Parks in Cyprus - Environmental Centre Athalassa, Athalassa, Nicosia
The Cypriot Department of Forests, has made the best out of the areas of the National Forest Park of Athalassa, and has created another very useful training centre, that aims to meet the Cypriots and foreigners with the plant life as well as the wildlife of Cyprus. They thus created the “Environm...
Villages in Cyprus - Aglantzia, Nicosia
Aglantzia is the most privileged area in the whole of Nicosia, and this is because it is build from the medieval ages, on a hill that dominates the whole valley.
The Franc occupiers, chose this specific hill and built the settlement, that functioned as an observatory. But its story ...
Church of Cyprus - Panagia Glykofilousa, Skali, Aglantzia, Nicosia
During the middle ages, and in the beginning of the 15th century, settlers of the byzantine settlement of Aglantzia, dug into a rock and created a church. They dedicated it to Panagia Theotokos Glykofilousa.
A lot later, in the beginnings of the 20th century, some believer from the ...
Church of Cyprus - Agios Georgios, Aglantzia, cemetery, Nicosia
On the eastern side of the Skali amphitheatre in Aglantzia, in the cemetery, you shall see the church built in the name of Agios Georgios.
It is a 1797 construction and is found in the centre of the byzantine settlement of Aglantzia. It functioned as the main Church of the community until...
Places in Cyprus - Aglantzia, Skali, Nicosia
The point that the Francs in the 14th century, and later on the Venetians, had transformed into a quarry to cut stones to construct the walls of Nicosia, is the point where the Aglantzia Municipality chose to built the beautiful amphitheatre of 1200 seats, the award-winning “Skali”.
Dams in Cyprus - Athalassa Water Dam
When the department of forests received the non fertile area where the National Forest park is found today, on their effort to create a big forest, it was necessary that they join two torrents, the Vathis (deep) and kalogeros (monk), and to gather water with an earthen fence in order to irrigate ...
Agios Georgios Park - Athalassa Lake - Aglantzia - Nicosia
The Athalassa lake is situated at the Agios Georgios park, which is part of the National park of Athalassa, which has a total area of 900 hectares.
The lake is found south of the park of Agios Georgios and its waters have a length of 275 metres and a maximum width of 66 metres. The park’s...
