According to legend, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was born out of the foam at a point where the sea meets rocks on the coast of Paphos. This is why Cyprus was called "the island of love", a charm which was to continue for a long time through legends and throughout history. Subsequently, ambitious nations coveted its strategic importance, as much as its rich copper mines and forests of pines and cedars.
Land where the ...
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