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Pano Arodes | |
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| Country | Cyprus |
| District | Paphos District |
| Elevation | 590 m (1,940 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 135 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Pano Arodes (Greek: Πάνω Αρόδες) is a village in the Northwest ofCyprus close to theAkamas peninsula. It is about 23 km from the town ofPaphos. The village sits on theLaona plateau.[1]
The population of Pano Arodes has seen a decline in the past 30 years as the population has aged and younger residents move to towns for employment.
Rupert Gunnis (who was Inspector of Antiquities on the island at the time) described the village as follows:[2]
"The medieval name of the village was Rhodes, from the fact that it was the property of theKnights of St. John ofJerusalem, whose headquarters were until 1522 in the island ofRhodes."
"The Christian village contains an eighteenth-centuryChurch of St. Kelandion, an early bishop of Paphos. To the north side of the church lies the large stonesarcophagus ofSt. Agapiticos, while the companion one ofSt. Misiticos is to the south. The village legend is that those who wish to win the love of a person, be it a girl or boy, come secretly at night and chip off a fragment of the sarcophagus of St. Agapiticos. This is powdered and introduced into the loved one's drink, who will immediately reciprocate the donor's passion. Conversely, should a person desire to quarrel with another, he merely carries out the same procedure with powdered stone from the sarcophagus of St. Misiticos. The latter is far more worn away than that of St. Agapiticos, but this is explained by the fact that its powers are much in request by young men and women who wish to change their lovers."
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