Official Name: | Palaichori Oreinis |
Native Name: | Παλαιχώρι Ορεινής |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Cyprus |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cyprus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cyprus |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Nicosia District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 333 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 34.9219°N 33.0939°W |
Elevation M: | 686 |
Palaichori Oreinis is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus on the E 903 road. The village stands at an altitude of 930 m.[2] Palaichori Oreinis is separated by Palaichori Morphou by the Serrache River.[2] The two villages are known collectively as Palaichori.
The village contains a 16th-century church, Metamorfosis tou Sotiros (el|Μεταμορφώσης του Σωτήρος). The church 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]