Vyzakia

Vyzakia ( []) is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 2 km east of Nikitari.

A village in the district of Nicosia. Built on the banks of the river Elia, 300 metres above sea level and about 9 kilometres south of Astromeritis. In older times, water mills were constructed perpendicularly to the valley of Elia, so as to serve the needs of the village as well as those of several other neighbouring communities. The village's territory sits upon pebbles, sand and clay in the north and lava in the south. Some believe that the village owes its name to the shingles carried by the river and deposited on its banks, this being one of the village's impressive elements. The traditional houses of the village with their idiosyncratic architecture have these shingles as their base, offered to them by the river of Elia, while the rest part of the structure is made with mud-bricks. The sloping, tiled roofs complete the beautiful picture of the architecture of the village's houses. The inhabitants call these pebbles "vyzatzia" (plural, referring to a breast-like figure), these being stones that were shaped so by the river. These "vyzatzia" are a characteristic observed in tens of other villages in the region. Vyzakia's landscape is also characterised by an inclination toward the valley of Morfou.