Kourion

Kourion (Ancient Greek: Koύριov; Latin: Curium) was an important ancient Greek city-state on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus [1]. In the fourth century, Kourion suffered from five heavy earthquakes, but the city was mostly rebuilt [1]. The acropolis of Kourion is located atop a limestone promontory nearly 100 metres high along the coast of Episkopi Bay [1]. The Kingdom of Kourion, a Southern Cypriot kingdom, was established during the Cypro-Geometric period (1050–750 BCE) though the site of the settlement remains unidentified [1]. Damasos is recorded (as Damasu of Kuri) as king of Kourion on the prism (672 BCE) of Esarhaddon from Nineveh [1]. The site of Kourion was identified in the 1820s by Carlo Vidua [1]. The majority of the archaeological remains within the Kourion Archaeological Area date to the Roman and Late Roman/Early Byzantine periods [1]. The cathedral and episcopal precinct of Kourion was constructed at the beginning of the fifth-century and renovated successively in the sixth century [1].