Athienou

Athienou

Athienou

Municipality in Larnaca District, Cyprus

Athienou (Greek: Αθηένου or Αθηαίνου, locally [aθiˈenu]) is a village in Larnaca District, Cyprus. It is one of only four villages located within the United Nations Buffer Zone, the other three being Pyla, Troulloi and Deneia. Today, Athienou has a population of around 7,500 people. Since 1990, it has been home to Davidson College's Athienou Archaeological Project. The town's city hall includes a museum of local history and culture that was established in 2008.

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Toponymy

It is considered by many, that the name of the village Athienou, derived from the ancient Greek word, "Atta" (Greek: Αττα) or "Atha" (Greek: Αθθα), meaning large rock, which characterized the rocky land of the village. According to another theory, the name derives from a Lusignan called Étienne, who lived in the area, and the people who lived in the village were mentioning his house as "Etienne's Place" (Greek: "Στου Ετιένου", stou etiennou), and in later years that changed into Athienou.[2][3]

History

It has been a settlement since Middle Bronze Age.[4][5][6] In ancient time, the town Golgoi [el] existed near modern Athienou.[7]

Notable people from Athienou

References

  1. [1]
    "C1. POPULATION ENUMERATED BY SEX, AGE, DISTRICT, MUNICIPALITY/COMMUNITY AND QUARTER (1.10.2011)", Population - Place of Residence, 2011, Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus, 2014-04-17, archived from the original on 2014-04-20, retrieved 2014-04-20
  2. [2]
    "Municipality of Athienou - One of the most ancient municipalities". Municipality of Athienou. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
  3. [3]
    Agelarakis A., "Paleopathology and its Contributions to the Decipherment of the Human Condition in Antiquity: A Preliminary Report for the Case of two Skeletal Populations from Malloura in Cyprus", Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 1997: 239-250
  4. [4]
    According to chart on the wall in exhibit room number 1 at the Larnaca District Museum
  5. [5]
    Dothan, Trude and Amnon Ben-Tor, "Excavations at Athienou, Cyprus, 1971-2 (Preliminary Report)," Israel Exploration Journal Vol. 22, No. 4 (1972), pp. 201–208.
  6. [6]
    Dothan, Trude & Amnon Ben-Tor, Qedem 16 (1983), Jerusalem.
  7. [7]
    Counts, Derek B. (2017). "Review of The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Stone Sculpture". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (378): 242–243. doi:10.5615/bullamerschoorie.378.0242. ISSN 0003-097X.


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