Paphos Life

We recently published a film of the unusual Bailey Bridge at Trozena which proved quite popular. And in the past we have featured the famous Trimiklini Double Bridge, and a host of Venetian Bridges. But one structure tops them all in terms of weirdness and eccentricity. And it is a lot closer to home. So let's give some love to Peyia Bridge.

Read the article and chat about it below...
 

In wet winters you can see lots of water going through this bridge. Very special to watch.

Just had a message from a Mr Nikolas Stavris:

Hello, just wanted to provide some more information regarding your recent article about the bridge in Peyia.

The part of the bridge with the tubes collapsed in 1969 because of a flood - sounds ridiculous now but as my father tells it that year there was so much rain that the river actually overflowed the bridge. Afterwards there was some hasty reconstruction done - hence the tubes.

Before the destruction the bridge had 6 arches in total, that's why the locals still call it "εξακάμαρον (exakamaron)" - literally "six arches".