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Idalium

Idalion or Idalium was an ancient city in , in modern , . The city was founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC. Its name does not appear on the Sargon Stele of 707 BC, but does appear on the later Prism of Esarhaddon and in similar spellings in Ashurbanipal's annal.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 8:30 AM—4:00 PM
    public holidays: closed
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient city in Cyprus
  • Also known as: “Idalion”, “Idhalion”, and “Idhalion City-Site”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dali and Pera Chorio.

Town
Photo: George Groutas, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in , located in the South Nicosia area about 20 km south of central and is at an altitude of 220 m. It is the largest settlement amongst a group of villages in the area which are connected to by a radial road network.

Village
is a large village in , located near the town of . The population of the village is around 2,200 people, many of whom are refugees who went to the village after the 1974 Turkish invasion. is situated 2½ km west of Idalium.

Village
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is a village in the of , just north of and it is about 15 kilometres from the capital. It is built at the north bank of the Yialias River. is situated 3 km west of Idalium.

Idalium

Latitude
35.01583° or 35° 0′ 57″ north
Longitude
33.42309° or 33° 25′ 23″ east
Elevation
253 metres (830 feet)
Open location code
8G7M2C8F+86
Open­Street­Map ID
way 190472832
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
146589
Wiki­data ID
Q1656624
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Idalium” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Idalion”
  • Catalan: “Ed-di-al”
  • Catalan: “Idàlion”
  • Cebuano: “Idálion”
  • Dutch: “Idalion”
  • Finnish: “Idalion”
  • French: “Idalion”
  • Georgian: “იდალიუმი”
  • German: “Idalion”
  • Greek: “Idálion”
  • Greek: “Ιδάλιο”
  • Greek: “Ιδάλιον”
  • Hebrew: “אדיל”
  • Hebrew: “אידליון”
  • Hungarian: “Idalion”
  • Irish: “Idalium”
  • Italian: “Idalio”
  • Italian: “Idalion”
  • Japanese: “イダリオン”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Idalium”
  • Portuguese: “Idálio”
  • Portuguese: “Idalium”
  • Russian: “Идалион”
  • Spanish: “Idalion”
  • Swedish: “Idalion”
  • Turkish: “İdalium”
  • Ukrainian: “Ідаліон”
  • Urdu: “ایڈالیم”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Idalium”. Photo: Rjdeadly, CC BY-SA 4.0.