TEMPLE OF APOLLO, TEMPLE OF APOLLO, KOURIONKOURION(CYPRUS)(CYPRUS)

Antonio García MorenoÓscar Cejudo Corbalán

CYPRUS Located in the eastern Mediterranean, this island republic represents a

crossroads of three continents (Europe, Africa and Asia). Cyprus is part of the new group of countries that have joined the European Union last May 1, 2004.

Population: 793,100 inhabitants. Area: 9251 km.2 Currency: Cyprus Pound Language: Greek and Turkish Capital: Nicosia, 206,200 inhabitants. National Day: October 1 Nationality: 80% home Greek and Turkish 18%

Europe

CYPRUS

• Limassol

• Nicosia

Mediterranean Sea

The temple of Apollo is situated in the ruins of Kourion, in the city of Limassol.

Limassol is the second-largest city on Cyprus, with a population of 176,900. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast.

KOURION´S RUINS

Kourion was a city in Cyprus, which endured from antiquity until the early Middle Ages. Kourion is situated on the south shores of the island to the west of the river Lycus (now called Kouris), and was recorded by numerous ancient authors including Ptolemy or Hiercoles.

KOURION´S RUINSKourion was said to have been founded by the Argives. The ruins are in an absolutely wonderful site. From there you can see the green meadows, the shores of the Mediterranean, and on the west side, the cliffs drop almost perpendicularly on cultivated fields that precede the beaches

Temple of Apollo

Three kilometers from the Kourion’s ruins is the sanctuary of Apollo which

has impressive Cypro-Corinthian columns.

Temple of Apollo

This small temple, with this simple Doric columns, was one of the most

sacred shrines of ancient Cyprus. The penalty for touching its altar was to be hurled from the nearby cliffs into the

sea.

Temple of Apollo

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