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 Argos arrived on this site.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 240 feet (70 metres)
- Description: ancient city, excavation area
- Address: Kourion
- Also known as“Curium”“Kurium”“Mint of Curium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Curium Ancient Theatre and Kourion Stadium.
Curium Ancient Theatre
Theater building
Curium Ancient Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 850 feet southeast of Kourion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Episkopi and Erimi.
Episkopi Cantonment
Village
Karpouzi, Public domain.
Episkopi Cantonment is the capital… Episkopi Cantonment is situated 3 miles west of Kourion.
Kourion
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Latitude
34.66564° or 34° 39′ 56″ north
Longitude
32.88568° or 32° 53′ 9″ east
Open location code
8G6JMV8P+77
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Kourion” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kourion”
- 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: “Curium”
- 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”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kourion and Kantou.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Roman Private House (Earthquakre House) and Kourion Episcopal Basilica.
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