Anthoupoli

Anthoupoli is a suburb of the Lakatamia municipality in Cyprus and it is situated 14 km southwest of Nicosia.

Built along the west bank of the Pedieou river and adjacent to the main road, Anthoupoli of the approximately 6,000 inhabitants was established after the Turkish invasion of 1974 as a refugee governmental settlement to meet the housing needs of the displaced Greek Cypriots who arrived in the area from 90 some villages that came under the Turkish occupation. Today, it is the parish of Archangelou-Anthoupolis, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior (like all the refugee settlements on the island) and there lives 75% of the Maronites of Cyprus. In Anthoupoli, which is constantly developing due to the proximity of the capital, there are all the facilities of a small urban center, such as a shopping center, grocery store, café, butcher shop, farmers’ market and all kinds of shops and stores. There is also infrastructure regarding the educational sector of Cyprus, such as kindergarten, elementary school and high school, as well as health infrastructure (State Halls of the Elderly and Disabled, community clinic) and green parks.

The Monument to the Fallen and the Missing from the Turkish invasion is an impressive monument built in 2013, while the area is also home to the monument of Andreas Papandreou and Yiannos Kranidiotis.

The central church in Anthoupoli is dedicated to the Metamorphosis tou Sotira (Transfiguration of the Savior), which was originally a prefab building and at the same time the first of the settlement that operated in 1978. In 1993, the construction of the new church was completed, incorporating the chapel of St. Nicholas, Rafael and Irene, and in the hall of the catechism, the chapel of St. Christodoulos. On the southwest side of the Temple of Transfiguration of the Savior, there is also the chapel of Agia Irene of Chrysovalantus.