Athienou Attractions

Athienou was an ancient metal center and is now an agricultural village. Golgoi, nearby, was an ancient settlement, founded, according to legend, by Golgos, the son of Aphrodite and Adonis. Its archeology was destroyed by the frantic digging of American Consul Cesnola, who made full use of his permission to excavate the sites of the island. He uncovered some huge sculptured heads, which were over a meter high and some statues, which were two and a half meter tall. These are now in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

The large number of bronze objects found here have suggested to some archeologists that the people found some religious significance in metallurgy and that Golgoi could have been on route from the copper mines to the harbor.