Palaiosofos
Palaiosofos is a small village in Cyprus, located southeast of Lapithos. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: place in Kyrenia District, Cyprus
- Also known as: “Balyosofa”, “Balyosofo”, “Malatya”, “Palæosophos”, “Palaiosofos, Cyprus”, “Palaiosofos, North Cyprus”, “Paleosophos”, and “Palyosofo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Acheiropoietos Monastery and Saint Evlalios church.
Acheiropoietos Monastery
Ruins
Photo: Shirazibustan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Acheiropoietos Monastery was a medieval Byzantine Orthodox monastery in Lambousa near the village of Karavas in the Kyrenia District, Cyprus. Acheiropoietos Monastery is situated 3 km northwest of Palaiosofos.
Saint Evlalios church
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Evlalios church is situated 3½ km northwest of Palaiosofos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Motides and Ftericha.
Motides
Village
Motides is a small village in Cyprus, to the east of Lapithos. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. According to the Statistics Office of Northern Cyprus, in 2011 there were 180 inhabitants in the village.
Ftericha
Village
Ftericha is a small village in Kyrenia District in Cyprus, located southeast of Karavas. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.
Karavas
Village
Karavas is a town in the north of the Cyprus island. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. As of 2011, the town has a population of 6,597.
Palaiosofos
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Palaiósofos, Keryneia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.3271° or 35° 19′ 38″ northLongitude
33.20702° or 33° 12′ 25″ eastElevation
222 metres (728 feet)Open location code
8G7M86G4+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 299290543OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Palaiosofos” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պալեոսոֆոս”
- Bulgarian: “Палеософос”
- Cebuano: “Palaiósofos”
- Dutch: “Palaiosofos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پالايوسوفوس”
- Greek: “Palaiósofos”
- Greek: “Παλαιόσοφος/Μαλάτια”
- Greek: “Παλαιόσοφος”
- Italian: “Malatya”
- Italian: “Palaiosofos”
- Persian: “پالائوسوفوس”
- Polish: “Palaiosofos”
- Polish: “Paleosofos”
- Russian: “Палайософос”
- Swedish: “Palaiósofos”
- Turkish: “Malatya-İncesu”
- Turkish: “Malatya, KKTC”
- Turkish: “Malatya, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
- Turkish: “Malatya, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Malatya”
- Urdu: “پالایوسوفوس”
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