Agridaki

Agridaki
Αγριδάκι (Greek) Alemdağ  (Turkish)
Agridaki Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°18′25″N 33°9′7″E / 35.30694°N 33.15194°ECoordinates: 35°18′25″N 33°9′7″E / 35.30694°N 33.15194°E
Country	Cyprus
• District	Kyrenia District
Country (controlled by)	Northern Cyprus
• District	Girne District
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	86
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Agridaki (Greek: Αγριδάκι; Turkish: Alemdağ) is a village in Cyprus, located 1 km east of Larnakas tis Lapithou. Agridaki is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Before the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the village was inhabited by Greek Cypriots. They fled before the Turkish forces reached the village. Agridaki is now inhabited by Turkish Cypriots from Paphos District.

Agios Charalampos

The village has a church dating back to 1908. Most of the church interior in now in ruins. In a corner, there is a small iconostasis dedicated to the saint of the church.

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  Church in Agridaki

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  Church interior

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  Church interior

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  Iconostasis in the corner

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  View from clock tower

References

1. "KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı" [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF) (in Turkish). TRNC State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013. p. 21.

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