Do you know Cyprus? Villages (#7)

[cyprusmax47]

This church is situated in a quite large village of Paphos... who knows the name of the place?



Max

[Mighty Sprite]

Tala

[cyprusmax47]

No Tala is wrong. It is a bit tricky though....as one can see, no guess from Dominic yet and he knows every place it seems to me

Max

[Yioula]

A wild card Konia

[Lofos-5]

Spent 10 minutes on Google Earth but still cannot figure it out...

[manxie]

a wild shot salamou

[Dominic]

Tricky one, but I will say Giolou.

[Dominic]

No it's not that. This is the church in Giolou:

https://www.paphoslife.com/blog/giolou/5

 

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[cyprusmax47]

Well, I thought it is tricky in the first place. A little hint: the photo was done 2011 from a roof terrace in Konia with 20x zoom....

Max

[Maggie B]

Above Armou??? Wild guess

MB

[cyprusmax47]

Above Armou??? Wild guess

MB

The hilly area behind the church is not in Armou but is the "honey bee mountain" (Melissovouno) at Tala. The church however belongs to....

Max

[Lofos-5]

If I draw a straight line between Melissovouno and Konia then it must be Mesogi???

Is that the church?

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I knew that I am familiar with the honey bee mountain - we live close to it - but I simply could not think of that church...

A.

PS. why is it called honey bee mountain? There are lots of beehives between Tremi and the monastery that is true - is that the reason?

[cyprusmax47]

Yes Andreas, it is the church in Mesogi village.

The name of the hilly area was always Melissovounos as I can remember before any houses were built in that area. (melissa = Greek = honey bee, vounos = mountain. ) The name of the honey I buy from a producer at Marathounda has also the name Melissovounos and is from his properties at Tala.
and is of excellent quality...

Max