Pera Orinis

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Pera Orinis, or Pera Oreinis or Pera ("Orinis" designates the name of the area "Orinis" to distinguish from villages with the same name in other areas), (Greek: Πέρα Ορεινής or Πέρα) is a village in the area known as Tamassos, which is in turn part of the Nicosia District in Cyprus.

Pera is situated near Tamassos dam (built in 2002 [1]); about one hour walking distance across the Pedhieos river bank.

[edit] External links

  • Census and Statistics - in .xls format, "Pera".
  • tamassos.org - History and culture of the area; list of churches etc (in Greek and English).
  • [2] - small collection of early morning photos of Pera Orinis.
  • [3] - "History shadows ancient Nicosia villages", originally published in Cyprus Weekly.
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