The A1 motorway, locally referred to as the Nicosia–Limassol highway, is the first and longest motorway built in Cyprus. It marked the beginning of an ambitious government project to link all the main cities on the island with modern four-lane highways. The A1 is 73 kilometres (45 miles) long, and is free of any at-grade intersections. It links the capital Nicosia (which is the administrative and financial hub), with Limassol, the second largest city and largest port on the island.
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👉 Nicosia–Limassol highway in the context of Tenta, Cyprus
Tenta, also referred to as Kalavasos-Tenta or Tenda, is an Aceramic Neolithic settlement located in modern Kalavasos near the southern coast of Cyprus. The settlement is approximately 38 kilometres southwest of Larnaca and approximately 45 kilometres south of Nicosia. Tenta occupies a small natural hill on the west side of the Vasilikos valley, close to the Nicosia–Limassol highway.
The earliest occupation at the site has been dated to around 8000 BC, which is contemporary with the sites Shillourokambos and Mylouthkia, and notably predating Khirokitia by almost a millennium. It was still settled during the 6th millennium BC, but deserted at some point before the advent of the Cypriotic Ceramic Neolithic.