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Kourion

(Baden's 1999 Mediterranean Jaunt / Overview)
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Fuji Superia 400 / Pentax ESPIO 90MC (1999-11-02 ~13:00)
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About 19 km west from Limassol, in Southern Cyprus, was Kourion, which was the site for a beach and ancient Roman ruins. On the hill top lay most the ruins and a huge Roman amphitheater, which had been restored, and was currently used for cultural performances. A bartender in a bar on the beach below told me that archeologists believed that as many as a million people may have lived in the city which would have largely inhabited the plains below the rock bluffs.


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