Kition
Kition was an ancient Phoenician and Greek city-kingdom on the southern coast of Cyprus, one of the ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient Phoenician city and kingdom in Cyprus
- Also known as: “Ancient Kition”, “Chittim”, “Citium”, “Kition - Kathari”, “Kítion - Kathari”, “Kition City-Site”, “Kitium”, and “Kittim”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Catholic Church of The Virgin Mary of The Graces ( Terra Santa) and Larnaca Castle.
Catholic Church of The Virgin Mary of The Graces ( Terra Santa)
Church
Photo: rene boulay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mary's Church, also known as Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church or Terra Santa Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Larnaca, Cyprus. Catholic Church of The Virgin Mary of The Graces ( Terra Santa) is situated 410 metres west of Kition.
Larnaca Castle
Museum
Larnaca Castle is a castle located on the southern coast of Cyprus. It was constructed to defend the southern coast of Cyprus and the harbour town of Larnaca and was later used as an artillery station, prison, and a museum. Larnaca Castle is situated 1½ km southeast of Kition.
Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Saint Lazarus is a late-9th century church in Larnaca, Cyprus. It belongs to the Church of Cyprus, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church. Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca is situated 1¼ km south of Kition.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Larnaca and Skala.
Larnaca
Photo: Armigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Larnaca is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus. With 85,000 residents in 2015, metropolitan Larnaca is the island's third largest city.
Skala
Suburb
Skala or Scala is neighbourhood or quarter of Larnaca, Cyprus and is also commonly used to refer to Larnaca itself.
Livadia
Suburb
Livadia is a municipal district of the Larnaca Municipality and suburb of Larnaca. It has been a settlement since the Middle Bronze Age. Livadia is situated 3 km north of Kition.
Kition
- Categories: historical country, polis, City-kingdom of Cyprus, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lárnaka, Larnaca district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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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”
- 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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