Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Salamis?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Salamis.

First appears in Acts 13:5 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A city on the south-east coast of Cyprus (Acts 13:5), where Saul and Barnabas, on their first missionary journey, preached the word in one of the Jewish synagogues. Modern identification: Salamis.

Salamis is represented in the local geography layer as Salamis. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Acts 13:5 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 289 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 300 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 305 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 308 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 345 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Salamis today

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Salamis is approached here as a present-day map point rather than a speculative route guide. Use the coordinates and outbound map links to place the site inside its wider landscape.

Salamis is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Salamis

35.185°N · 33.902°E

Key passages

Appears in

Acts

1 chapter · 1 verse mention