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Cavo Greco National Park - Cape Greco National Forest Park

류지미 2024. 1. 13. 07:21

 

사이프러스 카보그레코

 

키프로스 아야나파 해식동굴 아야나파 해식동굴은 키프로스 카보그레코 국립삼립공원 지역에 속한 바다에 형성되어 있는 천연 동굴입니다. 이 멋진 해식동굴의 일부는 지하 80미터 이상 뻗어 있어 모험가들에게 인기 있는 명소입니다.

 

 

Cyprus
Country in the Middle Eas
 
Cyprus  (/ˈsaɪprəs/ ), officially the Republic of Cyprus,  is an island country located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, north of the Sinai Peninsula, south of the Anatolian Peninsula, and west of the Levant. It is geographically a part of West Asia, but its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southeast European.
 
Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean.  It is located east of Greece, north of Egypt, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is de facto governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

 

A copper mine in Cyprus. In antiquity, Cyprus was a major source of copper.

 

Archaeological site of Khirokitia with early remains of human habitation during the Aceramic Neolithic period (reconstruction)

Kyrenia Castle was originally built by the Byzantines and enlarged by the Venetians.

Büyük Han, a caravanserai in Nicosia, is an example of the surviving Ottoman architecture in Cyprus.

Hoisting the British flag at Nicosia on 12th July, 1878.

the ceremony took place in the yard of Turkish Barracks (Kışla) on Tripoli bastion, attached to the buildings over Paphos gate.

 

The Troodos Mountains experience heavy snowfall in winter.

Winter view of the forest of Chionistra, in the Troodos Mountains in west-central Cyprus.

Identifiable trees are Pinus nigra.

 

Sea caves  at Cape Greco National Park, Cyprus.

 

Cavo Greco National Park  -  Cape Greco National Forest Park

Sea Caves

There are many caves along the coastline from Agia Napa to Cape Greko National Park.

 

Konnos Beach

Situated four kilometres east of Agia Napa on the road between Cape Greco and Protaras, Konnos is the last beach delineating the boundaries between Agia Napa and Paralimni.

 

Love Birdge ( Monachus Monachus Arch )

Love Bridge is a rocky arch bridge of natural origin, with one edge stretching into the crystal clear, turquoise and emerald sea from an elevated coastal plateau. 

 

Ayioi Anargyroi Chapel

One of the few buildings in Cape Greko National Park is the small chapel dedicated to Agioi Anargyroi. Below this small white chapel is a hermit’s cave which is mentioned in local legend. The chapel is build on a rocky small cliff overlooking the sea and the turcoise waters of the picturesque Cape Greco situated close by. The Chapel is dedicated to the twin brothers and Saints Cosmas and Damianos who were both doctors and miraculously healed the sick people without receiving any kind of payment.

 

Cape Greko Environmental Center

The Cape Greko Environmental Center includes three aquariums which present the marine habitats of Cape Greko area and host fish of the region. 

 

Kamara tou Koraka

Kamara in English means arch, and this arch is situated at Cape Greko on the south-eastern tip of the island. It has a height span of 50 feet and is 23 feet wide, located along the small road in to the cape. The Arch of Korakas, the most impressive natural bridge of Cyprus, located in the northeast, rugged coast of Cape Greko.

 

Cavos View Point ( Munument of Peace )

Look down on to the Mediterranean Sea in its beauty from high vantage points on the cliff that rests on the top of the cape and take in the panoramic views. Cape Greco, also known as Cavo Greco