The two abandoned villages of Agios Fotios and Statos in the Paphos district of Cyprus, are just two kilometres apart. During the years of 1966 to 1969 the two villages met with catastrophic disasters due to very heavy rapid rainfall.

The government called in special geologists who inspected the villages and recommended that the villages be transferred to another area. That is when most residents of the two villages, decided to join the two villages.