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Abandoned Villages - Prastio
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 10:11 am
by Dominic
The Diarizos Valley really is the gift that keeps on giving. This is the fourth abandoned village we've visited recently. However, this one is a bit special, as it is an abandoned village that is truly abandoned. To get to it, you have to leave the safety of your car, and wade through shoulder-high thistles and grasses. Is it worth the journey? You decide...
Read the article and chat about it below...
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Re: Abandoned Villages - Prastio
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 11:43 am
by cyprusmax47
A very interesting but obviously a bit painful exploration of this abandoned village Prastion-Kelokethara. As I learned from PRIO it was only abandoned on 1964 when one Turkish Cypriot shepherd was murdered and all 83 inhabitants left. So from 1964 until today, that is not that much time.... and there is nearly nothing left what one can see on your nice blog, Dominic.
Yes the nice old church Agios Ilias was obviously recently renovated. There is a link where one can see how the church looked before renovation...
If you click on the images they come up in a quite good quality. There is also a photo from the abandoned school building...maybe more below the village.
http://cypruswildflowers.com/cgi-bin/si ... on=prastio
Max
Re: Abandoned Villages - Prastio
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 1:25 pm
by 71 Trans Am
Several entries on Google regarding this village - Here is a link to one of them - Interesting history.
http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net ... asp?id=521
Re: Abandoned Villages - Prastio
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 1:51 pm
by Dominic
Ta. I did search on PRIO and got three Prastios. None of them was that one though. How odd...
Re: Abandoned Villages - Prastio
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 1:56 pm
by 71 Trans Am
I have found this to happen before - I think some internet providers seem to limit your search availability on google - i don't know how but some give you loads of results and others do not - As you are an IT man maybe you can figure out why as i don't understand it.
Re: Abandoned Villages - Prastio
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 2:01 pm
by 71 Trans Am
Re: Abandoned Villages - Prastio
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 2:02 pm
by Dominic
Somebody posted this info on Facebook:
Abondened in February 1964.
The shepherd Kel Ali was killed by the gunman group of Drasibavlou village.
His sheeps was stolen.
The villagers was so afraid that they left village in the night and they took refuge in the much bigger Turkish village of Mallia.
Re: Abandoned Villages - Prastio
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 2:06 pm
by cyprusmax47
I bookmarked PRIO in the past and this link with the map leads you to the right district. There are many villages in Cyprus with the same name...
http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net ... asp?id=245
Max
Re: Abandoned Villages - Prastio
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 5:19 pm
by Dominic
That's a different Prastio.
Re: Abandoned Villages - Prastio
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 5:19 pm
by Dominic
Perfect Max, that was exactly what I was looking for. Ta I shall bookmark that too.