Alessandro Palma di Cesnola

Alessandro Palma di Cesnola (1839–1914) was an Italian-American diplomat who conducted excavations in Cyprus.

He worked at Paphos, where he was U.S. vice-consul, and Salamis on behalf of the British government.

The results of these are described in Salaminia (1882).

[1] In 1878, Cesnola was arrested for conducting an illegal investigation in Cyprus.

[2] Alessandro was the brother of the better known excavator Luigi Palma Di Cesnola.