Fontana Amorosa
Fontana Amorosa is a fresh water pool associated with Aphrodite, goddess of love, on the Akamas Peninsula, near Polis, 48 kilometres north of the city of Paphos, Cyprus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Well
- Description: fresh water pool on the Akamas Peninsula, Cyprus
- Also known as: “Fondana Amorosa”, “Fontana Amoroza”, and “Fontana Amrosa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moutti Tis Sotiras.
Moutti Tis Sotiras
Peak
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moutti Tis Sotiras is a peak, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Fontana Amorosa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Akamas and Güzelyurt.
Cape Akamas
Locality
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akamas, is a promontory and cape at the northwest extremity of Cyprus with an area of 230 square kilometres. Ptolemy described it as a thickly wooded headland, divided into two by summits rising towards the north.
Güzelyurt
Photo: Fern 24, CC BY-SA 3.0.
This page describes the northwest of Northern Cyprus, mostly administered as Güzelyurt District, plus Lefke District at its west tip. Few tourists come this way but it's easily reached from the resort of Kyrenia or the capital Nicosia, and gives you a glimpse of traditional Turkish Cypriot villages.
Neo Chorio, Paphos
Village
Photo: Paul Lakin, CC BY 3.0.
Neo Chorio is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, about 8 km west of Polis. Until 1958, it had a mixed Greek- and Turkish Cypriot population with a Greek Cypriot majority. Neo Chorio, Paphos is situated 9 km southeast of Fontana Amorosa.
Fontana Amorosa
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Paphos district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Greek—“Fontana Amorosa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نافورة أموروزا”
- Greek: “Fontána Amoróza”
- Greek: “Φοντάνα Αμορόζα”
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Localities in the Area
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