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Kourion (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 39 50 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.6642 decimal degrees |
| Long: 032 53 13 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.8877 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of an ancient city-state overlooking Episcopi Bay, near modern Episkopi; Bronze Age city was on ridge; new city to west flourished from Archaic through Greco-Roman times; was a powerful bishopric 5th century CE; was repeatedly ruined by earthquakes; declined after Arab raids in the 7th century. |
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| Kourion (preferred,C,V,S,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | ancient Greek name |
| Curium (C,V,Latin,U,N)
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............ | documented in Pliny V 13 |
| Kounon (C,V)
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| Κούριον (C,V,Greek,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Akrotíri (overseas territory) (P) |
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Kourion (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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Achaian settlement dates to 14th cen. BCE; modern village is on the ridge adjacent to the site of a huge ancient city |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| colony (H) |
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of Greece, ca. 750-550 BCE |
| pilgrimage center (H) |
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for nearby sanctuary of Apollo Hylates, 8th cen. BC - 4th cen. AD |
| Bronze Age (H) |
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| Archaic (Greek) (H) |
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| Ancient Roman (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Episkopi .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Cyprus, Páfos) [7031660] |
| possibly identified as .... |
Kir .......... (lost settlement) |
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(World, lost & found/World) [7594259] |
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