Kalavasos ( el, Καλαβασός; tr, Kalavason) is a village in the
Larnaca District
Larnaca District ( el, Επαρχία Λάρνακας, tr, Larnaka kazası) is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its capital is Larnaca. It is bordered on the east by Famagusta District, on the north by Nicosia District and on the west by L ...
of
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
, located 6 km north of
Zygi
Zygi ( el, Ζύγι; tr, Terazi) is a small village on the south coast of Cyprus, between Limassol and Larnaca. Before 1974, Zygi had a mixed Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot population.
Explosion
The Evangelos Florakis Navy Base explosion of 11 Jul ...
. In its vicinity, there are
copper mines.
The name is reputed to mean beautiful (καλά) wooded valley (βάσσα) in old Greek.
[A description of the historic monuments of Cyprus. Studies in the archaeology and architecture of the island, by George Jeffery, Architect, 1918; p.353]
History
Kalavasos has been a settlement since the
New Stone Age.
[According to chart on the wall in exhibit room number 1 at the Larnaca District Museum.] The
Tenta
Tenta is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, Tenta has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of above sea level. It is one of three towns in Tenta woreda.
A notable landmark in this tow ...
archaeological site is located in Kalavasos.
Gallery
File:Kalavasos01.JPG, A street in Kalavasos.
File:Kalavasos Tenta01a.JPG, The Kalavasos-Tenta archaeologic site, located 4 km south of Kalavasos.
References
Communities in Larnaca District
{{cyprus-geo-stub