Kalavasos
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Kalavasos (Greek:Καλαβασός; Turkish:Kalavason) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 6km 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.
History
Kalavasos has been a settlement since the New Stone Age. The Tenta archaeological site is located in Kalavasos.
Between 1938-1978 the Hellenic Mining Company railway ran through Kalavasos, taking copper and other minerals from the Kalavasos mines to a port at Vasiliko
Gallery
- A street in Kalavasos.
- The Kalavasos-Tenta archaeologic site, located 4km south of Kalavasos.