13 July,1930 in village Veprik, Fastivskyi Raion, Kiev Oblast) was a Soviet athlete of Ukrainian origin who competed mainly in the javelin throw, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev.
Viktor Tyulkin Viktor Arkadyevich Tyulkin () (born May 14 1951 in Vladivostok) is a Russian Communist politician. He is the leader of the Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists(RKRP-RPK), a Communist hardline party.
Viktor Vekselberg Viktor Feliksovich Vekselberg (; born April 14, 1957) is a chairman of Tyumen Oil (TNK), Russia's third-largest oil and gas company. He took a controlling interest in the company in 1997 and has subsequently developed a joint venture with BP.
Viktor Vogel - Commercial Man Viktor Vogel - Commercial Man is a German comedy released in 2001 in the US and other countries as Advertising Rules! Directed by Lars Kraume, the cast includes, Götz George, Alexander Scheer, and Chulpan Khamatova.
Viktor Wagner Viktor Vladimirovich Wagner, also Vagner (Russian: Виктор Владимирович Вагнер) (4 November 1908 – 15 August 1981) was a Russian mathematician, best known for his work in differential geometry and on semigroups.
Viktoras Kulvinskas Viktoras Kulvinskas is a holistic health practitioner, nutritionist, and whole foods advocate. With Ann Wigmore, he co-founded the Hippocrates Health Institute (rated as one of the top health resort by the International Spa Industry).
Viktoria 89 Berlin Viktoria 89 Berlin is a German sports club based in the Tempelhof district of Berlin. Football, rugby, and cricket came to continental Europe late in 19th century, and these "English games" became immediately popular in many countries.
Viktoria Institute The Viktoria Institute is a research institute for applied information technology, located in Göteborg, Sweden. It employs some 30 researchers, plus some doctoral students and administrative staff, within the following areas:
Viktoria Köln SCB Viktoria Köln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen. The club has roots that go back as far as 1904 to a club also called Viktoria Köln, the product of a 1957 merger between Preussen Dellbrück and SC Rapid Köln.
Vila das Aves Vila das Aves, population 8492 (2001 Census), 6 km², is an industrial town and parish (freguesia) in northern Portugal. It is located in the municipality of Santo Tirso, 6 km to the northeast of the municipality seat, the city of Santo Tirso proper, bordering the parish of Lordelo in the municipality of Guimarães.
Vila do Maio Vila do Maio, also Porto Inglés or Porto Inglêz (Portuguese for "English port" in which was founded, Capeverdean Crioulo: Bila du Maiu) is a town in the southwestern part of the island of Maio in southeastern Cape Verde and also serves its island capital. The town is the 14th largest city in Cape Verde after Pico.
Vila Nova de SĂŁo Pedro Vila Nova de SĂŁo Pedro is the name of an archaeological site in Portuguese Estremadura where thousands of arrowheads were found inside a fortified site. It gives name to the Chalcolithic culture of Vila Nova de SĂŁo Pedro (also Vila Nova or VNSP) despite of the fact that the main site is the long-lived fortified town of Zambujal, north of modern Lisbon.
Vila Ulongué Vila Ulongue is a town, the "capital" of Angonia District, situated in the north east part of the Tete Province in Mozambique. The IMAP (teacher's training college), Escola Secondaria de Ulongue (secondary school), numerous primary schools, churches, Mozambique Trading Company, Mozambique Leaf Tobacco, and GPZ all have a presence in the area.
Vila-real Vila-real (also known as Villarreal) is a town in eastern Spain, in the province of CastellĂłn, in the Land of Valencia. Located 7 km to the south of the province's capital, at 42 m over sea level, it has 48,000 inhabitants (2005 data), most of them living in the urban area that covers about 10,72% of its county's 55,4 km2 surface.
Vilafermosa Vilafermosa refers to a line of dukes in AragĂłn, originated by King John II of AragĂłn whose members bear the family name of AragĂł. The first duke was a bastard of John II called Alfons d'AragĂł (Alphonse of AragĂł).
Vilaflor, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Vilaflor (Spanish for "Village of Flowers") is the name of a municipality and a village in the south central part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Vilaine The Vilaine (Breton: Gwilen) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne département (53), and flows out in the Atlantic Ocean at Tréhiguier in the Morbihan département (56).
Vilamoura International School Vilamoura International School is a co-educational private day school located in the Algarve in Vilamoura, Portugal. It has an International section which follows an English curriculum up to IGCSE, AS and A Level Cambridge exams and a National section where Portuguese is taught as a first language and the National Curriculum is taught.
Vilanculos Vilanculos is a town in the Inhambane province of Mozambique. It is a possible stop-over for both tourists headed to the Bazaruto Islands in the Indian Ocean, as well as for those traveling between Maputo and Beira.
Vilar de Maçada Vilar de Maçada is a freguesia (civil parish) of Alijó municipality, in northern Portugal. The locality is known as the place where José Sócrates, Portuguese Prime-Minister born in the city of Porto in 1957, was registered in that same year by his father.
Vilar de Mouros Vilar de Mouros - civil parish ("freguesia") in the municipality of Caminha, Portugal. Located on the banks of the Coura, 7 km from the municipal seat, it became famous as the location of the oldest rock festival in Portugal.
Vilariño de Conso Vilariño de Conso is a municipality in Ourense (province) in the Galicia region of north-west Spain. It is one of the largest municipalities in the Ourense region and lies in the central eastern part of the province.
Vilarinho (Santo Tirso) Vilarinho is a parish in Portugal. It is an important industry center in the municipality of Santo Tirso located 15km north east of the city of Santo Tirso near other important textile centers like Vizela and GuimarĂŁes.
Vilarmaior Vilarmaior is a city council of Ferrolterra in Northwestern Spain in the Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Ferrolterra's population represents the third largest concentration of people in Galicia, and its disperse population exceeds 211,000 (2005).
Vilasrao Deshmukh Vilasrao Dadoji Deshmukh (born May 26 1945) is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Term: October 2004 - October 2009). He is a member of the Congress party and originally belongs to Marathwada region of the state of Maharashtra.
Vilayat Inayat Khan Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, (19 June 1916 - 17 June 2004) was the eldest son of Sufi Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International. Pir Vilayat’s mother, Ora Ray Baker, was a cousin of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science movement.
Vilayat Khan Vilayat Khan (Bangla: বিলায়েত খাঠBilaeet Khã) (August 8, 1928 –March 13, 2004) was one of India's most famous sitar maestros, born in Gauripur in Mymensingh, Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He recorded his first 78-RPM disc at the age of 8, and gave his last concert in 2004 at the age of 75.
Vilém Flusser Vilém Flusser (1920–1991) was a czechoslovakian philosopher born in Prague. Often considered to be a German philosopher, due to the fact that the majority of his publications are in German, he lived for a long period in Brazil and later in France, and his works are written in several different languages.
Vilborg DavĂĂ°sdĂłttir Vilborg DavĂĂ°sdĂłttir (born 3 September 1965 in Ăľingeyri) is an Icelandic writer and journalist. Her novels The Well of Fates (1993) and The Witches' Judgement (1994) concern a slave in the Viking era and are influenced by the Icelandic sagas to an extent.
Vilcabamba, Ecuador Vilcabamba is a village in the southern region of Ecuador, in the Loja province. Located in a historical and scenic valley, it is a common destination for tourists, because it is widely believed that its inhabitants grow to a very old age.
Vilcabamba, Peru Vilcabamba was a city founded by Manco Inca in 1539 and was the last refuge of the Inca Empire until it fell to the Spaniards in 1572, signalling the end of Inca resistance to Spanish rule. The city was burned and the area swiftly became a remote backwater of Peru.
Vild The Vild is a region of the galaxy described in David Zindell's science fiction series, that is unusually prone to supernova. The reason behind this is the numerous attacks against Ede the God by the Silicon God, as well as the Silicon God's subtle manipulation of the Colonist Architects of the Universal Cybernetic Churches, in particular the original Old Church.
Vildagliptin Vildagliptin, previously identified as LAF237, is a new oral hypoglycemic (anti-diabetic drug) of the new dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor class of drugs. Vildagliptin inhibits the inactivation of GLP-1 by DPP-4, allowing GLP-1 to potentiate the secretion of insulin in the beta cells.
Vildanden (airline) Vildanden is a virtual regional airline flying from Skien Airport, Geiteryggen. It started flying on January 24 2005, and now flies up to four times daily to Bergen Airport, Flesland with an 33-seater Saab 340 B wetleased from AeroSyncro.
Vile Live Vile Live is a re-release of the 1996 album Vile by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It is slated for a March 2007 release, featuring the original track list and a DVD which includes four songs from their 1997-1998 tour supporting Vile.
Vile Parle Vile Parle (Marathi:विलेपार्ल) is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line. This suburb of Mumbai is also known as "Parle" or "Parla".
Vile Re-Release Cannibal Corpse's 1996 album "Vile", is planning on being re-released March of 2007, with the original track list. Also included is a DVD which features four songs from their 1997-1998 tour supporting "Vile".
Vile Vortices The Vile Vortices are said to be twelve areas distributed more or less evenly around the globe that are alleged to have the same qualities as claimed for the Bermuda Triangle. Five are located on a latitude near the Tropic of Capricorn; Five on a latitude near the Tropic of Cancer; and one each at either of the Poles.
Vilen Komissarov Professor Vilen Naumovich Komissarov () (August 23, 1924 — July 08, 2005) has gained recognition in Russia and beyond its borders as an authority on translation theory and methods of translator training (in Russian: Perevodovediniye - ПЕРЕВОДОВЕДЕНĐĐ• ), Head of the Department of Translation Theory, History and Criticism at Moscow State Linguistic University, he has a record of half a century of research and teaching in this field, as well as of practical work as a conference interpreter and translator.
Vileness Fats Vileness Fats is the unfinished film project of avant-garde band The Residents, filmed primarily from 1972 to 1976. Over fourteen hours of footage was shot for the project, but it was not even two-thirds of the way through what The Residents had of the incomplete script when they cancelled the production.
Vileplume are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Vileplume in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Vileyka Voblast Vileyka Voblast (, ) was a territorial unit in the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic created after the annexation of West Belarus into the BSSR in November 1939. The administrative centre of the province was the city of Vileyka.
Vilgot Sjöman (David Harald) Vilgot Sjöman (December 2 1924 - April 9 2006) was a Swedish writer and film director. His films deal with controversial issues of social class, morality, and sexual taboos, combining the emotionally-tortured characters of Ingmar Bergman with the avant garde style of the French New Wave.
Vilhelm Buhl Vilhelm Buhl (October 16, 1881 - December 18, 1954) was Prime Minister of Denmark from 4 May 1942 to 9 November 1942 as head of the Unity Government (the Cabinet of Vilhelm Buhl I) during the German occupation of Denmark of World War II, until the Nazis ordered him removed. He was Prime Minister again from 5 May 1945 to 7 November 1945 as head of a unity government (the Cabinet of Vilhelm Buhl II) after the liberation of Denmark by the British Field Marshal Montgomery.
Vilhelm Hammershøi Vilhelm Hammershøi (15 May, 1864 – 13 February, 1916) was a painter born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He worked mainly in his native city painting primarily portraits, architecture, landscapes, and interior scenes.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson Vilhjalmur Stefansson (Icelandic: Vilhjálmur Stefánsson / Vilhjálms Stefánssonar) (November 3, 1879 – August 26, 1962) was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born at Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, of Icelandic descent.
Vilhjálmur Ărnason Vilhjálmur Ărnason (born in Iceland 1953) is professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland. Internationally he is best known for his research on ethical aspects of controversial genetic research in Iceland by deCODE Genetics.
Vilhjálmur Einarsson Vilhjálmur Einarsson (born on June 5, 1934) is an Icelandic former athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Vilhjálmur grew up in the East-Icelandic fishing village of ReyĂ°arfjörĂ°ur and is the son of Einar Stefánsson and SigrĂĂ°ur VilhjálmsdĂłttir.
Vilho Tuulos Vilho Immanuel ("Ville") Tuulos (March 26, 1895 – September 2, 1967) was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper, who was born in Tampere. He won an Olympic gold medal in triple jump in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
Vilhon Reach The Vilhon Reach is a region on the fictional continent of Faerûn in the role-playing game setting of the Forgotten Realms. The region is named after a body of water called the Vilhon Reach, a part of the Sea of Fallen Stars.
Vili Fualaau Vili Fualaau (born June 26, 1983), is a Samoan-American who became famous when at the age of 13 he repeatedly gave simple consent to sexual intercourse with his then-33-year-old teacher Mary Kay Letourneau. The two were arrested, and Letourneau was charged with statutory rape.
Vilia Vilia (Greek: Βίλια) is a municipality of the Greek prefecture of West Attica in Attica. Vilia is northwest of the road linking the GR-3 (Athens - Thiva]] about 3 km west of Oinoi and about 9 km east of Aigosthena / Porto Germeno, it also serves a road to the western part of mount Kithaironas.
Viliame Navoka Ratu Viliame Navoka is a former civil servant who formerly held office as Fiji's Consul General in Sydney, Australia. From 2001 to 2006, he represented the Province of Nadroga-Navosa in the Senate as one of fourteen nominees of the Great Council of Chiefs.
Viliami Ofahengaue Viliami (William) 'Ofahengaue was born May 3, 1968 in Tonga. Widely known as Willie O, he earned 41 caps for the Australian rugby union side from 1990 to 1998 and played in the World Cups of 1991 and 1995 as well as the World Cup Sevens in 1993.
Vilikaila Vilikaila or Viligaila was one of the 5 elder Lithuanian dukes mentioned in the peace treaty with Halych-Volhynia in 1219. He is mentioned as brother of Daujotas, which leads to believe he was the younger or perhaps less influential brother.
Vilina Vlas Vilina Vlas is a health spa located about seven kilometres south-east of Višegrad (Bosnia and Herzegovina), on the way to Gorazde, which gained notoriety as a concentration and rape camp during the Bosnian War. After the war, Vilina Vlas spa was re-opened to the tourists.
Vilken härlig dag Vilken härlig dag was released on September 18 in the year 2000 and is an album from Swedish "dansband" Lotta Engbergs. The album was more folk song-inspired than earlier albums, and it was the last album from Lotta Engbergs.
Villa Aldobrandini Villa Aldobrandini is a villa in Frascati, Italy. Also known as Belvedere for its charming location overlooking the whole valley up to Rome, it was built on the order of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, Pope Clement VIII's nephew over a pre-existing edifice built by the Vatican prelate Alessandro Rufini in 1550.
Villa Badoer Villa Badoer is an Italian mansion or Villa built in 1557 in Fratta Polesine (Veneto) in the Po river valley by Andrea Palladio for Francesco Badoer of Venice. It has been renovated at the end of the 20th century.
Villa Barbaro Villa Barbaro is a patrician villa in Maser, in the Veneto, northern Italy. It was designed and built by the Italian architect Andrea Palladio between 1549 and 1558 for his friends, the Barbaro brothers Daniele and Marcantonio.
Villa Baviera, Chile Villa Baviera, (Bavaria Village) formerly named Colonia Dignidad ("Dignity Colony"), is a settlement located in an isolated area in the Province of Linares, Maule Region of central Chile, near the village of Parral. It was founded by a group of German immigrants led by Paul Schäfer in 1961.
Villa Bethania The Villa Bethania is part of the former estate of the Abbe Bérenger Saunière the former parish priest of Rennes-le-Château between 1885-1909. It was never occupied until it was purchased in 1946 by the hotelier Noel Corbu, who, during Easter 1955 turned it into a restaurant and later into a Hotel.
Villa Borghese gardens Villa Borghese is a large landscape garden in the naturalistic English manner in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions. It is the second largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 148 acres) after that of the Villa Doria Pamphili.
Villa Bouchina Villa Bouchina was a house of internment (a reservation camp) in the Dutch city of Doetinchem where the Germans held 9 Jewish people during World War II, with the meaning to protect these 'prisoners'. The internated people had had a certain importance to The Netherlands or Germany before the war, and therefore the Germans helped them to survive for a while.
Villa Bruni Villa Bruni is an aristocratic Italian mansion located close to two other Monteroni di Lecce’s monumental villas (namely Villa Romano and Villa Urselli) at the heart of “Valle della Cupa”. The façade is characterised by an impressive stair-case and by ionic-style columns.
Villa Capra "La Rotonda" Villa Capra "La Rotonda" is a Renaissance villa in Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio. The correct name is the Villa Almerico-Capra, it is also known as La Rotonda, Villa Rotunda, Villa La Rotonda, or Villa Almerico.
Villa Carelli-Palombi Villa Carelli-Palmbi is a historic patrician residence in Monteroni di Lecce, Italy, whose main building dates back to the Middle Ages. It is, however, the estate's garden that is most impressive, thanks to its exotic flowers and trees from as far as Japan, China and Celon/Taiwan.
Villa Carlos Paz Villa Carlos Paz is a city in the center-north of the province of CĂłrdoba, Argentina, in the south of the Punilla Valley, lying on the western slope of the Sierras Chicas. It has a population of about 56,000 as per the .
Villa Clara (baseball team) Villa Clara is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Based in Santa Clara, the Naranjas have been one of the league's most successful squads over the last 20 years, winning championships in 1983, as well as three year run from 1993 to 1995.
Villa Comunale The Villa Comunale is the most prominent and visible park in Naples, southern Italy. It was built in the 1780s by King Ferdinand IV (later known as Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies) on land reclaimed along the coast between the main body of the city and the small port of Mergellina.
Villa Constitución Villa Constitución is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and the head town of the Constitución Department. It is located on the south-western banks of the Paraná River between the courses of the Arroyo Pavón and the Arroyo del Medio, about 214 km south from the provincial capital, the city of Santa Fe, and 50 km from Rosario.
Villa de Don Fadrique La Villa de Don Fadrique is a town and municipality located in the province of Toledo, Spain. The town is named after Fadrique Alfonso of Castile who conceded the "Carta-Puebla" (the document reporting the foundation of the town and granting the special privileges to it) on April 25th, 1343.
Villa de MarĂa del RĂo Seco Villa de MarĂa del RĂo Seco (usually shortened to Villa de MarĂa, not to be confused with Villa MarĂa) is a city in the province of CĂłrdoba, Argentina. It has 3,819 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the RĂo Seco Department.
Villa de Mazo Vila de Mazo (short form: Mazo) is located on the southeastern part of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. Villa de Mazo is linked with a main highway encircling every part of the island and is located south of the capital Santa Cruz de la Palma and east of Tazacorte.
Villa de San Antonio Villa de San Antonio is a municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua. The municipality consists of a 'casco urbano,' or main town, with approximately 7,000 residents, and a large number of 'aldeas' or villages, which bring the municipality's entire population to 17,000.
Villa Dálmine Villa Dálmine are a football club from Campana in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They currently play in Primera C Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fourth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.
Villa Devoto Villa Devoto is a barrio or district in the northern part of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the area defined by Campana, San MartĂn avenue, Francisco BeirĂł avenue, JoaquĂn V. González, Baigorria, Lope de Vega Avenue and General Paz Avenue.
Villa Diodati The Villa Diodati is a manor in Cologny close to Lake Geneva. It is most famous for having been the summer residence of Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, John Polidori and others in 1816 in which the basis for the classical horror stories Frankenstein and The Vampyre was laid.
Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini The Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini is a villa with notable 19th century park in the English romantic style and a small botanical garden. The villa now houses the Museo di Archeologia Ligure, and is located at Via Pallavicini, 13, immediately next to the train station in Pegli, a suburb of Genoa, Italy.
Villa El Salvador Villa El Salvador (VES) is an urban, largely residential district on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. It borders the district of Chorrillos on the west; the Pacific Ocean on the southwest; LurĂn on the southeast; Villa MarĂa del Triunfo on the east and San Juan de Miraflores on the north.
Villa Emo Villa Emo is an Italian villa built in the Veneto near the village of Fanzolo di Vedelago by Andrea Palladio in 1559 for the Emo family of Venice. It still remains an exceptionally beautiful building in its setting as it did when it was first made.
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is a French seaside palazzo constructed between 1905 and 1912 at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera by Baroness BĂ©atrice de Rothschild (1864-1934). It was designed by the Belgian architect Aaron Messiah.
Villa Esplanada Villa Esplanada (çťć™ŻçŁ) is a private housing estate developed by Sun Hung Kai, China Resources and Cheung Kong on Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong. It locates on the relocated oil depots on the former island Nga Ying Chau.
Villa Farnese The Villa Farnese, also known as Palazzo Farnese or Villa Caprarola, is a mansion in the town of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo, Northern Latium, Italy approximately 50 kilometres (35 miles) north-west of Rome. It should not be confused with the Palazzo Farnese and the Villa Farnesina, both in Rome.
Villa Foscari Villa Foscari, a great creation by Andrea Palladio, is better known as La Malcontenta. A nickname which it received when the spouse of one of the Foscaris was locked up in the house because she allegedly didn't live up to her conjugal duty.
Villa General Belgrano Villa General Belgrano, a small mountain village of 6,260 inhabitants is named after the creator of the Argentine flag and located in a lush green valley of Calamuchita in the Mountains in the Province of CĂłrdoba in central Argentina.
Villa Gobernador Gálvez Villa Gobernador Gálvez is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located on the western ravine of the Paraná River, within the metropolitan area of Greater Rosario. It has 74,509 inhabitants per the .
Villa Godi The Villa Godi was one of the first projects by Andrea Palladio, as attested in his monograph - the Quattro Libri dell'Architettura. The work was commissioned by the brothers Girolamo, Pietro and Marcantonio Godi, started in 1537 and concluded in 1542, with later modifications to the rear entry and gardens.
Villa Grimaldi Villa Grimaldi was a complex of buildings used for the interrogation and torture of political prisoners by DINA, the Chilean secret police, during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The complex was located in Peñalolén, in the outskirts of Santiago, and was in operation from mid-1974 to mid-1978.
Villa Guerrero The municipality of Villa Guerrero is located in the north of the state of Jalisco, MĂ©xico, between 103Âş22'30 and 103Âş50'00 longitude west and 21Âş54'00 and 22Âş10'00 latitude north, at an altitude of 1,767 meters above sea level.
Villa Hayes Villa Hayes is a town in Paraguay, located in the Presidente Hayes Department. It is named after US President Rutherford Hayes who, in 1878 when asked to arbritrate by the Argentines after the War of the Triple Alliance, ruled in Paraguay's favour over the question of ownership of the Chaco.
Villa Chiericati Villa Chiericati (also known as Villa Chiericati-Rigo) is a villa at Vancimuglio in the Veneto designed for Giovanni Chiericati by Palladio in the early 1550s. The villa was not finally completed until after it had been purchased by Ludovico Porto in 1574.
Villa Incognito Bantam Doubleday Dell (US) and Random House (Australia) published Villa Incognito in April and June of 2003, respectively. One of the most commonly quoted lines from the book is the very first, setting the tone for this Tom Robbins adventure: "It has been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute.
Villa Isola - UPI Villa Isola - UPI is a building in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It is located in the northern part of the city, overlooking the valley with the view of Bandung city, this art-deco style building was built in 1932 by the Dutch architect C.
Villa Jovis Villa Jovis ("Villa of Jupiter"; also Villa Iovis, sometimes misspelled Villa Ionis) is a Roman palace on Capri built by emperor Tiberius who ruled from there between AD 27 and AD 37. It is the largest of the twelve Tiberian villas on Capri mentioned by Tacitus and the entire complex, spanning several terraces and a difference in elevation of about 40 m, covers some 7000 m² (1.
Villa Lante Villa Lante at Bagnaia near Viterbo, attributed to Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (there is no contemporary documentation) is, with Bomarzo, one of the most famous Italian 16th century Mannerist gardens of surprises. The first shock to a visitor coming fresh from Villa Farnese Caprarola is the difference of two Vignola villas in the same area, period and architectural mannerist style: there is little if any similarity.
Villa Las Estrellas Villa Las Estrellas (Spanish: "Stars Village") is the only permanent settlement in Antarctica that has families with children. It has a population of about 88 people, mostly Chilean Army officers with their families, explorers and scientists.
Villa Lituania Villa Lituania was the inter-war Lithuanian embassy building in Rome. The building belonged to Lithuania in the 1930s, but after the country was invaded by the Soviet Union, the embassy was taken into Russia’s possession and is still used to house Russian diplomats.
Villa miseria A villa miseria is a form of shanty town or slum found in Argentina, mostly around the largest urban settlements. The term is a compound noun made of the Spanish words villa "village, small town" and miseria "abject poverty".
Viktor Tsybulenko Viktor Sergeevich Tsybulenko (, ) (born 13 July,1930 in village Veprik, Fastivskyi Raion, Kiev Oblast) was a Soviet athlete of Ukrainian origin who competed mainly in the javelin throw, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev.
Viktor Tyulkin Viktor Arkadyevich Tyulkin () (born May 14 1951 in Vladivostok) is a Russian Communist politician. He is the leader of the Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists(RKRP-RPK), a Communist hardline party.
Viktor Vekselberg Viktor Feliksovich Vekselberg (; born April 14, 1957) is a chairman of Tyumen Oil (TNK), Russia's third-largest oil and gas company. He took a controlling interest in the company in 1997 and has subsequently developed a joint venture with BP.
Viktor Vogel - Commercial Man Viktor Vogel - Commercial Man is a German comedy released in 2001 in the US and other countries as Advertising Rules! Directed by Lars Kraume, the cast includes, Götz George, Alexander Scheer, and Chulpan Khamatova.
Viktor Wagner Viktor Vladimirovich Wagner, also Vagner (Russian: Виктор Владимирович Вагнер) (4 November 1908 – 15 August 1981) was a Russian mathematician, best known for his work in differential geometry and on semigroups.
Viktoras Kulvinskas Viktoras Kulvinskas is a holistic health practitioner, nutritionist, and whole foods advocate. With Ann Wigmore, he co-founded the Hippocrates Health Institute (rated as one of the top health resort by the International Spa Industry).
Viktoria 89 Berlin Viktoria 89 Berlin is a German sports club based in the Tempelhof district of Berlin. Football, rugby, and cricket came to continental Europe late in 19th century, and these "English games" became immediately popular in many countries.
Viktoria Institute The Viktoria Institute is a research institute for applied information technology, located in Göteborg, Sweden. It employs some 30 researchers, plus some doctoral students and administrative staff, within the following areas:
Viktoria Köln SCB Viktoria Köln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen. The club has roots that go back as far as 1904 to a club also called Viktoria Köln, the product of a 1957 merger between Preussen Dellbrück and SC Rapid Köln.
Vila das Aves Vila das Aves, population 8492 (2001 Census), 6 km², is an industrial town and parish (freguesia) in northern Portugal. It is located in the municipality of Santo Tirso, 6 km to the northeast of the municipality seat, the city of Santo Tirso proper, bordering the parish of Lordelo in the municipality of Guimarães.
Vila do Maio Vila do Maio, also Porto Inglés or Porto Inglêz (Portuguese for "English port" in which was founded, Capeverdean Crioulo: Bila du Maiu) is a town in the southwestern part of the island of Maio in southeastern Cape Verde and also serves its island capital. The town is the 14th largest city in Cape Verde after Pico.
Vila Nova de SĂŁo Pedro Vila Nova de SĂŁo Pedro is the name of an archaeological site in Portuguese Estremadura where thousands of arrowheads were found inside a fortified site. It gives name to the Chalcolithic culture of Vila Nova de SĂŁo Pedro (also Vila Nova or VNSP) despite of the fact that the main site is the long-lived fortified town of Zambujal, north of modern Lisbon.
Vila Ulongué Vila Ulongue is a town, the "capital" of Angonia District, situated in the north east part of the Tete Province in Mozambique. The IMAP (teacher's training college), Escola Secondaria de Ulongue (secondary school), numerous primary schools, churches, Mozambique Trading Company, Mozambique Leaf Tobacco, and GPZ all have a presence in the area.
Vila-real Vila-real (also known as Villarreal) is a town in eastern Spain, in the province of CastellĂłn, in the Land of Valencia. Located 7 km to the south of the province's capital, at 42 m over sea level, it has 48,000 inhabitants (2005 data), most of them living in the urban area that covers about 10,72% of its county's 55,4 km2 surface.
Vilafermosa Vilafermosa refers to a line of dukes in AragĂłn, originated by King John II of AragĂłn whose members bear the family name of AragĂł. The first duke was a bastard of John II called Alfons d'AragĂł (Alphonse of AragĂł).
Vilaflor, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Vilaflor (Spanish for "Village of Flowers") is the name of a municipality and a village in the south central part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Vilaine The Vilaine (Breton: Gwilen) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne département (53), and flows out in the Atlantic Ocean at Tréhiguier in the Morbihan département (56).
Vilamoura International School Vilamoura International School is a co-educational private day school located in the Algarve in Vilamoura, Portugal. It has an International section which follows an English curriculum up to IGCSE, AS and A Level Cambridge exams and a National section where Portuguese is taught as a first language and the National Curriculum is taught.
Vilanculos Vilanculos is a town in the Inhambane province of Mozambique. It is a possible stop-over for both tourists headed to the Bazaruto Islands in the Indian Ocean, as well as for those traveling between Maputo and Beira.
Vilar de Maçada Vilar de Maçada is a freguesia (civil parish) of Alijó municipality, in northern Portugal. The locality is known as the place where José Sócrates, Portuguese Prime-Minister born in the city of Porto in 1957, was registered in that same year by his father.
Vilar de Mouros Vilar de Mouros - civil parish ("freguesia") in the municipality of Caminha, Portugal. Located on the banks of the Coura, 7 km from the municipal seat, it became famous as the location of the oldest rock festival in Portugal.
Vilariño de Conso Vilariño de Conso is a municipality in Ourense (province) in the Galicia region of north-west Spain. It is one of the largest municipalities in the Ourense region and lies in the central eastern part of the province.
Vilarinho (Santo Tirso) Vilarinho is a parish in Portugal. It is an important industry center in the municipality of Santo Tirso located 15km north east of the city of Santo Tirso near other important textile centers like Vizela and GuimarĂŁes.
Vilarmaior Vilarmaior is a city council of Ferrolterra in Northwestern Spain in the Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Ferrolterra's population represents the third largest concentration of people in Galicia, and its disperse population exceeds 211,000 (2005).
Vilasrao Deshmukh Vilasrao Dadoji Deshmukh (born May 26 1945) is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Term: October 2004 - October 2009). He is a member of the Congress party and originally belongs to Marathwada region of the state of Maharashtra.
Vilayat Inayat Khan Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, (19 June 1916 - 17 June 2004) was the eldest son of Sufi Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International. Pir Vilayat’s mother, Ora Ray Baker, was a cousin of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science movement.
Vilayat Khan Vilayat Khan (Bangla: বিলায়েত খাঠBilaeet Khã) (August 8, 1928 –March 13, 2004) was one of India's most famous sitar maestros, born in Gauripur in Mymensingh, Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He recorded his first 78-RPM disc at the age of 8, and gave his last concert in 2004 at the age of 75.
Vilém Flusser Vilém Flusser (1920–1991) was a czechoslovakian philosopher born in Prague. Often considered to be a German philosopher, due to the fact that the majority of his publications are in German, he lived for a long period in Brazil and later in France, and his works are written in several different languages.
Vilborg DavĂĂ°sdĂłttir Vilborg DavĂĂ°sdĂłttir (born 3 September 1965 in Ăľingeyri) is an Icelandic writer and journalist. Her novels The Well of Fates (1993) and The Witches' Judgement (1994) concern a slave in the Viking era and are influenced by the Icelandic sagas to an extent.
Vilcabamba, Ecuador Vilcabamba is a village in the southern region of Ecuador, in the Loja province. Located in a historical and scenic valley, it is a common destination for tourists, because it is widely believed that its inhabitants grow to a very old age.
Vilcabamba, Peru Vilcabamba was a city founded by Manco Inca in 1539 and was the last refuge of the Inca Empire until it fell to the Spaniards in 1572, signalling the end of Inca resistance to Spanish rule. The city was burned and the area swiftly became a remote backwater of Peru.
Vild The Vild is a region of the galaxy described in David Zindell's science fiction series, that is unusually prone to supernova. The reason behind this is the numerous attacks against Ede the God by the Silicon God, as well as the Silicon God's subtle manipulation of the Colonist Architects of the Universal Cybernetic Churches, in particular the original Old Church.
Vildagliptin Vildagliptin, previously identified as LAF237, is a new oral hypoglycemic (anti-diabetic drug) of the new dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor class of drugs. Vildagliptin inhibits the inactivation of GLP-1 by DPP-4, allowing GLP-1 to potentiate the secretion of insulin in the beta cells.
Vildanden (airline) Vildanden is a virtual regional airline flying from Skien Airport, Geiteryggen. It started flying on January 24 2005, and now flies up to four times daily to Bergen Airport, Flesland with an 33-seater Saab 340 B wetleased from AeroSyncro.
Vile Live Vile Live is a re-release of the 1996 album Vile by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It is slated for a March 2007 release, featuring the original track list and a DVD which includes four songs from their 1997-1998 tour supporting Vile.
Vile Parle Vile Parle (Marathi:विलेपार्ल) is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line. This suburb of Mumbai is also known as "Parle" or "Parla".
Vile Re-Release Cannibal Corpse's 1996 album "Vile", is planning on being re-released March of 2007, with the original track list. Also included is a DVD which features four songs from their 1997-1998 tour supporting "Vile".
Vile Vortices The Vile Vortices are said to be twelve areas distributed more or less evenly around the globe that are alleged to have the same qualities as claimed for the Bermuda Triangle. Five are located on a latitude near the Tropic of Capricorn; Five on a latitude near the Tropic of Cancer; and one each at either of the Poles.
Vilen Komissarov Professor Vilen Naumovich Komissarov () (August 23, 1924 — July 08, 2005) has gained recognition in Russia and beyond its borders as an authority on translation theory and methods of translator training (in Russian: Perevodovediniye - ПЕРЕВОДОВЕДЕНĐĐ• ), Head of the Department of Translation Theory, History and Criticism at Moscow State Linguistic University, he has a record of half a century of research and teaching in this field, as well as of practical work as a conference interpreter and translator.
Vileness Fats Vileness Fats is the unfinished film project of avant-garde band The Residents, filmed primarily from 1972 to 1976. Over fourteen hours of footage was shot for the project, but it was not even two-thirds of the way through what The Residents had of the incomplete script when they cancelled the production.
Vileplume are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Vileplume in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Vileyka Voblast Vileyka Voblast (, ) was a territorial unit in the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic created after the annexation of West Belarus into the BSSR in November 1939. The administrative centre of the province was the city of Vileyka.
Vilgot Sjöman (David Harald) Vilgot Sjöman (December 2 1924 - April 9 2006) was a Swedish writer and film director. His films deal with controversial issues of social class, morality, and sexual taboos, combining the emotionally-tortured characters of Ingmar Bergman with the avant garde style of the French New Wave.
Vilhelm Buhl Vilhelm Buhl (October 16, 1881 - December 18, 1954) was Prime Minister of Denmark from 4 May 1942 to 9 November 1942 as head of the Unity Government (the Cabinet of Vilhelm Buhl I) during the German occupation of Denmark of World War II, until the Nazis ordered him removed. He was Prime Minister again from 5 May 1945 to 7 November 1945 as head of a unity government (the Cabinet of Vilhelm Buhl II) after the liberation of Denmark by the British Field Marshal Montgomery.
Vilhelm Hammershøi Vilhelm Hammershøi (15 May, 1864 – 13 February, 1916) was a painter born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He worked mainly in his native city painting primarily portraits, architecture, landscapes, and interior scenes.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson Vilhjalmur Stefansson (Icelandic: Vilhjálmur Stefánsson / Vilhjálms Stefánssonar) (November 3, 1879 – August 26, 1962) was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born at Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, of Icelandic descent.
Vilhjálmur Ărnason Vilhjálmur Ărnason (born in Iceland 1953) is professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland. Internationally he is best known for his research on ethical aspects of controversial genetic research in Iceland by deCODE Genetics.
Vilhjálmur Einarsson Vilhjálmur Einarsson (born on June 5, 1934) is an Icelandic former athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Vilhjálmur grew up in the East-Icelandic fishing village of ReyĂ°arfjörĂ°ur and is the son of Einar Stefánsson and SigrĂĂ°ur VilhjálmsdĂłttir.
Vilho Tuulos Vilho Immanuel ("Ville") Tuulos (March 26, 1895 – September 2, 1967) was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper, who was born in Tampere. He won an Olympic gold medal in triple jump in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
Vilhon Reach The Vilhon Reach is a region on the fictional continent of Faerûn in the role-playing game setting of the Forgotten Realms. The region is named after a body of water called the Vilhon Reach, a part of the Sea of Fallen Stars.
Vili Fualaau Vili Fualaau (born June 26, 1983), is a Samoan-American who became famous when at the age of 13 he repeatedly gave simple consent to sexual intercourse with his then-33-year-old teacher Mary Kay Letourneau. The two were arrested, and Letourneau was charged with statutory rape.
Vilia Vilia (Greek: Βίλια) is a municipality of the Greek prefecture of West Attica in Attica. Vilia is northwest of the road linking the GR-3 (Athens - Thiva]] about 3 km west of Oinoi and about 9 km east of Aigosthena / Porto Germeno, it also serves a road to the western part of mount Kithaironas.
Viliame Navoka Ratu Viliame Navoka is a former civil servant who formerly held office as Fiji's Consul General in Sydney, Australia. From 2001 to 2006, he represented the Province of Nadroga-Navosa in the Senate as one of fourteen nominees of the Great Council of Chiefs.
Viliami Ofahengaue Viliami (William) 'Ofahengaue was born May 3, 1968 in Tonga. Widely known as Willie O, he earned 41 caps for the Australian rugby union side from 1990 to 1998 and played in the World Cups of 1991 and 1995 as well as the World Cup Sevens in 1993.
Vilikaila Vilikaila or Viligaila was one of the 5 elder Lithuanian dukes mentioned in the peace treaty with Halych-Volhynia in 1219. He is mentioned as brother of Daujotas, which leads to believe he was the younger or perhaps less influential brother.
Vilina Vlas Vilina Vlas is a health spa located about seven kilometres south-east of Višegrad (Bosnia and Herzegovina), on the way to Gorazde, which gained notoriety as a concentration and rape camp during the Bosnian War. After the war, Vilina Vlas spa was re-opened to the tourists.
Vilken härlig dag Vilken härlig dag was released on September 18 in the year 2000 and is an album from Swedish "dansband" Lotta Engbergs. The album was more folk song-inspired than earlier albums, and it was the last album from Lotta Engbergs.
Villa Aldobrandini Villa Aldobrandini is a villa in Frascati, Italy. Also known as Belvedere for its charming location overlooking the whole valley up to Rome, it was built on the order of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, Pope Clement VIII's nephew over a pre-existing edifice built by the Vatican prelate Alessandro Rufini in 1550.
Villa Badoer Villa Badoer is an Italian mansion or Villa built in 1557 in Fratta Polesine (Veneto) in the Po river valley by Andrea Palladio for Francesco Badoer of Venice. It has been renovated at the end of the 20th century.
Villa Barbaro Villa Barbaro is a patrician villa in Maser, in the Veneto, northern Italy. It was designed and built by the Italian architect Andrea Palladio between 1549 and 1558 for his friends, the Barbaro brothers Daniele and Marcantonio.
Villa Baviera, Chile Villa Baviera, (Bavaria Village) formerly named Colonia Dignidad ("Dignity Colony"), is a settlement located in an isolated area in the Province of Linares, Maule Region of central Chile, near the village of Parral. It was founded by a group of German immigrants led by Paul Schäfer in 1961.
Villa Bethania The Villa Bethania is part of the former estate of the Abbe Bérenger Saunière the former parish priest of Rennes-le-Château between 1885-1909. It was never occupied until it was purchased in 1946 by the hotelier Noel Corbu, who, during Easter 1955 turned it into a restaurant and later into a Hotel.
Villa Borghese gardens Villa Borghese is a large landscape garden in the naturalistic English manner in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions. It is the second largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 148 acres) after that of the Villa Doria Pamphili.
Villa Bouchina Villa Bouchina was a house of internment (a reservation camp) in the Dutch city of Doetinchem where the Germans held 9 Jewish people during World War II, with the meaning to protect these 'prisoners'. The internated people had had a certain importance to The Netherlands or Germany before the war, and therefore the Germans helped them to survive for a while.
Villa Bruni Villa Bruni is an aristocratic Italian mansion located close to two other Monteroni di Lecce’s monumental villas (namely Villa Romano and Villa Urselli) at the heart of “Valle della Cupa”. The façade is characterised by an impressive stair-case and by ionic-style columns.
Villa Capra "La Rotonda" Villa Capra "La Rotonda" is a Renaissance villa in Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio. The correct name is the Villa Almerico-Capra, it is also known as La Rotonda, Villa Rotunda, Villa La Rotonda, or Villa Almerico.
Villa Carelli-Palombi Villa Carelli-Palmbi is a historic patrician residence in Monteroni di Lecce, Italy, whose main building dates back to the Middle Ages. It is, however, the estate's garden that is most impressive, thanks to its exotic flowers and trees from as far as Japan, China and Celon/Taiwan.
Villa Carlos Paz Villa Carlos Paz is a city in the center-north of the province of CĂłrdoba, Argentina, in the south of the Punilla Valley, lying on the western slope of the Sierras Chicas. It has a population of about 56,000 as per the .
Villa Clara (baseball team) Villa Clara is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Based in Santa Clara, the Naranjas have been one of the league's most successful squads over the last 20 years, winning championships in 1983, as well as three year run from 1993 to 1995.
Villa Comunale The Villa Comunale is the most prominent and visible park in Naples, southern Italy. It was built in the 1780s by King Ferdinand IV (later known as Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies) on land reclaimed along the coast between the main body of the city and the small port of Mergellina.
Villa Constitución Villa Constitución is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and the head town of the Constitución Department. It is located on the south-western banks of the Paraná River between the courses of the Arroyo Pavón and the Arroyo del Medio, about 214 km south from the provincial capital, the city of Santa Fe, and 50 km from Rosario.
Villa de Don Fadrique La Villa de Don Fadrique is a town and municipality located in the province of Toledo, Spain. The town is named after Fadrique Alfonso of Castile who conceded the "Carta-Puebla" (the document reporting the foundation of the town and granting the special privileges to it) on April 25th, 1343.
Villa de MarĂa del RĂo Seco Villa de MarĂa del RĂo Seco (usually shortened to Villa de MarĂa, not to be confused with Villa MarĂa) is a city in the province of CĂłrdoba, Argentina. It has 3,819 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the RĂo Seco Department.
Villa de Mazo Vila de Mazo (short form: Mazo) is located on the southeastern part of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. Villa de Mazo is linked with a main highway encircling every part of the island and is located south of the capital Santa Cruz de la Palma and east of Tazacorte.
Villa de San Antonio Villa de San Antonio is a municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua. The municipality consists of a 'casco urbano,' or main town, with approximately 7,000 residents, and a large number of 'aldeas' or villages, which bring the municipality's entire population to 17,000.
Villa Dálmine Villa Dálmine are a football club from Campana in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They currently play in Primera C Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fourth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.
Villa Devoto Villa Devoto is a barrio or district in the northern part of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the area defined by Campana, San MartĂn avenue, Francisco BeirĂł avenue, JoaquĂn V. González, Baigorria, Lope de Vega Avenue and General Paz Avenue.
Villa Diodati The Villa Diodati is a manor in Cologny close to Lake Geneva. It is most famous for having been the summer residence of Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, John Polidori and others in 1816 in which the basis for the classical horror stories Frankenstein and The Vampyre was laid.
Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini The Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini is a villa with notable 19th century park in the English romantic style and a small botanical garden. The villa now houses the Museo di Archeologia Ligure, and is located at Via Pallavicini, 13, immediately next to the train station in Pegli, a suburb of Genoa, Italy.
Villa El Salvador Villa El Salvador (VES) is an urban, largely residential district on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. It borders the district of Chorrillos on the west; the Pacific Ocean on the southwest; LurĂn on the southeast; Villa MarĂa del Triunfo on the east and San Juan de Miraflores on the north.
Villa Emo Villa Emo is an Italian villa built in the Veneto near the village of Fanzolo di Vedelago by Andrea Palladio in 1559 for the Emo family of Venice. It still remains an exceptionally beautiful building in its setting as it did when it was first made.
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is a French seaside palazzo constructed between 1905 and 1912 at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera by Baroness BĂ©atrice de Rothschild (1864-1934). It was designed by the Belgian architect Aaron Messiah.
Villa Esplanada Villa Esplanada (çťć™ŻçŁ) is a private housing estate developed by Sun Hung Kai, China Resources and Cheung Kong on Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong. It locates on the relocated oil depots on the former island Nga Ying Chau.
Villa Farnese The Villa Farnese, also known as Palazzo Farnese or Villa Caprarola, is a mansion in the town of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo, Northern Latium, Italy approximately 50 kilometres (35 miles) north-west of Rome. It should not be confused with the Palazzo Farnese and the Villa Farnesina, both in Rome.
Villa Foscari Villa Foscari, a great creation by Andrea Palladio, is better known as La Malcontenta. A nickname which it received when the spouse of one of the Foscaris was locked up in the house because she allegedly didn't live up to her conjugal duty.
Villa General Belgrano Villa General Belgrano, a small mountain village of 6,260 inhabitants is named after the creator of the Argentine flag and located in a lush green valley of Calamuchita in the Mountains in the Province of CĂłrdoba in central Argentina.
Villa Gobernador Gálvez Villa Gobernador Gálvez is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located on the western ravine of the Paraná River, within the metropolitan area of Greater Rosario. It has 74,509 inhabitants per the .
Villa Godi The Villa Godi was one of the first projects by Andrea Palladio, as attested in his monograph - the Quattro Libri dell'Architettura. The work was commissioned by the brothers Girolamo, Pietro and Marcantonio Godi, started in 1537 and concluded in 1542, with later modifications to the rear entry and gardens.
Villa Grimaldi Villa Grimaldi was a complex of buildings used for the interrogation and torture of political prisoners by DINA, the Chilean secret police, during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The complex was located in Peñalolén, in the outskirts of Santiago, and was in operation from mid-1974 to mid-1978.
Villa Guerrero The municipality of Villa Guerrero is located in the north of the state of Jalisco, MĂ©xico, between 103Âş22'30 and 103Âş50'00 longitude west and 21Âş54'00 and 22Âş10'00 latitude north, at an altitude of 1,767 meters above sea level.
Villa Hayes Villa Hayes is a town in Paraguay, located in the Presidente Hayes Department. It is named after US President Rutherford Hayes who, in 1878 when asked to arbritrate by the Argentines after the War of the Triple Alliance, ruled in Paraguay's favour over the question of ownership of the Chaco.
Villa Chiericati Villa Chiericati (also known as Villa Chiericati-Rigo) is a villa at Vancimuglio in the Veneto designed for Giovanni Chiericati by Palladio in the early 1550s. The villa was not finally completed until after it had been purchased by Ludovico Porto in 1574.
Villa Incognito Bantam Doubleday Dell (US) and Random House (Australia) published Villa Incognito in April and June of 2003, respectively. One of the most commonly quoted lines from the book is the very first, setting the tone for this Tom Robbins adventure: "It has been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute.
Villa Isola - UPI Villa Isola - UPI is a building in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It is located in the northern part of the city, overlooking the valley with the view of Bandung city, this art-deco style building was built in 1932 by the Dutch architect C.
Villa Jovis Villa Jovis ("Villa of Jupiter"; also Villa Iovis, sometimes misspelled Villa Ionis) is a Roman palace on Capri built by emperor Tiberius who ruled from there between AD 27 and AD 37. It is the largest of the twelve Tiberian villas on Capri mentioned by Tacitus and the entire complex, spanning several terraces and a difference in elevation of about 40 m, covers some 7000 m² (1.
Villa Lante Villa Lante at Bagnaia near Viterbo, attributed to Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (there is no contemporary documentation) is, with Bomarzo, one of the most famous Italian 16th century Mannerist gardens of surprises. The first shock to a visitor coming fresh from Villa Farnese Caprarola is the difference of two Vignola villas in the same area, period and architectural mannerist style: there is little if any similarity.
Villa Las Estrellas Villa Las Estrellas (Spanish: "Stars Village") is the only permanent settlement in Antarctica that has families with children. It has a population of about 88 people, mostly Chilean Army officers with their families, explorers and scientists.
Villa Lituania Villa Lituania was the inter-war Lithuanian embassy building in Rome. The building belonged to Lithuania in the 1930s, but after the country was invaded by the Soviet Union, the embassy was taken into Russia’s possession and is still used to house Russian diplomats.
Villa miseria A villa miseria is a form of shanty town or slum found in Argentina, mostly around the largest urban settlements. The term is a compound noun made of the Spanish words villa "village, small town" and miseria "abject poverty".
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