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Surroundings:

Karpasia, sphinxKarpasia, sphinxKarpasia, sphinxKarpasia, sphinxKarpasia, Limestone sphinxKarpasia peninsulaKarpasia peninsula

Location:

  • Cyprus, Rizokárpaso
  • geo:35.647144,34.439934
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • ante -330~ / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=103421

Annotations

The ancient Hellenistic and Roman town of Ourania was located almost certainly at Aphentrika (or Aphendrika) on the Karpas peninsula in northeastern Cyprus. The small sheltered bay to the north has been plausibly identified as its harbor, with plenty of ceramic remains. Modern agricultural plots preserve an orientation parallel or perpendicular to the ancient Roman road. Three early medieval churches stand in various stages of ruin near the foot of the ridge to the south, which in turn accommodated a now largely invisible acropolis, of which there are still a few rock-cut remains.

Marko Kiessel et al., "The Harbour at Aphendrika during the Early Byzantine Period and the Maritime Activity on the North-Eastern Coast of Cyprus," OLBA XXXII 2024: 143-171.


Relevant museums

Cyprus Museum in Nicosia

Lefkosia. Archeological museum


Nearby

White Rocks

Akropolis of Ourania.

Hagios Georgios

Hagios Georgios Church.

Asomatos Church

Asomatos Church.


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