Agia Varvara Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/agia-varvara Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:16:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Cyprus Map English http://toursmaps.com/cyprus-map-english.html http://toursmaps.com/cyprus-map-english.html#respond Sun, 18 Nov 2018 14:15:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=261878 Five-domed church of Agia Paraskevi, Geroskipou Geroskipou. According to tradition, implied even by the name of the village, here, or slightly west of the settlement, were the holy gardens of the Goddess Aphrodite. Pilgrims from Nea Pafos passed through Geroskipou before reaching the temple of Aphrodite, at Kouklia (Palaepafos). At Geroskipou, in the holy gardens of the Goddess, donations, sacrifices and many other activities in honour of Aphrodite were taking place. Even currently a cave in the village is called “Bath of Aphrodite”. Strabo, the Greek geographer and historian, mentions Geroskipou, calling the settlement “lerokipis”. It is also mentioned that

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