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'''Kalavasos''' ({{langx|el|Καλαβασός}}; {{langx|tr|Kalavason}}) is a village in the [[Larnaca District]] of [[Cyprus]], located 6&nbsp;km north of [[Zygi]], on the river [[Vasilikos (river)|Vasilikos]]. In its vicinity, there are [[copper mine]]s.

The name is reputed to mean beautiful (καλά) wooded valley (βάσσα) in old Greek.<ref name=jeffery>A description of the historic monuments of Cyprus. Studies in the archaeology and architecture of the island, by George Jeffery, Architect, 1918; p.353</ref>

==History== Kalavasos has been a settlement since the [[New Stone Age]].<ref>According to chart on the wall in exhibit room number 1 at the [[Larnaca District Archaeological Museum|Larnaca District Museum]].</ref> The [[Tenta, Cyprus|Tenta]] archaeological site is located in Kalavasos.<ref name="department-sites">{{cite web |title=Department of Antiquities - Archaeological Sites |url=http://www.mcw.gov.cy/mcw/da/da.nsf/All/F9048934D768E989C225719B003413CE?OpenDocument |access-date=2022-05-09 |publisher= Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works}}</ref>

Between 1938-1978 the [[Kalavasos Railway|Hellenic Mining Company railway]] ran through Kalavasos, taking copper and other minerals from the Kalavasos mines to a port at [[Vasiliko, Cyprus|Vasiliko]]

==Gallery== <gallery perrow="5"> File:Kalavasos01.JPG|A street in Kalavasos. File:Kalavasos Tenta01a.JPG|The Kalavasos-Tenta archaeologic site, located 4&nbsp;km south of Kalavasos. </gallery>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Larnaca District}} {{Authority control}}

[[Category:Communities in Larnaca District]]

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