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Kourion

Kourion was an important ancient Greek city-state on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. In the twelfth century BCE, after the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces, Greek settlers from arrived on this site.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient city, excavation area
  • Also known as: “Curium” and “Kurium”
  • Address: Kourion

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Curium Ancient Theatre and Kourion Beach.

Theater building
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a theater building, which is situated 850 feet southeast of Kourion.

Beach
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is situated 2,900 feet south of Kourion.

Photo: Romeparis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 1¼ miles west of Kourion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Episkopi and Erimi.

Town
Photo: Rüdiger Stehn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and a municipal district of the Kourion Municipality lying partly in the district of and partly in the British Overseas Territory of .

Village
is a and a municipal district of the Kourion Municipality, lying partly in the of and partly in the British Overseas Territory of . is situated 2 miles northeast of Kourion.

Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a and municipal district of the Kourion Municipality on the outskirts of , Cyprus. It lies partly in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Its population in 2021 was 6,482. is situated 3 miles east of Kourion.

Kourion

Latitude
34.66564° or 34° 39′ 56″ north
Longitude
32.88568° or 32° 53′ 9″ east
Elevation
236 feet (72 metres)
Open location code
8G6JMV8P+77
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24698251
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
146671
Wiki­data ID
Q1785592
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Kourion” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Curium”
  • Basque: “Kourion”
  • Bulgarian: “Коурион”
  • Catalan: “Cúrion”
  • Cebuano: “Kourion”
  • Chinese: “库伦”
  • Chinese: “库里安”
  • Chinese: “库里翁”
  • Czech: “Kourion”
  • Czech: “Κούριο”
  • Dutch: “Kourion”
  • Dutch: “Kurion”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوريون”
  • Esperanto: “Kourion”
  • Finnish: “Kurion”
  • French: “Curias”
  • French: “Kourion”
  • Georgian: “კურიონი”
  • German: “Kourion”
  • German: “Ku-ri-i”
  • German: “Kurion”
  • Greek: “Κούριο”
  • Hebrew: “קוריון”
  • Hungarian: “Kurion”
  • Italian: “Curium”
  • Italian: “Kourion”
  • Japanese: “クリオン (キプロス)”
  • Japanese: “コウリオン”
  • Latin: “Curium”
  • Latvian: “Kuriona”
  • Lithuanian: “Kurionas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kourion”
  • Persian: “کورایون”
  • Polish: “Kourion”
  • Polish: “Kurion”
  • Portuguese: “Cúrio”
  • Russian: “Курион”
  • Serbian: “Курион”
  • Slovak: “Kourion”
  • Slovenian: “Kourion”
  • Spanish: “Curio”
  • Swedish: “Kourion”
  • Turkish: “Kourion”
  • Turkish: “Kurion”
  • Ukrainian: “Куріон”
  • Urdu: “کوریون”
  • Venetian: “Kourion”

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