Lysi
Lysi
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Lysi (Greek: Λύση, Turkish: Akdoğan or Lisi) is a village located in the Mesaoria plain in Cyprus, north of the city of Larnaca. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Lysi is also the administration center for the villages of Beyarmudu, Paşaköy, Pile and Vadili.
In 1960, there were 3,700 Greek Cypriots living in the village and approximately 6,000 in 1974, when they all fled because of the
In the centre of the village there is a late 19th-century Greek Orthodox church, covered in a thick layer of Gothic decoration copied from the great medieval cathedrals of Famagusta and Nicosia. The church was built by the inhabitants of Lysi who volunteered their work over several years. After the Turkish occupation of Lysi the church was looted,[citation needed] all its Christian icons and other Christian interior decorations were removed and was turned into a mosque.
The diminutive 14th-century church of
About 4 km (2.5 mi) farther west along this road, the other side of Arsos, is the hamlet of
Notable people
See also
References
- ^ In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus unilaterally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus. The de facto state is not recognised by any UN state except Turkey.
- ^ KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF), TRNC State Planning Organization, 6 August 2013, p. 17, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013
- ^ Cyprus. Grapheio Typou kai Plērophoriōn; Cyprus. Grapheion Dēmosiōn Plērophoriōn (1 August 1987). Foreign press on Cyprus. Public Information Office. p. 14. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta (23 September 2011). "The Menil Is to Return Frescoes to Cyprus". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 June 2014.