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.
Old Theletra was abandoned several decades ago. The threat of landslides drove the population up the hill to a new settlement. Since then the village has mainly been left to crumble.
In the late 1970s, due to the danger of landslides caused by strong earthquakes, soil erosion and the impossibility of further development of the village, residents decided to move to a new place – to the top of the very hill where they lived. The government supported them in this affair and helped to found New Theletra, which was established in a safer place. By the way, no destructive landslides, which the residents feared so much, have not happened since that moment, but the danger still remains.
A Chain Home radar station which is situated 600M North West of North Cairn Farm.
Established during World War Two as part of the Chain Home early warning radar to detect and track aircraft.
What remains include the transmitter and receiver blocks, the identity Friend or Foe building, and the engine room.
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