<< Our Photo Pages >> Vrysi - Ancient Village or Settlement in Cyprus
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Multi-periodSite Name: Vrysi Alternative Name: Ayios Epiktitos Vrysi, ÇatalköyCountry: Cyprus
NOTE: This site is 17.044 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Girne/Kyrenia Nearest Village: Acapulco Beach Hotel
Latitude: 35.332407N Longitude: 33.422333E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The houses were built half-sunk, their walls made of stone and wet clay and roofed with reeds covered with mud and wet clay. The inner walls were also plastered with wet clay. Rush mats were used on the floor. Narrow, covered passages linked the houses.
The people cultivated cereals and herded animals, and buried their dead outside their settlements. Olive and grape remains from Vrysi indicate the colonists introduced specialized horticulture to Cyprus soon after it had originated on the mainland. Their innovation was pottery - Red-on-White at Vrysi. Amongst the finds unearthed were polished stone axes and chisels, and stone idols.
Following the earthquake around the year 3000 B.C. the people of Vrysi abandoned this place.
Easy to find when you know where to look -on the headland, behind the restaurant on the Acapulco Beach Hotel complex. Take the coast road east, about 6km from Girne.
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