Mavra church at Kilani village

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The small church is built in two levels, in a small open and flat place at the foot of a vertical rock. The interior of the tabernacle presents special interest, as the back end of the narthex is above the floor of the nave, about four, large stairs of a bout half a meter each. According to Gunnis, the temple was built around the 15th century and the narthex is a newer addition. Constantine Spiridakes dates the construction of the church back to the 12th century.
The church is of the single-aisle type with a dome (cupola). Athena Tarsoule, who visited the church in 1952, ranks it in the transept-with-a-dome type.
The church has two entrances in the north, the main, which introduces you to the temple, and the other one that is at the higher level and introduces you to the narthex. The western wall is literally plunged in the rock, while a small door exists also in the south, elevated side. There's a square aperture on the floor, through which gargling water passes and ends up out in the street, easterly, into a marble fountain under the south forecourt of the church.(2nd picture)

Cyprus geology 1

Large rocks at Petra tou romiou (rock of the greek ) site

Peyia's sea caves

Avakas gorge at Akamas-paphos

Petra tou romiou (rock of the greek)

Shell fossils in the walls of Ladopouli cave, at Anogyra, paphos

Koulas at Alaminos, Larnaca

"Koulas" is considered as a 15th century structure and is an oblong, parallelepiped, stone-made castle. It was used by the village's inhabitants, during the old times, so as to observe their enemies coming from the sea and confront them. It was a significant structure for the village's inhabitants, since there were underground tunnels and paths that led from the village to the sea.

 ^ you can see how the enntrance is actually high from the ground

 ^bird's nest

Tiny Marina chapel at Mesa Potamos

Saw this tiny chapel on my way to the Mesa Potamos picnic site

Panayia Plataniotissa

small chapel of Panayia (virgin Mary) Plataniotissa at Platania picnic area

Limassol's flower festival

"Yermasoyia celebrates the arrival of springtime with its annual flower market on Saturday and Sunday, at the Yermasoyia river banks (in Yermasoyia tourist area) and spectacular parade of flower decorated floats (on Sunday, at 6 pm in Georgios A’ Avenue, Yermasoyia tourist area)."

unfortunately, in order to "Save money", this year's flower festivaldidn't include a parade and the festival itself was a couple of stores in the germasoyia parking. So the pictures are from previous years

chirokitia fire aftermath

at 19 june of summer 2013, a huge fire broke out at chirokitia village/area. Houses and lives were in danger and the ancient site as well. As you drive from larnaca to limassol you can even see where the fire crossed the street

http://www.sigmalive.com/news/local/51376

these pictures were taken at 24 of the month

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The neolithic unesco site also got threatened

the entire mountain

 the river bed

the gorge got burned as well