Visitxylofagou
1.Pervola beach(for swimming and sunbathing)
2.Capo pyla (visit the caves by the sea -swimming-fishing)
3.St.Mary Church -panagia (by the sea - kiosk-picnic-playground)
4.St.Gerorge Church (16th century-theater-playground).
5. Pyrgos (be with nature)
6. Limanaki - port (kiosk - picninic - fishingboats-fishermen)
7.Potamos - cove (fishingboats- fresh fish -restaurants-fishrmen)
1.Pervola beach(for swimming and sunbathing)
2.Capo pyla (visit the caves by the sea -swimming-fishing)
3.St.Mary Church -panagia (by the sea - kiosk-picnic-playground)
4.St.Gerorge Church (16th century-theater-playground).
5. Pyrgos (be with nature)
6. Limanaki - port (kiosk - picninic - fishingboats-fishermen)
7.Potamos - cove (fishingboats- fresh fish -restaurants-fishrmen)
St. Mary Church – (Panagia)
I think we all have a beautiful place in our mind. I have a wonderful place that made me happy.This place is meaningful to me because it is part of my village , is part of the community where I grew up and is part of my life. Every time when I feel upset or sick, I like to go there, a special place where I can relax myself and feel better, a place where I can prayer. The church of Panagias is built on a rocky area surrounded by greenery, near to the sea. The historic church of St. Mary (Panagia) is one kilometers southwest of the village. According to tradition, this space was an old monastery built in the 13th century.The raids from Mamluk Turks in 1426 brought destruction to the monastery. After a period of 200 years was built again by two brothers Hatji and Vlachos. Later in 1980 was renovated by Evangelos Vrahimi and wife Chiona. Panagia are meaningful to people of my community because they are natural and people can be there alone, away from their everyday life.I use to go there to be alone or to dream with my eyes open admiring the blue sky and the sea. I go there with a reason or with no reason at all.
I think we all have a beautiful place in our mind. I have a wonderful place that made me happy.This place is meaningful to me because it is part of my village , is part of the community where I grew up and is part of my life. Every time when I feel upset or sick, I like to go there, a special place where I can relax myself and feel better, a place where I can prayer. The church of Panagias is built on a rocky area surrounded by greenery, near to the sea. The historic church of St. Mary (Panagia) is one kilometers southwest of the village. According to tradition, this space was an old monastery built in the 13th century.The raids from Mamluk Turks in 1426 brought destruction to the monastery. After a period of 200 years was built again by two brothers Hatji and Vlachos. Later in 1980 was renovated by Evangelos Vrahimi and wife Chiona. Panagia are meaningful to people of my community because they are natural and people can be there alone, away from their everyday life.I use to go there to be alone or to dream with my eyes open admiring the blue sky and the sea. I go there with a reason or with no reason at all.
Xylofagou info - Ξυλοφαγου
The spectacle that appears before your eyes as you travel through Xylofagou, is the ceaseless agricultural activity, the fully mechanized farming and the dark-green colour of the potato plants next to the deep red colour of the uncultivated soil. The domed church of Agios Georgios, near the center of the village, next to a new church, is possibly a 16th century edifice. Another medieval cultural monument is the Venetian fowerto the south-east of the village. It overlooks cape Pyla, between Larnaka and Cape Gkreko. The tower, at an elevation of about 100 metres a.si, can be seen from afar. The tower is circular, about six metres in diameter and five metres tall. Also in Xylofagou, in a vertical cliff on the sea, east of cape Pyla, there is a labyrinthine cave, known as “The Cave of the Forty Martyrs”. The cliff which houses the cave is about 40 metres high and the entrance to the cave is about 12 metres above sea level. Any attempt to enter the cave is considered very dangerous and a visit to the cave is definitely not recommended. On the floor of the cave, however, one comes across fossilized bones and it is still not clear if they are human or belong to animals long extinct. According to tradition it is here that 40 martyrs of Orthodoxy lived and were buried, either using the cave as a catacomb during the early years of Christianity or as a refuge during the dark ages of Ottoman occupation of the island.
The spectacle that appears before your eyes as you travel through Xylofagou, is the ceaseless agricultural activity, the fully mechanized farming and the dark-green colour of the potato plants next to the deep red colour of the uncultivated soil. The domed church of Agios Georgios, near the center of the village, next to a new church, is possibly a 16th century edifice. Another medieval cultural monument is the Venetian fowerto the south-east of the village. It overlooks cape Pyla, between Larnaka and Cape Gkreko. The tower, at an elevation of about 100 metres a.si, can be seen from afar. The tower is circular, about six metres in diameter and five metres tall. Also in Xylofagou, in a vertical cliff on the sea, east of cape Pyla, there is a labyrinthine cave, known as “The Cave of the Forty Martyrs”. The cliff which houses the cave is about 40 metres high and the entrance to the cave is about 12 metres above sea level. Any attempt to enter the cave is considered very dangerous and a visit to the cave is definitely not recommended. On the floor of the cave, however, one comes across fossilized bones and it is still not clear if they are human or belong to animals long extinct. According to tradition it is here that 40 martyrs of Orthodoxy lived and were buried, either using the cave as a catacomb during the early years of Christianity or as a refuge during the dark ages of Ottoman occupation of the island.