Comments on: Cyprus Facts http://www.cyprusandmore.com/2008/08/cyprus-facts/ Adventure holidays in Cyprus Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GABRIEL HOUSE http://www.cyprusandmore.com/2008/08/cyprus-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-517 GABRIEL HOUSE Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:36:28 +0000 http://www.cyprusandmore.com/?p=1244#comment-517 Cyprus Kato Drys Where is Kato Drys located? Kato Drys is located in the South-west of the city of Larnaca (Cyprus). It borders with the villages of Pano Lefkara (4 km), Kato Lefkara (4 km), and Vavla (6 km). It stands in the middle of three cities. The distance from Nicosia is 50 kilometres while from Larnaca and Limassol it is only 36 kilometres. It also stands at a distance of 25 kilometres from Governor's Beach. It is built at an average altitude of 520 meters above sea level. The hilly terrain of the village with its narrow, deep valleys is fragmented by the "Agios Minas" river. The origin of its name and a general history. There are two interpretations regarding how the village got its name. The first one says that the village took its name from the many "Dryes" (plural, means "oaks") that existed in it. A second interpretation reports that -many years ago -there were two villages, Pano Drys and Kato Drys (Upper and Lower Drys), a large oak-tree standing between the two villages. The village existed under the same name during the Frank domination era and it is found marked as Catodi. Some researchers believe it is possible that the village is identical with the one reported by Georgios Voustronios as "the village Kakotrygitis", which -along with the villages of Vavla, Kornokipos, Lympia, and Arsos of Mesaoria -had been given by the King of Cyprus Jacob II to the nobleman Maurizio di Constanzo when he became the Admiral of Cyprus. It is also reported that the village was granted to another nobleman, Fabricio Gentile, father of Gabriel Gentile, who was a doctor of the King of Cyprus, Jacob II (1460-1473), the village soon after returning to the King's estate -according to De Mas Latri. http://gabrielhouse-cy.com Cyprus Kato Drys
Where is Kato Drys located?
Kato Drys is located in the South-west of the city of Larnaca (Cyprus). It borders with the villages of Pano Lefkara (4 km), Kato Lefkara (4 km), and Vavla (6 km).
It stands in the middle of three cities. The distance from Nicosia is 50 kilometres while from Larnaca and Limassol it is only 36 kilometres. It also stands at a distance of 25 kilometres from Governor’s Beach.
It is built at an average altitude of 520 meters above sea level.
The hilly terrain of the village with its narrow, deep valleys is fragmented by the “Agios Minas” river.

The origin of its name and a general history.

There are two interpretations regarding how the village got its name. The first one says that the village took its name from the many “Dryes” (plural, means “oaks”) that existed in it.

A second interpretation reports that -many years ago -there were two villages, Pano Drys and Kato Drys (Upper and Lower Drys), a large oak-tree standing between the two villages.

The village existed under the same name during the Frank domination era and it is found marked as Catodi. Some researchers believe it is possible that the village is identical with the one reported by Georgios Voustronios as “the village Kakotrygitis”, which -along with the villages of Vavla, Kornokipos, Lympia, and Arsos of Mesaoria -had been given by the King of Cyprus Jacob II to the nobleman Maurizio di Constanzo when he became the Admiral of Cyprus. It is also reported that the village was granted to another nobleman, Fabricio Gentile, father of Gabriel Gentile, who was a doctor of the King of Cyprus, Jacob II (1460-1473), the village soon after returning to the King’s estate -according to De Mas Latri.
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