Parekklisia
Parekklisia is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located northeast of Agios Tychonas. As a village near the sea, it was first inhabited in the Early Aceramic Neolithic Period about 8200 B.C. in the site named "Shillourokambos".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,380 residents
- Description: community in Limassol District, Republic of Cyprus
- Also known as: “Pareklisha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Amathus and Moni Power Station.
Amathus
Archaeological site
Amathus or Amathous was an ancient city and one of the ancient royal cities of Cyprus until about 300 BC. Some of its remains can be seen today on the southern coast in front of Agios Tychonas, about 6 miles east of Limassol and 24 miles west of Larnaca. Amathus is situated 4 km southwest of Parekklisia.
Moni Power Station
Power station
Moni Power Station is the second power plant the Electricity Authority of Cyprus built. It is located some 20 kilometres east of Limassol. Construction started in the 1960s and when completed it consisted of six steam turbogenerators each having a capacity of 30 MW. Moni Power Station is situated 4 km southeast of Parekklisia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pyrgos and Agios Tychonas.
Pyrgos
Village
Photo: Elie El Hayek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pyrgos is a village east of the town of Limassol, Cyprus. The town has an exit on the A6 Paphos-Larnaca motorway.
Agios Tychonas
Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agios Tychonas is a village and a Municipal District of the Amathounta Municipality in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located east of Limassol. The ancient ruins of Amathus are located near the town. Agios Tychonas is situated 2½ km southwest of Parekklisia.
Armenochori
Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Armenochori is an Armenian village and a Municipal District of the Amathounta Municipality located in the Limassol District of Cyprus, 10 kilometres northeast of the city of Limassol. Armenochori is situated 3 km west of Parekklisia.
Parekklisia
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Parekklisiá, Limassol district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.74287° or 34° 44′ 34″ northLongitude
33.16137° or 33° 9′ 41″ eastPopulation
1,380Elevation
125 metres (410 feet)Open location code
8G6MP5V6+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 60570415OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
146204Wikidata ID
Q7136707
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Parekklisia” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Parekklisia”
- Bulgarian: “Пареклисия”
- Cebuano: “Parekklisha”
- Dutch: “Parekklisia”
- Finnish: “Parekklisiá”
- French: “Parekklisiá”
- German: “Parekklisia”
- Greek: “Παρεκκλησιά”
- Hungarian: “Parekklisziá”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Parekklisiá”
- Polish: “Parekklisia”
- Polish: “Pareklisia”
- Russian: “Пареклисия”
- Spanish: “Parekklisia”
- Swedish: “Parekklisha”
- Turkish: “Pareklişa”
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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 “Parekklisia”. Photo: pmatanski, CC BY-SA 3.0.