Church of Cyprus - Saints Constantinos and Eleni Holy Church, Agios Constantinos, Limassol
In the village of Agios Constantinos located in Limassol, there is church dedicated to the Saints Constantinos and Eleni. It is a new Church of Byzantine type and is cruciform bearing a dome.
On the roof it bears pointed arches covered with Byzantine styled tiles. It is built with local s...
Chapels in Cyprus - Panagia Eleousa, Agios Constantinos, Papoutsa, Limassol
Among the ruins of the old village in Agios Constantinos in the Limassol district, there is a small chapel dedicated to the Panagia Eleousa. It is a single-aisled basilica bearing a pitched tiled and pointed roof. It is covered with a type of flat tiles, which were constructed in a contemporary p...
Chapels in Cyprus - Chapel of Saints Constantinos and Eleni, Agios Constantinos, Great Commandarie, Limassol
In the village of Agios Constantinos located in the Limassol district, there is an old church dedicated to Saints Constantinos and Eleni. It is a single aisled basilica bearing a wooden, pointed and tiled roof. The tiles are flat type.
There are no reports for the year creation. An inscri...
Monuments in Cyprus - Evangelos Ath. Moullotos Monument, Agios Constantinos, Great Commandarie, Limassol
1974… the beginning of the implementation of the satanic plan for trisection of the island of Cyprus took place the morning of Saturday July 20th. That sad day began like this. "Special military communiqué. It is announced that this morning, Turkish aircraft without notice, sneakily and cowardly…...
Villages in Cyprus - Agios Konstantinos, Great Commandarie, Limassol
The village of Agios Konstantinos in the province of Limassol, is built on a hillside slope of the Papoutsa mountain which is included within the valley of the Amathos river.
Although the story goes far back in time, the village consists of houses built only in the second half of the 20th...
Chapels in Cyprus - Profitis Ilias, Pitsilia, Sykopetra, Limassol
The chapel of Profitis Ilias is found in the most privileged location of the small settlement “Profitis Ilias” that belongs to the village of Sykopetra in the District of Limassol.
The chapel was constructed by a resident of the village Sykopetra after he found an icon of the Prophet on t...
Villages in Cyprus - Odou, Pitsilia, Mountainous Larnaca, Larnaca
Upon travelling from Choirokoitia and when ascending towards Ora going to the village of Odou, I had the image of a neglected and abandoned mountain village in mind and this is what I was expecting to see. Thus, I concentrated on the beautiful journey that begins from the outskirts of Ora and con...
Villages in Cyprus - Agios Theodoros Pitsilias, Agros, Limassol
Agios Theodoros Pitsilias or Agios Theodoros Agrou (in the old days it used to be also called Agioi Theodoroi) is found a few kilometres away from the main village of Agros in Pitsilia.
It is built on the south slope of the “Papoutsa” peak, and it is a good example of human will for survi...
Villages in Cyprus - Agios Ioannis Pitsilias, Pitsilia, Limassol
The village of Agios Ioannis Pitsilias (or Agios Ioannis Agrou) is found built at a distance of 40 kilometres from the town of Limassol. The houses are literally found in the shade of the “Papoutsa” mountain peak, a mountain peak whose slopes are almost vertical.
Even though there are no ...
Villages in Cyprus - Platanistasa - Pitsilia Region - Nicosia District
It is an amazing journey through the pinewoods of the mountain peaks of Papoutsa and Madari, that you will never wish to end.
The road being one of the best in Cyprus, carved on the banks of a green gorge, rewards you for its relatively small uphill. Whoever takes the journey Agrokipia - ...
