Salamis, near Famagusta
Salamis, Famagusta District, Cyprus
Famagusta District, Cyprus
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EST. BCE 1100
EST. BCE 1100
1100 BCE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Salamis, near Famagusta.
The ruins preserve the colonnaded gymnasium and baths, a Roman theater, the harbor basilica, and remnants of the agora and city walls of the ancient port city, standing as excavated ruins amid open ground. The site falls under the antiquities authorities of the Turkish Cypriot administration in Northern Cyprus. It is open to the public on a ticketed basis.
About Salamis, near Famagusta
Salamis was an ancient city on Cyprus's eastern coast, traditionally said to have been founded by the legendary Teucer after the Trojan War. It became one of Cyprus's leading city-kingdoms during the first millennium BCE and later flourished under Hellenistic and Roman rule. The city served as a major port and center of trade in the eastern Mediterranean.
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