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Museum of the mycenaean colonisation of Cyprus
Μουσείο Παλαιόκαστρου
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Where Mycenaean Greeks first settled Cyprus, Coral Bay, circa 1200 BC.
From Paphos11 km
About Museum of the mycenaean colonisation of Cyprus
On the Maa-Paleokastro peninsula that splits Coral Bay in two, this small museum marks where Mycenaean Greeks first settled Cyprus around 1200 BC, after the fall of the mainland Mycenaean kingdoms, beginning the island's Hellenisation. The site keeps two Cyclopean-style defensive walls, one facing land and one the sea. Architect Andrea Bruno built the museum mostly underground, with only a copper dome visible, to house Mycenaean pottery including white slip and base ring ware.
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