<< Our Photo Pages >> Kition - Ancient Village or Settlement in Cyprus
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Multi-periodSite Name: KitionCountry: Cyprus Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Lanarca Nearest Village: Lanarca
Latitude: 34.923139N Longitude: 33.630489E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Cyprus
Ancient Phoenician Settlement in Cyprus. Within downtown Lanarca.
1300BCE saw the establishment of cyclopian walled structures including both domestic and ritual/religious buildings. Kition became one of the most important City States and is seen as one of the islands first establishments of the Greek culture and language. The Phoenician rebuild on the same site after the dark ages, at a later phase, namely the Cypriot Iron Age. It also has to be pointed out that the great philosopher Zeno hailed from Kition. Sadly, the Cypriot authorities have only chosen to conserve 3 temples and a slipway of ancient Kition. Assyrian artefacts have also been found there.
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