Kition
Kition was an ancient city-kingdom of the island of Cyprus, on the southern coast of the island in present-day Larnaca. It was established by Phoenicians in the beginning of the 10th century BC.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 7 metres (23 feet)
- Description: ancient Phoenician city and kingdom in Cyprus
- Also known as“Ancient Kition”“Chittim”“Citium”“Kítion - Kathari”“Kition City-Site”“Kitium”“Kittim”“Mint of Citium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Larnaca Castle and Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca.
Larnaca Castle
Museum
Larnaca Castle is a castle on the southern coast of Cyprus. Larnaca Castle is situated 1½ km southeast of Kition.
Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca
Church
The Church of Saint Lazarus is a late-9th century church in Larnaca, Cyprus. Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca is situated 1¼ km south of Kition.
Pierides Museum
Museum
The Pierides Museum is a museum in Larnaca, Cyprus that was founded by the Pierides Foundation. Pierides Museum is situated 1 km southeast of Kition.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Larnaca and Skala.
Kition
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Latitude
34.92316° or 34° 55′ 23″ north
Longitude
33.63076° or 33° 37′ 51″ east
Open location code
8G6MWJFJ+78
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Venetian—“Kition” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κίτιον”
- Arabic: “كتيون”
- Arabic: “كيتيوم”
- Armenian: “Կիտիոն”
- Asturian: “Kition”
- Azerbaijani: “Kition”
- Basque: “Kition”
- Belarusian: “Кітыён”
- Bulgarian: “Китион”
- Catalan: “Cítion”
- Cebuano: “Kítion”
- Chinese: “基提翁”
- Czech: “Kition”
- Danish: “Kition”
- Dutch: “Citium”
- Dutch: “Kition”
- Finnish: “Kition”
- French: “Cition”
- French: “Kition”
- Georgian: “კიტიონი”
- German: “Kition”
- German: “Königreich Kition”
- Greek: “Kítion”
- Greek: “Κιτίο”
- Greek: “Κίτιο”
- Greek: “Κίτιον”
- Hebrew: “כתי”
- Hebrew: “כתיון”
- Hungarian: “Kítion”
- Indonesian: “Kition”
- Italian: “Cizio”
- Japanese: “キティオン”
- Korean: “키티온”
- Latin: “Citium”
- Macedonian: “Китион”
- Persian: “کیتیون”
- Russian: “Китион”
- Slovenian: “Kitij”
- Slovenian: “Kition”
- Slovenian: “kraljestvo Kitij”
- Spanish: “Citio”
- Swedish: “Kition”
- Swedish: “Kítion”
- Tamil: “கிசன்”
- Tamil: “கிட்டியம்”
- Turkish: “Kition”
- Ukrainian: “Кітіон”
- Urdu: “کیتیون”
- Venetian: “Cizio”
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