Platanisteia

Platanisteia (Greek: Πλατανίστεια, Turkish: Çamlıca) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 6 km north of Pissouri. Prior to 1960, the village was inhabited almost exclusively by Turkish Cypriots. [2]

Platanisteia

Πλατανίστεια

Çamlıca
village
Platanisteia
Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 34°42′42″N 32°42′38″E
Country Cyprus
DistrictLimassol District
Population
 (2001)[1]
  Total43
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The village is now the home to the Hambis Printmaking Centre, an arts centre for artist-printmakers and museum of printmakers' works, founded by the Cypriot artist Hambis Tsangaris in 2008.[3]

References

  1. Census 2001
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2009-06-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Μιχaλης Μιχαηλιδης ,'Χαμπής Τσαγγάρης: «Εμπήκετε πκιό βαθκειά στην καρκιάν μου!»' in City Free Press (Cyprus newspaper), 1 February 2015
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