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Surroundings:

Relief of Sargon II from KitionKition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temples 4 and 5Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 2Kition temple IKition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 3, AltarKition, Western structureKition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 3, Area anchorKition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 3, AreaKition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 3, AreaKition, North areaKition, Remains of temple 3, Area altar with hornsKition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temple 3, Area

Location:

  • Cyprus, Larnaca
  • geo:34.916977,33.627968
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • -1500~ / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Annotations

Kition founded in the XIII century BC by the Myceneans and after the decline ca 1000 BC by the Phenicians.

Literature:

  1. Paulos Flourentzos, A Guide to the Larnaca District Museum. Nicosia: Ministry of Communications and Works - Department of Antiquities,  Nicosia 1960
  2. George R. H. Wright, Ancient Building in Cyprus, Handbuch der Orientalistik / 7, Leiden, Brill 1992

Relevant museums

Saint Lazaros Byzantine Museum

Saint Lazaros Byzantine Museum

Cyprus Museum in Nicosia

Lefkosia. Archeological museum

Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Houses original-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Market Gate of Miletus.

Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet

Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre


Nearby

CITIUM THEATER

CITIUM THEATER

Larnaca District Archaeological Museum

Larnaca District Archaeological Museum

Kition, Harbour

Port of Kition


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