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Village Layout House of Katsinioros House of Achillea Dimitri Petrou kai Pavlou Church Yiannakos Tavern Old School The old Wine Press

Historical elements

The use of the genitive case sug- This suggests that the entire larger

gests that the village once be- mountainous area of Cyprus north

longed to a feudal family of the and north-west of the Monastery of
same name. Many of today’s vil- Panagia tou Machaira was, during the

lages in Cyprus which were part Frankish period, divided into three
of royal or private fiefdoms dur- large fiefs, one of which belonged to
ing the Middle Ages, still pre- the royal family of Cyprus, the second

serve the names of feudal fami- to the Gourri family, and the third to
lies of Cyprus. For example, the the Phicardo family. Despite the fact
village of Gourri, connected to that the name of the village suggests a

the east of Fikardou, owes its connection with a mediaeval family, as
name to the Frankish feudal lord seen today, the houses of Fikardou are

Jacob de Gourri, while the vil- genuine specimens of 19th century folk
lage of Lazanias, located to the architecture with modifications and
south of Fikardou, is naturally additions belonging to the first dec-
named after the surname of the ades of the 20th century. The earliest

royal family of Cyprus during preserved buildings, such as the village
Frankish period, de Lusignan. church, date back to the 18th century.

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