Fikardou
Fikardou is an old settlement that has retained its traditional medieval characteristics. It is situated on the north eastern slopes of the Troodos Mountains, approximately 40 km southwest of Nicosia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Edi Weissmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 3 residents
- Description: community in Nicosia District, Republic of Cyprus
- Also known as: “Figardu”, “Phikardhos”, “Phikardhou”, and “Phykardou”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Machairas Monastery.
Machairas Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Machairas Monastery is a historic monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary located about 40 km from the capital of Cyprus, Nicosia. It lies at an altitude of about 900 m and was founded at the end of the 12th century close to the current village of Lazanias, in the Machairas Forest. Machairas Monastery is situated 3 km southeast of Fikardou.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gourri and Lazanias.
Gourri
Village
Gourri is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, found on a rough side at the foothill of the Machaira mountain, in the geographical region of Pitsilia. The village is located 10 km south of Klirou, 36 km from Nicosia.
Lazanias
Hamlet
Photo: Chneophytou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lazanias is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located in the Machairas Forest area, southwest of Gourri.
Kalo Chorio (Oreinis)
Village
Photo: Pavlos1988, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kalo Chorio Oreinis is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, 3 km south of the town of Klirou. Kalo Chorio (Oreinis) is situated 5 km north of Fikardou.
Fikardou
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Fikárdou, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.95958° or 34° 57′ 35″ northLongitude
33.17121° or 33° 10′ 16″ eastPopulation
3Elevation
879 metres (2,884 feet)Open location code
8G6MX55C+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2827601413OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
146167Wikidata ID
Q5448228
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Fikardou” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fikardou”
- Dutch: “Fikardou”
- French: “Fikardou”
- Greek: “Fikárdou”
- Greek: “Φικάρδου”
- Greek: “Φυκάρδου”
- Hungarian: “Fikárdu”
- Italian: “Fikardou”
- Persian: “فیکاردو”
- Polish: “Fikardu”
- Swedish: “Fikardou”
- Turkish: “Fikardu”
- Urdu: “فیکاردؤ”
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Highlights include Church of Apostles of St.Peter and St.Paul and Fikardou Rural Museum.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fikardou”. Photo: Edi Weissmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.