Sotira

a Pleiades place resource

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Site approximately 1 km north of the modern village of Lapithos, northern Cyprus, containing several burials from the Early and Middle Bronze Age.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/943070900

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.3487777, 33.1786028

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Sotira (3000 BC - 1000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Sotira makes connections with:

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Sotira receives connections from:

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Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

References:

See Further:

Webb 2024

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, 'Sotira: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/943070900> [accessed: 14 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/943070900 |title=Places: 943070900 (Sotira) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=February 14, 2026 2:33 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}