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Paphos, [a] also spelled as Pafos, is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, [7] and New Paphos. [8] It is the fourth-largest city in the country, after Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca, with an urban population of 63,600 ...
34°50′N 32°35′E / 34.833°N 32.583°E / 34.833; 32.583 The Paphos District, [a] or simply Paphos (also Pafos), [b] is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and capital is Paphos. The entire district is controlled by the internationally recognised government of Cyprus. There are four municipalities in Paphos District ...
Paphos Archaeological Park (also Kato Pafos Archaeological Park) contains the major part of the important ancient Greek and Roman city and is located in Paphos, southwest Cyprus. The park, still under excavation, is within the Nea Pafos ("New Paphos") section of the coastal city.
She was the wife of the king Nicocles of Paphos. [ 1 ] In a fragment of a play by the New Comedy playwright Machon , we learn that the musician Stratonicus of Athens composed some satirical verses about Nicocles and Axiothea's sons that so incensed Axiothea, she insisted her husband have the musician put to death, a request which the king obliged.
Saranta Kolones (Greek: Κάστρο Σαράντα Κολώνες, Forty columns castle) is a ruined medieval fortress inside the Paphos Archaeological Park and it is located just north of the harbour of Paphos, on the island of Cyprus.
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Makounta (Greek: Μακούντα, Turkish: Yakacık) [2] is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 2 km south of Argaka. Overlooking the bay of Polis Chrysochous, Makounda is adjacent to Argaka (2 km southwest), and nearby there is also a motocross track. [3] Makounta is located 87 m above sea level. [4] [5]