Official Name: | Kapilio |
Native Name: | Καπηλιό |
Pushpin Map: | Cyprus |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kapilio in Cyprus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cyprus |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 30 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 34.8325°N 32.9583°W |
Elevation M: | 550 |
Postal Code: | 4544 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Kapilio is a small village in the Limassol region of Cyprus. It is located in the area famous for its Commandaria wine, built on a slight elevation in the valley of the Ambelikos river to the east of the Troodos mountain range.
The main village church is dedicated to Saint George the Triumphant and dates to the 12th century. There are two other smaller churches in the settlement, both dedicated to The Virgin, (The Virgin of the Vineyards and the Virgin of the Baths).[2]
Local inhabitants are mainly involved in viticulture as well as a growing almonds and other fruit trees and the village was famous in the past for its peaches.