Bridging a river with a stone bridge, requires great craftsmanship as well as a certain degree of luck. Until the first half of the 20th century in Cyprus such bridges were built, which we encounter on the roads that connect towns and villages. We pass most of them without even noticing them.

There are some stone bridges in Cyprus that are amazing monuments in terms of engineering. Some are with an arch, and some with two or more arches. The ones with two arches are called “diplogefira” (double bridges).

A double bridge of this kind, built of stone, is found at the river of Va...

The Venetian bridge of Elia (olive tree) is found on the confluent of the river Diarizos that has its sources at the village of Foini which is why it is called “Foiniotis”. It is found only a few metres from the point of intersection of the river or Kaminaria with Foiniotis, which along with othe...

North of the old city centre of Kiti that belongs to the Larnaca district, a hundred metres west of the Church “Panagia Angeloktisti”, you will find the remains of the Venetian stone built bridge.

We searched to find information about the monument. Unfortunately no one knew anything about...

In the village of Akapnou, in the district of Limassol, there is a stone built, Venetian bridge with two arches. It is found northwest of the village, on a tributary of Vasiliko.

The access to it is very easy, since it is only a hundred metres from the point where you will park your car. ...

At the river of Elia, that has its sources high on the slopes of the Madari mountain, there are two Venetian bridges. The Medieval bridge of Agios Epiphanios that is found a little before the village of Lagoudera, and the Medieval bridge of Xyliatos. The two Venetian bridges were the only passage...

In the village of Trimiklini, that belongs to the district of Limassol, you will find the only “diplogefiro” (double bridge) in Cyprus. What makes it unique is that one bridge is built on top of the other.

The first one was built in 1901 to join the shores of the Kouris river, so as to se...

From the medieval years, there was a road that crossed the Marathassa valley, that followed the same route with the current one. The medieval bridge of Orkonta that joins the shores of the Setrachos river is a witness of the ancient road.

It is found a few metres from the Orkontas station...

On the journey from Kornos to Lefkara, after the Delikipos community park, you find the Gabion dam just after the Diplogefiro, that joined the shores of the Mylos river. On continuing this journey in a distance of 800 metres there is another old bridge on the Mylos tributary.

It is a brid...

The old bridge that united the two shores of the Milos river was the Diplogefiro. It was named as such, since it consists of two great arches resulting to give the impression that it is a double bridge.

It is found 500 metres after the Delikipos community park, on the way to Lefkara. It i...

The Pliti Bridge is found on the entrance of the Monagroulli village, after the community council offices.

Its reconstruction took place a few years ago, and the project completes the area’s image that includes: a park for children, a basketball court and the chapel dedicated to Agia Paraskevi.

Tzielefos bridge is of Venetian origins and is found 5 kilometres from Agios Nikolaos, in the direction of Kaminaria. It is built on the Diarizos river, a river that has been called “barbarian” by the people, because of the great noise its waters make.

A few years ago, the government of t...