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Pedulas on the mountainside among the gardens.

Pedoulas

Pedulas is located high in the Marafasa Valley, among the fruit orchards and slopes of Troodos. The village is especially known for cherries: spring flowering and summer harvest…

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Pelendri among the gardens and hills.

Pelendri

Pelendri lies among the hills of western Pitsilia, east of the Carvounas — Saittas valley. The medieval settlement retained rural architecture and economic traditions, but its growth in…

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Fields in the vicinity of Pera Orinis; a village on the far side. An official photo of the community.

Pera Oreinis

Pera Orinis is located south of Nicosia on the right bank of the Pedieos. Ancient houses and public buildings are adjacent to the fields, and the proximity of…

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Peristerone and the river of the same name.

Peristerona

Peristerona is located at the river of the same name in the plain west of Nicosia District. Its silhouette is easy to recognize in the neighborhood of the…

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The coastal path of Pervolia with the Faros lighthouse in the distant view.

Pervolia

The prairie faces the sea, but retains a calm rural scale. Between the old centre, the beaches and the Salt Lakes, it is easy to see how close…

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Pissouri on the hills above the sea.

Pissouri

Pissouri connects two different landscapes: a settlement on a green slope and a bay near the white cliffs of Cape Aspro. Between the village square and the seashore…

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Stavros-Agiasmati Church in the vicinity of Platanistas.

Platanistasa

Platanistas lies at an altitude of about 940 meters in mountainous Pitsilia. Narrow valleys, nut plantations and steep peaks surround the village, whose small squares and cobbled streets…

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The Royal Tomb of Tamassos in Politico — Monument to the historical surroundings of the village.

Politiko

Politico is located in the honeycomb foothills southwest of Nicosia, near Pera Orinis. Modern rural settlement is surrounded by monuments of ancient Tamassos — The city-kingdom, whose wealth…

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