Mansoura

Mansoura is located about 90 kilometers west of Nicosia in the homonymous province of Cyprus (via the checkpoint), and is located next to the Kato Pyrgos Tillyrias. It is 125 km from Larnaca, 140 km from Limassol, and 58 km from Paphos.

Belonging to the villages in the wider area of ​​Tillyria, Mansoura is a dilapidated settlement since 1964, while it is also under the UN’s geographical zone.

The origin of the name Mansoura is linked to the former Turkish village owner (Mansour). Until 1911, the settlement was purely Turkish, and up until the Turkish invasion of 1974 it was one of many of the Turkish Cypriot communities on the island.

A brief historical retrospection of the battles of Tillyrias of 1964, in which the village of Mansoura played an active role, awakens the memories of the Turkish Cypriot issue and sheds light on Turkey’s latest plans for Cyprus. A walk in the present-day dilapidated settlement transfers the visitor to that epoch, and one gets a feeling of the turbulent period of 1964, when the Turkish troops entered Tillyria and attempted to unite the seven Turkish Cypriot villages into the Kokkino – Mansoura enclave. As for the continuation of the story, a lot of words have been written without effect, to this day.

Today, in the abandoned Mansoura, which is found on the coastal road, one can visit the whitewashed small church of Agios Theodoros that has a view of Morphou Bay from above. In addition, there is the homonymous tavern on the beach of the area that impresses with its wild beauty and stretches for approximately two kilometers.