Salamis

Salamis was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of , at the mouth of the river , 6 km north of modern . According to tradition, the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, king of the Greek island of , who could not return home after the Trojan War because he had failed to avenge his brother Ajax.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 10 metres (33 feet)
  • Description: historical state on Cyprus and archaeological site
  • Also known as
    “Mint of Salamis”
    “Salamína”
    “Salamis Forest”
    “Salamis, Cyprus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of Saint Barnabas.
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The was a church on the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agios Sergios and Enkomi.
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is a large village in , near the ancient site Salamis. is situated 2½ km northwest of Salamis.
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is a village near in . is situated 3½ km southwest of Salamis.
is a village in the … is situated 4½ km northwest of Salamis.

Salamis

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Latitude
35.18567° or 35° 11′ 8″ north
Longitude
33.90263° or 33° 54′ 10″ east
Open location code
8G7M5WP3+73
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1317119944
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
19047
Wiki­data ID
Q767089

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Western Frisian—“Salamis” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σαλαμίς”
  • Arabic: “سالاميس”
  • Armenian: “Սալամիս”
  • Asturian: “Salamina”
  • Azerbaijani: “Salamin”
  • Basque: “Salamina”
  • Belarusian: “Салямін”
  • Bulgarian: “Саламин”
  • Catalan: “Salamina”
  • Chinese: “萨拉米斯”
  • Czech: “Salamis”
  • Dutch: “Salamína”
  • Dutch: “Salamis”
  • Esperanto: “Salamis”
  • Finnish: “Salamis”
  • French: “Salamine de Chypre”
  • Galician: “Salamina”
  • Georgian: “სალამისი (კვიპროსი)”
  • Georgian: “სალამისი”
  • German: “Salamis”
  • Greek: “Salamís”
  • Greek: “Σαλαμίνα (Κύπρος)”
  • Greek: “Σαλαμίνα Κύπρου”
  • Greek: “Σαλαμίνα”
  • Greek: “Σαλαμίς”
  • Hebrew: “סלמיס”
  • Hungarian: “Szalamisz”
  • Indonesian: “Salamis, Siprus”
  • Italian: “Salamina in Cipro”
  • Italian: “Salamina”
  • Japanese: “サラミス (キプロス)”
  • Japanese: “サラミス (キュプロス)”
  • Japanese: “サラミス”
  • Korean: “살라미스”
  • Latin: “Constantia”
  • Latin: “Salamis”
  • Latvian: “Salamina (Kipra)”
  • Latvian: “Salamina”
  • Lithuanian: “Archeologinė vietovė”
  • Macedonian: “Саламина”
  • Malagasy: “Salamisy (Sipra)”
  • Malagasy: “Salamisy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Salamis”
  • Persian: “سالامیس، قبرس”
  • Persian: “سلامیس”
  • Polish: “Salamina”
  • Portuguese: “Salamina”
  • Romanian: “Salamis”
  • Russian: “Саламин”
  • Serbian: “Саламина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Salamina”
  • Slovenian: “Salamina”
  • Slovenian: “Salamis, Ciper”
  • Slovenian: “Salamis”
  • Spanish: “Salamina”
  • Swahili: “Salami”
  • Swedish: “Salamis, Cypern”
  • Swedish: “Salamis”
  • Turkish: “Salamis”
  • Ukrainian: “Саламін”
  • Urdu: “سالامیس، قبرص”
  • Urdu: “سلامیس، قبرص”
  • Venetian: “Sałamina in Sipro”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salamis, Tsipre”
  • Western Frisian: “Salamis (Syprus)”
  • Western Frisian: “Salamis”

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