Zoopigi
Zoopigi
Ζωοπηγή (Greek) | |
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Village | |
 The church from above | |
  Zoopigi Location in Cyprus | |
| Coordinates: 34°51′47″N 33°0′54″E / 34.86306°N 33.01500°E | |
| Country | Cyprus |
| District | Limassol District |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 160 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Zoopigi (Greek: Ζωοπηγή) is a village one kilometre north of Kalo Chorio in the Limassol District of Cyprus. The village has three churches. Saint Nektarios church, Saint Marina church and church of St. Mary of the Spring(Zoodohos pigi) hence the name Zoopigi. The church of St. Mary of the Spring is the oldest. It was built in the 15th-16th century AD. It is single-aisled wooden church covered with a large gabled roof as with the church of Saint Marina. The church of Saint Nektarios church is new, built in the 20th century and it has a similar rhythm. It has a Commandaria Museum on the south of the village.
History
[edit]In the war of 1955-57 Makis Giorgallas,from Marathonas, who was in the team of Grigoris Afxentiou was killed by a group of traitors at night by traitors near their hideout in Zoopigi. In the war of 1974 Antonis Antoniou, who was from Zoopigi was killed by the Turks.
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