page_title: Lapithos
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Lapithos / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Breathtaking scenery near Lapta, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus.
context_page_description: Lapithos or Lapethos is a town in Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus.
  Archeologists claim that Lapithos was founded by the Achean brothers Praxandros and Cepheus.
  According to Strabo, the ancient settlement of Lapathus, the site of which is nearby, was founded by Spartans.
  In Assyrian inscriptions, Lapithos is mentioned as one of the eleven Cypriot kingdoms. During the Persian rule, Lapithos was settled by Phoenicians for a while. The last independent king Praxippos was subdued by Ptolemy I in 312 BC.
  Lambousa is the name currently used for the ancient Roman town on the coast about 3 kilometres north of the current Lapta.
context_section_description: Situated about 14 kilometres west of Kyrenia, on the northern coast of Cyprus, on the East it borders with Karavas, on the West with Basileia, on its south with the villages of Sysklhpos, Agridaki, and Larnaka tis Lapithou. It spreads from the high mountains of Pentadactylos to the waters of the Mediterranean. In fact, it rests against the background of the highest peak of Pentadactylos, the Kyparissovouno.
caption: Landscape near Lapithos
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