The river of Akaki along with the one of Peristerona, completes two parts of the big Serrachis river that runs through the west Nicosia and flows into the gulf of Morfou.

It has its sources in the north slopes of the Troodos mountains, from the area of the Palaichori village and the west ...

The river Serrachis is the third biggest river in Cyprus. It has a length of 55 kilometres, from its sources, until its estuary at the sea of Morphou, and it enriches the aquifers of many villages of Nicosia and a part of Morphou.

Serrachis is a worldwide phenomenon as far as it concerns ...

In slight distance and south of the Church of Saints Varnavas and Ilarionas, you find the Muslim Mosque of Peristerona.

The Mosque is abandoned and it is probable that it has been decades ever since the last time it received believers. It is situated in a central point of the village and ...

Next to the river that divides Peristerona into two, there is a Church of the Saints Varnavas and Ilarionas.

It is a five-domed Church and it is dated in the 12th century, which has been built in the place of another vaulted basilica.

Peristerona is found built on the Morphou basin. It is at 36 kilometres from Nicosia.

The old village is west of the Serrachis tributary, that has the name of the village. Due to its geographical position, and to the fact that the ground is suitable for cultivation, as well as its rich aq...