Platanistasa

Platanistasa
Πλατανιστάσα
Village

Stavros Agiasmati on UNESCO list
Platanistasa
Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 34°56′47″N 33°2′41″E / 34.94639°N 33.04472°E / 34.94639; 33.04472Coordinates: 34°56′47″N 33°2′41″E / 34.94639°N 33.04472°E / 34.94639; 33.04472
Country  Cyprus
District Nicosia District
Elevation 3,120 ft (950 m)
Population (2001)[1]
  Total 172
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Website http://www.platanistasa.org/

Platanistasa (Greek: Πλατανιστάσα) is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 14 km southwest of Mitsero. Platanistasa is in the northern side of Troodos in Pitsilia region.[2] Average altitude of Platanistasa is 940 meters. Pre-Christan graves are found in village.[2] The village of Platanistasa together with some other villages was granted 1474 to relative of Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus.[2] In Platanistasa there is Stavros tou Agiasmati (Greek: Σταυρός του Αγιασμάτι, Holy Cross of Agiasmati), church, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with nine other Painted Churches in the Troödos Region.[2]


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