Amiantos

Amiantos
The chapel of Agia Paraskevi at Amiantos
Amiantos
Coordinates: 34°55′01″N 32°56′09″E / 34.91694°N 32.93583°ECoordinates: 34°55′01″N 32°56′09″E / 34.91694°N 32.93583°E
Country	Cyprus
District	Limassol District
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	228
Website	www.amiandos.org

Amiantos (Greek: Αμίαντος, Turkish: Amiyanto) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 9 km south-west of Kyperounta.

Pano Amiantos

Road next to Amiantos mine

Pano Amiantos (Greek: 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.

References

1. "Population - Place of Residence, 2011". Statistical Service of Cyprus (CYSTAT). 17 April 2014.