Zoopigi
Sign in to savethumb|Zoopigi written as Zopÿ in 1690(Map: Atlas Van der Hagen) Zoopigi () is a village one kilometre north of Kalo Chorio in the Limassol District of Cyprus. The village has three churches: Saint Nektarios church, Saint Marina church and church of St. Mary of the Spring (Zoodohos pigi), hence the name Zoopigi. The church of St. Mary of the Spring is the oldest of the three, being built in the 13th century and has a rich ecclesiastical history such as having frescoes from both the 13th and the 15th century. It is single-aisled wooden church covered with a large gabled roof as with the church o
Key facts
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- Village
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- Zoopigi
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- View of Zoopigi 15.jpg
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- 300
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- The church from above
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- Cyprus
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- y
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- bottom
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- 300
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- Location in Cyprus
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- Country
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- Cyprus
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- District
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- Limassol District
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- Municipality
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- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_total
- 160
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thumb|Zoopigi written as Zopÿ in 1690(Map: Atlas Van der Hagen) Zoopigi () is a village one kilometre north of Kalo Chorio in the Limassol District of Cyprus. The village has three churches: Saint Nektarios church, Saint Marina church and church of St. Mary of the Spring (Zoodohos pigi), hence the name Zoopigi. The church of St. Mary of the Spring is the oldest of the three, being built in the 13th century and has a rich ecclesiastical history such as having frescoes from both the 13th and the 15th century. It is single-aisled wooden church covered with a large gabled roof as with the church of Saint Marina. The church of Saint Marina was built in 1733 and was previously used as the school building of the village. The church of Saint Nektarios church is new, built in the 20th century. The village also has a Commandaria Museum.
== Location == Zoopigi is located 24 kilometres north of Limassol, in the agricultural region of Pitsilia. It is built at an altitude of 850 metres above sea level. It borders Kalo Chorio to the south, Agios Mamas to the south-west, Pelendri to the north-west, Agios Ioannis to the north, and Agios Theodoros to the north-east.