Larnaca

Larnaca, having been unappreciated by a lot of governors, has been greatly developed lately, with its 67 villages thriving from Tourism and industrial benefits.

The chapel of Agia Paraskevi and Panagia Eleftherotria (Our Lady the Liberator) in Mosfiloti

Chapels in Cyprus - Agia Paraskevi + Panagia Eleftherotria, Mosfiloti, Larnaca

On a small hill, next to the Bishopric of Trimithounta in Mosfiloti, at a hundred metres before the Monastery of Agia Thekli, the chapel of Agia Paraskevi is found. The chapel is dedicated to Panagia Eleftherotria (Our Lady the Liberator) as well. It a small, cruciform and clearly of Byzantine st... More

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Agia Marina Holy church in Tersefanou

Church of Cyprus - Agia Marina Holy church, Tersefanou, Larnaca

The Holy Church of Agia Marina in Tersefanou, is one of the ten churches that exist in the community and it is built in the central square, next to the Church of Agios Nektarios.

It is built in the 16th century, it has received two extensions towards west, as the Tersefanou community gain... More

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Holy Church of Agios Nektarios in Tersefanou

Church of Cyprus - Agios Nektarios, Tersefanou, Larnaca

The Holy Church of Agios Nektarios in Tersefanou is found in the same place with the old church of the village that is dedicated to Agia Marina. The two churches are built in the central square, where the offices of the community council and the Popular organisations of Tersefanou are found.

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Saints Andronikos and Athanasia in Tersefanou

Chapels in Cyprus - Saints Andronikos and Athanasia, Tersefanou, Larnaca

North of the Tersefanou village a little bit out of it, the chapel of the Saints Andronikos and Athanasia is built on the peak of a small hill. 

You can easily find it since it is found on the road that is straight from Kiti to Tersefanou. You cross the village and you exit it from t... More

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Agios Dimitrianos chapel in Tersefanou

Chapels in Cyprus - Agios Dimitrianos, Tersefanou, Larnaca, Cyprus

In the year 2000 the chapel of Agios Dimitrianos, bishop of Kithiria, of Cyprus was built out of stone, next to the ruins of the old church. It is a very small but beautiful construction, that is cruciform with a dome.

It is found in Tersefanou 200 metres after the Agia Marina church and ... More

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Agios Georgios Arperas chapel in Tersefanou

Chapels in Cyprus - Agios Georgios Arperas, Tersefanou, Larnaca

The chapel of Agios Georgios Arperas is found in the administrative periphery of the Tersefanou village, in Larnaca. It was built in 1745 and it is arched.

In the same village, there was a glebe of the Stavrovouni monastery in the surrounding area and there are different witnesses about i... More

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Kseropotamos (dried up river) in the area of Alaminos

Rivers in Cyprus - Kseropotamos, Larnaca

“Kseropotamos” (dried up river) is replenished from the area west of the Stavrovouni Monastery and exudes in the sea a few metres away from the “yacht shelter” in Alaminos.

It is found on the route passing through the Anafotida and Kofinou villages. It continues by dividing the Alamino vi... More

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The ruins of the church of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross) in Tochni

Church of Cyprus - Timios Stavros Holy church, Tochni, Larnaca, Cyprus

On the northeast side of the church of the Saints Constantinos and Eleni in Tochni, at a distance of about 30 metres, there are ruins of another church. The church of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross).

It is a very old, Gothic style church. There was an older, Byzantine one in its place, that w... More

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