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Amathoús (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 42 43 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.7125 decimal degrees |
| Long: 033 08 27 E degrees minutes |
Long: 33.1419 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient royal city of Cyprus, on the southern coast east of Limassol. Wasa a Phoenician settlement (ca. 800 BCE) and an ancient Greek colony (ca. 750-550 BCE), located near present-day village of Ayios Tykhonas; site where Richard I landed in 1191 to marry Berengaria of Navarre. |
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| Amathoús (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Amathus (C,V,S)
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| Amathoúnda (C,V)
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| Amathus City-Site (C,V)
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| Amatus (C,V)
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| Αμαθούς (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Ἀμαθοῦς (C,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Lemesós (national district) (P) |
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Amathoús (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was a Phoenician settlement in ca. 800 BC; later a Greek colony which was deserted in ca. 550 BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| ancient site (C) |
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| colony (H) |
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of Greece from ca. 750-550 BCE |
| inhabited place (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Limassol .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Cyprus, Lemesós) [1074251] |
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