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[Talisker]

Has anyone been to visit some or all of these beautiful bridges?



Or done this walk between some of them? It sounds fantastic.

17. Enetika Gefyria (Venetian Bridges) Trail (Linear)
Starting points: (a) Kaminaria village (b) Vretsia village
Length: 17 km – Duration: 6 hours, Intermediate distances/duration: kaminaria village – Elia Bridge 3.2 km – 1 hour, Elia Bridge – Tsielefos Bridge 3.9 km – 2 hours, Tsielefos Bridge –Roydia Bridge 6.9 km – 2 hours, Roydia Bridge – Vretsia village 3 km – 1 hour.
Degree of difficulty: 3
Points of interest: The medieval bridges of Elia, Tsielefos, and Roydia. The view all along the way is panoramic. Goes through dense pine forest, over Arminou dam, past Pera Vasa picnic site (a huge dry tree trunk of the Pera Vasa pine exhibited here), and continues through “Saouris” farm belonging to Kykkos monastery, past the Cave of Saouris, “Mita´s pen and near the vultures” observation point.
http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/fd/fd.nsf/DML ... enDocument

[Talisker]

Official leaflet providing detailed information on this interesting trail:
http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/fd/fd.nsf/All ... ridges.pdf

[GreekIslandGirl]

Talisker, these bridges look very similar to the stone bridges found in Epirus, Greece which were built during Byzantine times.

[Talisker]

Talisker, these bridges look very similar to the stone bridges found in Epirus, Greece which were built during Byzantine times.

GreekIslandGirl, are you implying some kind of (bridging) link between Greece and Cyprus just because the style and period of these stone bridges are similar? That would be ridiculous, surely?

[bill cobbett]

Didn't know there were so many of these lovely bridges in such delightful settings. Very pretty.

[supporttheunderdog]

Has anyone been to visit some or all of these beautiful bridges?



Or done this walk between some of them? It sounds fantastic.

17. Enetika Gefyria (Venetian Bridges) Trail (Linear)
Starting points: (a) Kaminaria village (b) Vretsia village
Length: 17 km – Duration: 6 hours, Intermediate distances/duration: kaminaria village – Elia Bridge 3.2 km – 1 hour, Elia Bridge – Tsielefos Bridge 3.9 km – 2 hours, Tsielefos Bridge –Roydia Bridge 6.9 km – 2 hours, Roydia Bridge – Vretsia village 3 km – 1 hour.
Degree of difficulty: 3
Points of interest: The medieval bridges of Elia, Tsielefos, and Roydia. The view all along the way is panoramic. Goes through dense pine forest, over Arminou dam, past Pera Vasa picnic site (a huge dry tree trunk of the Pera Vasa pine exhibited here), and continues through “Saouris” farm belonging to Kykkos monastery, past the Cave of Saouris, “Mita´s pen and near the vultures” observation point.
http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/fd/fd.nsf/DML ... enDocument

I have visited some of them: they are very scenic, but we did not walk as my girlies were only four at the time.

As an observation the Epirus Bridges (magnificant structures) seem to be of round arched construction but the Venetian Bridges seem to be ovoid or pointed arch construction.

[GreekIslandGirl]

It depends on how wide the river is as to how pointed they can be made. But pointed arch bridges are Greek-Byzantine - not Venetian in origin.

Pointed arch bridge: The earliest known bridge resting on a pointed arch is the 5th or 6th century AD Karamagara Bridge in Cappadocia.[7] Its single arch of 17 m spanned an affluent of the Euphrates.[8] A Greek inscription, citing from the Bible, runs along one side of its arch rib.[9] The structure is today submerged by the Keban Reservoir.

http://www.ask.com/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_inventions

[GreekIslandGirl]

Here's an extreme of the pointed-arch bridge:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleutherna_Bridge

- in Crete.

[georgios100]

Has anyone been to visit some or all of these beautiful bridges?



Or done this walk between some of them? It sounds fantastic.

17. Enetika Gefyria (Venetian Bridges) Trail (Linear)
Starting points: (a) Kaminaria village (b) Vretsia village
Length: 17 km – Duration: 6 hours, Intermediate distances/duration: kaminaria village – Elia Bridge 3.2 km – 1 hour, Elia Bridge – Tsielefos Bridge 3.9 km – 2 hours, Tsielefos Bridge –Roydia Bridge 6.9 km – 2 hours, Roydia Bridge – Vretsia village 3 km – 1 hour.
Degree of difficulty: 3
Points of interest: The medieval bridges of Elia, Tsielefos, and Roydia. The view all along the way is panoramic. Goes through dense pine forest, over Arminou dam, past Pera Vasa picnic site (a huge dry tree trunk of the Pera Vasa pine exhibited here), and continues through “Saouris” farm belonging to Kykkos monastery, past the Cave of Saouris, “Mita´s pen and near the vultures” observation point.
http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/fd/fd.nsf/DML ... enDocument

Wonderful bridges indeed.
The video is a collection of jpegs put together with music, not actual video. Apparently, Polish tourists are trying to promote Cypriot monuments!
The sites look overgrown, deserted, abandoned and crumbling. I wish the local municipalities or the state would invest a bit of money to maintain and promote them. This is a typical problem Cypriots have. Treasures like these left aside to rot. Pity.

[yialousa1971]

Talisker, these bridges look very similar to the stone bridges found in Epirus, Greece which were built during Byzantine times.

Correct.