Mystery village (no name)

[PaphosAL]

It is between Statos and Koilineia, about 3km north of Pendalia. Strange oval shape on the CTO tourist map, with symetrical roads criss-crossing.

34.884695, 32.620985

Will post CTO and Bing Maps close ups tomorrow, as I'm really starving right now. AL

[Yankie]

I think it is Agios Fotios,

[Dominic]

Nothing mysterious about it at all. Where do you think the people of Statos went when they abandoned it? They built a new Statos down the road.

[Dominic]

Ah, it's actually called Statos-Agios Fotios.

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The two villages of the Paphos district, Statos and Agios Fotios only have two kilometres distance from each other. During the period of 1966-69 the two villages met catastrophic disasters during rapid rainfall. The government called in special geologists who inspected the villages and recommended that the villages be transferred to another area.

That is when most residents of the two villages, decided to join the two villages. The transfer and joining of the two communities occurred with the approval of the local authorities as well as the president of the democracy of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios the third. At the end of 1973 the first residents of the new village began to relocate. After the Turkish invasion in 1974, many refugees from the occupied parts of Cyprus established themselves in the new community.

The joint village took the name of Statos-Agios Fotios and is located in the Paphos district very close to Agia Moni and the Monastery of Pagnagia Chrysorogiatissa. It is at an altitude of 1000 metres and the residents deal with agriculture and livestock. The village produces apples , grapes , pears , peaches , cherries , wine , zivania , sousiouko , raisins , tsamarella , sausages , halloumi , trachana , almonds and walnuts.

The old abandoned houses in the previous area where the villages were, are used occasionally by the shepherds which take their herds in the area.

In 1982, Statos –Agios Fotios had 482 residents while during the inventory in 2001, its residents were 239. The village is connected with the main road of Panagia village to the northwest at 6 kilometres and to the village Kilinia to the east at 1 kilometres.
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Anyway, it is a newish village.

[mike strand2]

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[PaphosAL]

Thanks for the additional info, Dominic and for the photos, Mike.

In the case of Choletria across the Xeros river valley from Nata, the CTO map names both villages as Choletria (Old Site) and Choletria (New Site).

So it's a mystery to me why they didn't label the new Statos-Agios Fotios in similar fashion.

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Zooming into the new village on Bing maps Sat view, we can see that the roads are all nice and symmetrical (properly planned) and it has a hard surface football pitch. The absence of any swimming pools suggests that the new village is 100% Greek Cypriot occupied.

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I suspect the same cataclysmic event that struck Statos also hit Choletria at the same time..

Cheers- AL