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    The Castle of Saint Andrew (Greek: κάστρο του Αγίου Ανδρέα) is a fortress in Preveza, Greece. First constructed by the Ottoman Empire in the early 1700s...
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    Saint Andrew's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Andrew or Andermas, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle. It is celebrated on 30 November. Saint...
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    The castle of Saint Andrew The castle of Saint George, photograph by Frédéric Boissonnas, May 1913 The house of painter Yiannis Moralis Roe caviar of Preveza...
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    Provisions for the castle were transported via two bays at Valtos and Pogonia. In the arched gate of the entrance, the winged lion of Saint Mark can be seen...
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    to the Venetian Senate for the creation of a new fortress, as the Castle of Saint George (the other castle of Cephalonia) could not defend the entire...
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    style of her husband, becoming Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Alice was born in Windsor Castle and grew...
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    The water castle of Bourtzi (Greek: Μπούρτζι, from Ottoman Turkish برج - burc meaning "tower"; formerly Καστέλι, Kasteli) is a Venetian castle located in...
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    Saint Andrew (Jamaican Patois: Sint Anju) is a parish, situated in the southeast of Jamaica in the county of Surrey. It lies north, west and east of Kingston...
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    instead composed of a crenellated wall. On the moles, towers and defensive forts are found. They were built by the Knights Hospitaller of Saint John by enhancing...
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    Fortezza is built on a hill called Paleokastro (meaning "Old Castle"), which was the site of ancient Rhithymna's acropolis. Between the 10th and 13th centuries...
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