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The open stone channel was built in
1746 and spanned three valleys to carry water 10 km from the springs fed
by the Tremithos river at Arpera to Larnaka. In use for 200 years, it is
now a picturesque monument to the Turkish regime. Click on the picture and
see the bird in flight through the left arch and more pictures through
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My favourite arch
The tree trunk follows the curve of
this medieval bridge over the stony bed of the Dhiarizos River at the
Djelefos Forest Station. The arch
is higher in the middle than at the approaches, which is typical of the
early 15C Venetian bridges found in Cyprus |
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Taken from the inside of the ruins of Ayios
Stephanos
Reconstruction of the Church started shortly
afterward this photo was taken. Now the view is quite different |
Portholes and an arch looking
through to the more commonplace and mundane straight lines of modern day
concrete structures as new roads make the old bridges redundant |
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Abandoned
Too narrow for modern vehicles,
there are lots of these bridges standing in places not too remote from
the bustle of traffic. This one is near Akapnou |
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Part of the abandoned Latin church in
Ayios Sozomenos. This abandoned village is used by the Cypriot army for
military exercises. Pity |
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The painted arches
inside the cemetery chapel in Arakapas |
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