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BAFFA AND LIMASOL.
[CHAP. XIX.
the north it contains the promontories of Epiphania and
Travano, and to the south-east those of Blanco and Avdimo. 1
On the slope of a hill near the latter is the village of
Conuclia, where excavations and other remains of antiquity,
described by Mariti, are supposed to mark the site of the
Phoenician Paphos, which was ten stadia from its port. 2
CityofPaphos. About 60 stadia to the north-west is the later Paphos, 3 a
city which we are told was constructed by Agapenor on his
return from Troy, and is now represented by the existing town,
Baffa. This town contains the Venetian Church of St.
George, with a castle commanding the port, and the remains
of another higher up. In the time of the Romans it was the
seat of government for the district, and it was the chief town
in the western division of the island when St. Paul converted
Sergius Paulus, the deputy of the Proconsul ; 4 it then con
tained the fine temple dedicated to Venus by king Aerias. 5
South-eastward is the Sanjak of Episcopia, probably Cu-
Limasoi. rium ; 6 and farther south that of El Nimasoun or Limasol,
a prettily-situated town, which contains a good market and
numerous buildings,; 7 and a little way onward is Old Limasol,
and the site of the Phoenician Amathus, 8 at which place there
was a temple dedicated to Venus. 9
Kata ebia and t ^ le nort ^ iern s ^ e t ^ le island are the Sanjaks of
Kernebia and Kata, two agreeable towns, having bazars well
furnished with provisions and stores of merchandise, &c. ,; 10
also that of Jerma, a small place defended by a fort, and
having in the neighbourhood extensive catacombs, which are
supposed to mark the site of ancient Ceraunia. It contains
about 300 inhabitants; and the harbour, which is the centre of
trade with Asia Minor through Chelindreh, may be considered
as the port of Nikosia, the capital.
1 Probably Acamas.—Plin., lib. V., c. xxxv.
2 Strabo, lib. XIV., p. 683. 8 Ibid. 4 Acts, chap. XIII., v. 6 & 12.
s Plin., lib. II., c. xcvi.; and Tac., Ann., VL, sees. 2 & 3.
6 D'Anville's Anc. Geo., vol. I., p. 402.
7 Jaubert'sEdrisi, tome VI., Recueil de Voyages et de Mtknoires, &c., p. 130*
8 Plin., lib. V., cap. xxxv. 9 Tac., Ann., lib. III., sec. Ixii.
10 Edrisi, Recueil de Voyages, &c., tome VI., p. 130.