Vouni

villa · 750 BC – 330 BC

Vouni is located on the northwest coast of Cyprus, some 7 km west of Soloi. The rocky hill was occupied in antiquity and the settlement included a fortified palace enclosure, the ancient name of which is unknown. According to PECS, the palace is to be dated ca. 500 to 380 BCE, with two main architectural phases (I: ca. 500 to 450 BCE, II: ca. 450 to 380 BCE).

Coordinates

35.15920, 32.77327

Also known as

Vouni Palace, Vouni Sarayi, Vouni Sarayı, Vouní, Vuni, Βουνί

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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