Karpasia (town)

Karpasia (Ancient Greek: Καρπάσεια[1] and Καρπασία),[2] Latinized as Carpasia, and also known as Karpasion (sometimes mistaken for Karpathos), was an ancient town in Cyprus, situated in the northern shore of the Karpas Peninsula, at a distance of 3 km from the modern town of Rizokarpaso.

The city is also mentioned in the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia, which is papyrus fragments in Greek with the history of ancient Greece.

[3] The architectural style as well as the techniques used in building the stone houses of the town incorporated elements of Phoenician influence.

[5] In the Delphic Theorodochoi inscription (230 BC), which was published by André Plassart, there is a mention of a Karpasian man who was named Aristostratos (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστόστρατος).

[9][10] No longer a residential bishopric, Carpasia is today used by the Roman Catholic Church as a titular see.

Ayios Philon Church , situated at the site of Karpasia. The remains of the 5th century basilica can be seen as stones (not the building) to the left of this picture.