The Capital city of Cyprus, Nicosia is surrounded by two hundred and sixteen villages and settlements.
The Holy Church of Agios Kyriakos Anachoritis is built in Kampos tis Tsakkistras is a 1881 construction and it was built after another, smaller one that was there from the Frank Empire dedicated to Agios Kyriakos, was demolished.
It is a gabled Basilica church, built opposite the monument... More
One of the two dams that are found in the village of Lythrodontas, is accessible on the road going towards the Monastery of Profitis Ilias, south of the village and it is called “Pano Fragma” (Upper Dam).
It is a construction of 1952 and it works with gravity. Its dyke has a height of ten... More
There is a small picnic area next to the monastery of Prophet Ilias in Lythrodonta. It provides its visitors with the most necessary things for a comfortable stay of a few hours, for rest and for food preparation.
A rotisserie gives the excursionists the opportunity to prepare their food ... More
The abandoned and ruined monastery of Profitis Ilias is found seven kilometres south of the village of Lythrodonta, that belongs to the district of Nicosia. It is built on the peak of a hill that is part of the Kionia mountains, in the forest of Machairas.
The Church of the monastery is i... More
On the north of Nisou, the catacomb of Agios Eftichios or Agios Epafras is found. No one knows if they are two different people or if the two names belong to the same Saint.
The catacomb was a hellenistic tomb which later on, during the first years of Christianity the Bishop of Akanthou E... More
On the west side of the village of Sia, on the road going from Sia to Mathiatis, humans dug into the ground to find copper and pyrite for many years. The small trains went downhill into the galleries, they were filled with soil and went up to the earth’s surface with difficulty to transfer their ... More
The river Xeros Morfou has its sources at the north mountain peaks of the mountains of Kykkos and mostly at the northeast forest areas of the villages of Kampos and Tsakkistra. It has its mouth between the occupied villages Xeros and Karavostasi, that are found on the gulf of Morfou.
Vrysi tou Klamenou is found just a kilometre away from the picnic area of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos and two kilometres before the Monastery itself, as you are heading from the village of Gerakies to the Monastery, in the location of “Aspro Xilo”.
The water gushed out free from the moun... More
