Amiantos | |
Pushpin Map: | Cyprus |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Coordinates: | 34.9169°N 32.9358°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cyprus |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Limassol District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 228 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Amiantos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αμίαντος, Turkish: Amiyanto) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 9 km south-west of Kyperounta.
Pano Amiantos (Πάνω Αμίαντος, Turkish: Yukarı Amyanto) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 7 km southwest of Kyperounta. Formerly the village was the site of a large asbestos mine.
When the mine closed the enormous workings were left as a blot on the landscape of the Troodos. There is now a project under way for the replanting of the workings which should eventually restore the landscape to its former beauty, if not its former shape.