PIERIDES MUSEUM
Zenon Kitieos 4,
TeI: 24651345,24652495
Remarkable private exhibition of Cypriot antiquities, originally collected by Demetrios Pieridis (1811-1895) and further enriched by members of his family.
THE BUST OF KIMON
At the seafront promenade. The Athenian General Kimon led 200 triremes in 450 BC to free Cyprus from the Persians. He died while he was besieging Kition.
Plateia Kalogreon TeI: 24630169
Interesting collection of finds from the Larnaka area dating from the Neolithic Age to the Roman period.
KITION
Approximately 500 m. northeast of the Archaeological Museum.
One of the most important ancient city- kingdoms, with architectural remade: dating back to the 13th century BC. In about 1200 BC it was rebuilt by the Mycenaean Greeks, and excavations have revealed cyclopean walls made of giant blocks of stone, and a complex of five temples.
Plateia Ayiou Lazarou
Saint Lazarus is the patron saint of Larnaka. Kition became his second home after his resurrection by Christ. He was ordained Bishop of Kition by Saints Barnabas and Mark. In the 9th century a magnificent church was erected over his tomb by emperor Leo VI. The church, one of the finest examples of Byzantine architecture in Cyprus, was faithfully restored in the 17th century, and the iconostasis is an excellent example of baroque woodcarving.Also Visitors can see an ecclesiastical museum behind the church.
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