Amathus
Amathus or Amathous was one of the ancient royal cities of Cyprus until about 300 BC. Some of its remains can be seen today on the southern coast in front of Agios Tychonas, about 6 miles east of Limassol and 24 miles west of Larnaca.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city and one of the ancient royal cities of Cyprus until about 300 BC.
- Also known as: “Amathoúnda” and “Amatus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moni Power Station.
Moni Power Station
Power station
Moni Power Station is the second power plant the Electricity Authority of Cyprus built. It is located some 20 kilometres east of Limassol. Construction started in the 1960s and when completed it consisted of six steam turbogenerators each having a capacity of 30 MW. Moni Power Station is situated 4 km east of Amathus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agios Tychonas and Mouttagiaka.
Agios Tychonas
Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agios Tychonas is a village and a municipal district of the Amathounta Municipality in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located east of Limassol. The ancient ruins of Amathus are located near the town.
Mouttagiaka
Village
Mouttagiaka is a village and a municipal district of the Amathounta Municipality in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located east of Germasogeia. It's incumbent Deputy Mayor is Neofytos Pafitis. Mouttagiaka is situated 4 km west of Amathus.
Armenochori
Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Armenochori is an Armenian village and a municipal district of the Amathounta Municipality located in the Limassol District of Cyprus, 10 kilometres northeast of the city of Limassol. Armenochori is situated 4 km north of Amathus.
Amathus
- Categories: polis, City-kingdom of Cyprus, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ágios Týchon, Limassol district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.71195° or 34° 42′ 43″ northLongitude
33.14052° or 33° 8′ 26″ eastElevation
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
8G6MP46R+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
way 326870268OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Amathus” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀμαθοῦς”
- Basque: “Amathus”
- Bulgarian: “Аматунда”
- Catalan: “Amatunt”
- Cebuano: “Amathus City-Site”
- Czech: “Amathus”
- Dutch: “Amathus”
- Finnish: “Amathus”
- French: “Amathonte”
- German: “Amathous”
- Greek: “Αμαθούντα”
- Hebrew: “אמתוס”
- Hungarian: “Amathusz”
- Indonesian: “Amathos”
- Italian: “Amatunte”
- Italian: “Amatusia”
- Japanese: “アマスス”
- Japanese: “アマトゥス”
- Latin: “Amathus”
- Latvian: “Amatusa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amathus”
- Polish: “Amathous”
- Polish: “Amathus”
- Portuguese: “Amatunte”
- Romanian: “Amatunta”
- Russian: “Аматус”
- Russian: “Амафунт”
- Slovenian: “Amathus”
- Spanish: “Amatunte”
- Swedish: “Amathus”
- Turkish: “Amathus”
- Ukrainian: “Аматус”
- Urdu: “اماتھیس”
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