Troodos

Commercial wine-growing is confined to the southern foothills and slopes of the Troodos mountain range at altitudes varying from 250 m to 1,500 m (800 – 4,900 ft) above sea level.

Sasha Smith 2009

Unesco also protects the Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches in the nearby Troodos mountains, as well as the archaeological site of Choirokoitia, a Neolithic settlement dating back some 6,000 years, located near the southern coast of the island and around 70 kilometers east of Paphos.

Aphrodite Casts Her Love Spell 2010

Commercial wine-growing is confined to the southern foothills and slopes of the Troodos mountain range at altitudes varying from 250 m to 1,500 m (800 – 4,900 ft) above sea level.

LENNDEVOURS: 2008

Commercial wine-growing is confined to the southern foothills and slopes of the Troodos mountain range at altitudes varying from 250 m to 1,500 m (800 – 4,900 ft) above sea level.

Diploma Dispatches: European Grab Bag 2008

The Cyprus Mediterranean forests ecoregion encompasses the high and steep Troodos massif (Hionistra, 1961 meters [m]), and hills and low plains of the island (9,251 square kilometers [km2]).

Cyprus Mediterranean forests 2007

The endemic flora is distributed all along the mountain ranges – Troodos range with 87 endemic plants, the northern Pentadaktylos range with 57 endemics, and the Akamas peninsula with 35 endemic species.

Cyprus Mediterranean forests 2007

In the medium elevations mesophyllous pine forests (Pinus brutia) are widespread, and endemic evergreen oak forests (Quercus alnifolia) are locally abundant, such as in the western Troodos range – the relict endemic Cedrus brevifolia forest stands are located here also.

Cyprus Mediterranean forests 2007

Black pine forests are intensively managed for timber, and old-growth pine trees, as well as juniper trees, are found only in high mountain rocky summits of the Troodos range.

Cyprus Mediterranean forests 2007

And a monastery high in the Troodos mountains owns an embroidered girdle which is reputed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary and is reputed to have the power to help infertile couples conceive – as evidenced by the many women who come to the monastery to wear the girdle and pray, and then write grateful letters to the monks when they later become new parents.

Sisters of Aphrodite: Radio 3 Sunday Feature Carla 2006

And a monastery high in the Troodos mountains owns an embroidered girdle which is reputed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary and is reputed to have the power to help infertile couples conceive – as evidenced by the many women who come to the monastery to wear the girdle and pray, and then write grateful letters to the monks when they later become new parents.

Archive 2006-12-01 Carla 2006