Amiantos ( el, Αμίαντος, tr, Amiyanto) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 9 km south-west of Kyperounta.

Pano Amiantos

Road parallel to Amiantos village towards Troodos Mountains Republic of Cyprus

Pano Amiantos ( gr, Πάνω Αμίαντος, tr, Yukarı Amyanto) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 7 km southwest of Kyperounta. Formerly the village was the site of a large

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mine. When the mine closed the enormous workings were left as a blot on the landscape of the Troodos. There is now a project under way for the replanting of the workings which should eventually restore the landscape to its former beauty, if not its former shape.

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Communities in Limassol District {{cyprus-geo-stub