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Το σπήλαιο που ασκήτεψε ο Άγιος Σωζόμενος της Ποταμιάς μετατράπηκε σε εκκλησία και αφιερώθηκε στην Παναγία
Το σπήλαιο που ασκήτεψε ο Άγιος Σωζόμενος της Ποταμιάς μετατράπηκε σε εκκλησία και αφιερώθηκε στην Παναγία

Εκκλησία της Κύπρου - Παναγία Αγίου Σωζομένου - Άγιος Σωζόμενος, Ποταμιά, Λευκωσία

Η εκκλησία της Παναγίας Αγίου Σωζομένου, βρίσκεται βόρεια από το εγκαταλελειμμένο και ερειπωμένο ομώνυμο χωριό. Πρόκειται για το σπήλαιο όπου ασκήτεψε ο ένας από τους δύο Αγίους που φέρουν το ίδιο όνομα και είναι σκαμμένο μέσα σε μαλακό αμμώδη βράχο στην «ρίζα» πανύψηλου γκρεμού. Το σπήλαιο αποτέλεσ...

District: Nicosia
The old bridge at the Gialia river in the Lythrodonta area
The old bridge at the Gialia river in the Lythrodonta area

Rivers in Cyprus - Gialia, Nicosia

The river of Gialia or Idalia is the second biggest river in Cyprus, after Pedieos and the distance that it covers from its sources until the gulf of Ammochostos where it flows into the sea, exceeds 88 kilometres.

The river waters start their journey from the southeast slopes of the “Kion...

District: Nicosia
The old water mill in Agridi, Dali
The old water mill in Agridi, Dali

Places in Cyprus - Water Mills - Old Water Mill, Agridi, Dali, Nicosia

In an area called Agridi in Dali, and very close to a mixed village called Potamia, there is an old water mill.

Next to the medieval chapel of Agios Dimitrianos, you can find the reservoir made of stone, that gathered water to put the mill in function.. A little further from the reservoir...

District: Nicosia
Timios Stavros (Holy Kalyve) church in Potamia
Timios Stavros (Holy Kalyve) church in Potamia

Church of Cyprus - Timios Stavros Church, Potamia

The church of Potamia is dedicated to Timios Stavros (Holy Kalyve). It is built on a leveled small hill, on the west side of the village. It is a small Church and it has been built in the 18th century, in the place of another, smaller Church.

On the surroundings of the church there are to...

District: Nicosia
The central square of Potamia
The central square of Potamia

Villages in Cyprus - Potamia, Nicosia

The village in the Nicosia district, called Potamia, is a good example of the way of life of the Cypriot people, which was violently changed in 1974. In Potamia, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, live and work and have fun together.

Even though in Potamia there are two community counci...

District: Nicosia