Tamassos

The archaeological site of Tamassos is located in the village of Politiko, about 20km southwest of Nicosia. Here there are two royal tombs dating back to the 6th century BC. The tombs are accessible with a staircase, which leads into a small chamber first and then into the burial chamber. Tree trunk patterns have been carved into the roofs of these chambers. Outside the tombs, some column fragments are displayed in the site under a wooden frame. Near Politiko there is the Agios Nikolaos Greek Orthodox church and next to it a Russian Orthodox church whose construction was completed in 2017.


01 Plains and hills	02 Plains and hills	03 Agios Nikolaos Greek Orthodox church


04 Agios Nikolaos Greek Orthodox church	05 Wooden church	06 Russian Orthodox church	07 Russian Orthodox church	08 Fragments of columns


09 Fragments of columns	10 Fragments of columns	11 Tomb entrance	12 Burial chamber


13 Staircase to tomb	14 Staircase to tomb	15 Tomb entrance	16 Tomb interior	17 Tomb interior	18 Inside the tomb


19 Burial chamber	20 Stone sarcophagus	21 Inside the tomb	22 Staircase to tomb	23 Tomb roof

Other Cyprus galleries: Larnaca ▪ Nicosia ▪ Amathus ▪ Limassol ▪ Kolossi castle ▪ Kourion ▪ Paphos ▪ Akamas peninsula ▪ Kykkos monastery ▪ The west of Northern Cyprus ▪ Kyrenia ▪ Bellapais abbey ▪ Buffavento castle ▪ St Hilarion castle ▪ Kantara castle ▪ Monasteries and churches ▪ Salamis ▪ Famagusta ▪ Miscellaneous images

Categories: Archaeological sites ▪ Tombs

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