Kalopanagiotis Explained

Settlement Type:village
Official Name:Kalopanagiotis
Native Name:Καλοπαναγιώτης
Pushpin Map:Cyprus
Pushpin Relief:y
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cyprus
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cyprus
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2001
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:287
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:34.9919°N 32.8292°W

Kalopanagiotis (Καλοπαναγιώτης) is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 3 km north of Moutoullas in the Troodos Mountains. It lies in Marathasa Valley. The village and its architecture include cobbled streets and footpaths, chapels and churches. Houses with tiled rooftops, balconies, courtyards and shady vine trees are characteristic of the village.[2] The village is surrounded by the green vegetation of the Setrachos Valley.

In the village, there are a number of churches and chapels, such as the churches of Saint Marina and Panayia Theotokos, the chapels of Saint Andronikos and Saint Athanasia, Saint George, Saint Kyriakos, Archangelos Michael, Saint Sergios and Bachos and Panayia Theoskepasti.

The most notable Byzantine monuments in the area include the monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, and the Kykkos watermill. The monastery of Saint John Lampadistis is one of the ten Painted Churches in the Troödos Region, which were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 because of their outstanding frescoes and testimony to the history of Byzantine rule in Cyprus.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/A5E0A9096615A568C2257122003FB72E/$file/POPULATION%20BY%20MUNICIPALITY_COMMUNITY-EN.xls?OpenElement Census 2001
  2. Web site: Καλοπαναγιώτης | Ένα από τα πιο γραφικά θέρετρα της Κύπρου . 8 December 2023 .
  3. Web site: Painted Churches in the Troödos Region . UNESCO World Heritage List . United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization . 30 May 2021.