Idalium

Idalion or Idalium was an ancient city-kingdom of Cyprus, in modern , . The city was founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC.
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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”, “Idhalion City-Site”, and “Mint of Idalium”

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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