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Kalavasos
Village in Larnaca District, Cyprus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kalavasos (Greek: Καλαβασός; Turkish: Kalavason) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 6 km north of Zygi, on the river Vasilikos. In its vicinity, there are copper mines.
The name is reputed to mean beautiful (καλά) wooded valley (βάσσα) in old Greek.[2]
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History
Kalavasos has been a settlement since the New Stone Age.[3] The Tenta archaeological site is located in Kalavasos.[4]
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A street in Kalavasos.
The Kalavasos-Tenta archaeologic site, located 4 km south of Kalavasos.
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