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Flavia Julia Helena [a] (/ ˈ h ɛ l ə n ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē; c. AD 246/248 – 330), also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, [b] was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.
Until the opening of its airport in 2017, the primary method of reaching Saint Helena was a 6-day journey by sea, most recently since 1989 on the RMS St Helena passenger steamship liner. Saint Helena is known for being the site of Napoleon Bonaparte's second and longest period of exile, following his final defeat in June 1815, until his death ...
Sportspeople from St. Augustine, Florida (26 P) Pages in category "People from St. Augustine, Florida" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total.
St. Augustine (/ ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; Spanish: San Agustín [san aɣusˈtin]) is a city in and the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States.Located 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Jacksonville, the city is on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.
The Prisoner of War (Napoleon on the Island of St. Helena) by J. Searle Dawley (1912) The Agony of the Eagles by Dominique Bertinotti and Julien Duvivier, uncredited (1920–1921) Napoleon at Saint Helena or La Fin de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène (Napoleon auf St. Helena ou Der Gefangene Kaiser) by Lupu Pick (1929).
Ximenez-Fatio House Museum is one of the best-preserved and most authentic Second Spanish Period (1783-1821) residential buildings in St. Augustine, Florida.In 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
St. Helena, a small, craggy island in the South Atlantic Ocean, hasn't seen many tourists in the past for good reason: It's one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. Until 2017, it ...
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The first European known to have explored the coasts of Florida was the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, who likely ventured in 1513 as far north as the vicinity of the future St. Augustine, naming the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" and claiming it for the Spanish crown.