Troodos (sometimes spelled Troödos; Greek: Τρόοδος[ˈtɾo.oðos]; Turkish: Trodos Dağları['tɾo.dos]) is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in roughly the center of the island. Its highest peak is Mount Olympus (Greek: Όλυμπος), also known as Chionistra (Greek: Χιονίστρα), at 1,952 metres (6,404 ft), which hosts the Sun Valley and North Face ski areas with their five ski lifts.
The Troodos mountain range stretches across most of the western side of Cyprus. There are many mountain resorts, Byzantine monasteries, and churches on mountain peaks, and nestling in its valleys and mountains are villages clinging to terraced hills. The area has been known since antiquity for its mines, which for centuries supplied copper to the entire Mediterranean. In the Byzantine period it became a centre of Byzantine art, as churches and monasteries[1] were built in the mountains, away from the threatened coastline. The mountains are also home to RAF Troodos, a listening post for the NSA and GCHQ.[2]
The name Troodos probably comes from one of two sources: either τρία + ὁδός (tría + hodós), referring to the three roads that lead to the mountain, or τό + ὄρος + Ἄδος (to + oro + Ados), meaning the mountains of Adonis.[3][4]
Troodos (sometimes spelled Troödos; Greek: Τρόοδος [ˈtɾo.oðos]; Turkish: Trodos Dağları ['tɾo.dos]) is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in...
two mountain ranges, the TroodosMountains and the Kyrenia Mountains or Pentadaktylos, and the central plain, the Mesaoria, between them. The Troodos Mountains...
Troödos Station, formerly Royal Air Force Troödos, is a retained British Joint Forces Command site in the Republic of Cyprus. Troödos Station is a remote...
the Troödos Region (Greek: Τοιχογραφημένοι ναοί στην περιοχή του όρους Τρόοδος, romanized: Toichografiménoi naoí stin periochí tou órous Tróodos) is a...
Kyrenia Mountains, resulting in the loss of significant forest land and natural habitat. The only other mountain range in Cyprus is the TroodosMountains. These...
Liopetriou (0.88 km²), and Troodos (90.62 km²). In 2015, Troodos UNESCO Global Geopark was created in the TroodosMountains, with an area of 1149.8 km²...
Dere) is the longest river in Cyprus. The river originates in the TroodosMountains close to Machairas Monastery and flows northeast across the Mesaoria...
north to south they are: Keryneia Terrane (blue) Troodos Ophiolite (red), surrounded by the Circum Troodos Sedimentary Succession (orange) Mamonia Terrane...
island and it is confined to the igneous geological complex of the TroodosMountains. In February 2006, the parliament of Cyprus selected the golden oak...
on sea level and warm to hot summers. Snow is possible only in the Troodosmountains in the central part of the island. Rain occurs mainly in winter, with...
police stations. EOKAS's aim to keep the British army away from the Troodosmountains where its main fighters were hiding. Some of the attacks went awry...
Omodos (Greek: 'Ομοδος) is a village in the TroödosMountains of Cyprus. It is also located in the Limassol District of Cyprus and is 80 kilometers from...
Mediterrean world driven by the trade in copper extracted from the TroodosMountains, which stimulated the development of urbanized settlements across...
is a species of conifer in the genus Cedrus. It is native to the TroödosMountains of central Cyprus. It grows in the Cedar Valley in Pafos State Forest...
monastery lies at an altitude of 1318 meters on the north west face of TroödosMountains. There are no remains of the original monastery as it was burned down...
Cyprus cedar, found in the island of Cyprus' Cedar Valley in the TroodosMountains Pinus sibirica, the Siberian pine, occasionally erroneously referred...
made in the Commandaria region of Cyprus on the foothills of the TroödosMountains. Commandaria is made from sun-dried grapes of the varieties Xynisteri...
operating in and out of the Nicosia area. Troodos Stations (ACTIVE) The TroodosMountains, the highest mountain range in Cyprus, hosts a number of radar...
Legend tells that the Christian Basil hurled a huge rock from the TroodosMountains to keep off the invading Saracens. A nearby rock is similarly known...
plant family Pinaceae (subfamily Abietoideae). They are native to the mountains of the western Himalayas and the Mediterranean region, occurring at altitudes...
libani var. brevifolia: The Cyprus cedar occurs on the island's TroodosMountains. This taxon was considered a separate species from C. libani because...
to the west, to Paphos There is also the B8 road from the city to TroodosMountains to the north. The city is close to two international airports: Larnaca...
part of Cyprus. The Kouris River rises in the southern slopes of Troodosmountains, which lie in the northern part of the district towards the centre...
as Twin Sisters Mountain, near Mount Baker in the northern Cascade Range of Washington. In Europe it occurs in the Troodosmountains of Cyprus. In southern...
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