Kakopetria
Kakopetria is a town in Cyprus located 55 kilometres southwest of the capital, Nicosia, on the north-facing foothills of the Troodos Mountains. It stands at an altitude of 667 metres and it is the highest village in the Solea Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Petros3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Residential area
- Description: community in Nicosia District, Republic of Cyprus
- Neighbors: Platres
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St. Nicholas of the Roof.
Church of St. Nicholas of the Roof
Church
Photo: Coranton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St. Nicholas of the Roof is an 11th-century Byzantine monastery that flourished in Kakopetria, Cyprus. The church is the only surviving Middle Byzantine katholikon in Cyprus during the 11th century and is not mentioned until the 13th century in surviving texts. Church of St. Nicholas of the Roof is situated 2 km southwest of Kakopetria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sinaoros and Kaliana.
Sinaoros
Village
Sinaoros, also known as Sina Oros, is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus. It is situated approximately 3 km north of the town of Kakopetria. Sinaoros is situated 2½ km north of Kakopetria.
Kaliana
Hamlet
Photo: George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0.
Kaliana is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 3 km south of Temvria. Kaliana is situated 3 km north of Kakopetria.
Temvria
Village
Temvria is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 2 km south of Evrychou. Temvria is situated 4½ km north of Kakopetria.
Kakopetria
- Category: community of Cyprus Republic
- Location: Kakopetria, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.9888° or 34° 59′ 20″ northLongitude
32.90473° or 32° 54′ 17″ eastPopulation
1,260Elevation
684 metres (2,244 feet)Open location code
8G6JXWQ3+GVOpenStreetMap ID
way 246018566OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
146582Wikidata ID
Q1308220
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Urdu—“Kakopetria” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kakopetriya”
- Cebuano: “Kakopetriá”
- Dimli (individual language): “Kakopetria”
- Dutch: “Kakopetria”
- Finnish: “Kakopetriá”
- French: “Kakopetria”
- French: “Kakopetriá”
- Georgian: “კაკოპეტრია”
- German: “Kakopetria”
- Greek: “Kakopetriá”
- Greek: “Κακοπετρια”
- Greek: “Κακοπετριά”
- Italian: “Kakopetria”
- Persian: “کاکوپتریا”
- Polish: “Kakopetria”
- Romanian: “Kakopetria”
- Russian: “Какопетрия”
- Spanish: “Kakopetria”
- Swedish: “Kakopetria”
- Turkish: “Kakopetria”
- Urdu: “کاکوپیتریا”
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