Greek Cypriot from Koilani Village in Cyprus Talks to CYBC TV
A Greek Cypriot Senior Citizen in Koilani Village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, talks to Cybc TV Show Biz/Εμείς, about how Greek and Turkish Cypriots lived in the village together, side by side, in love and harmony
Koilani Village Spring 2019
Άνοιξη Κοιλάνι 2019
Wine tasting in Koilani village, Troodos – Aegean Traveller Cyprus
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Wine tasting in Koilani village, Troodos 30'' – Aegean Traveller Cyprus
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Barbeque in old village home in Koilani -Cyprus
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ΚΟΙΛΑΝΙ - ΕΠΑΡΧΙΑ ΛΕΜΕΣΟΥ
ΞΕΝΙΑ ΧΑΡΑΛΑΜΠΟΥΣ
Agia Mavri Koilani Village
Limassol Wine Route
Video created for the Limassol Tourism Board.
Renowned wine villages in an effortless journey through beautiful scenery. A stronghold of tradiontal wine making with an excellent choice of local wines.
Nowhere else in Cyprus is such a great presence of wineries as in these wine growing villages of Lemesos (Limassol) district, known locally as Krasochoria, the Wine Villages. In Omodos and Koilani alone there are 10 such wineries. The route is outstanding, not resembling any other. A dry climate combined with a unique geology is responsible for some excellent wines, made mostly from the local grape varieties Xynisteri and Mavro and also from some imported ones, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Mataro, Grenache and Syrah. Make sure you have enough time at your dispocal to taste what this route and its special wines have to offer. Visit wonderfully unspoilt villages such as Omodos, Vasa, Koilani, Lofou and Vouni with their traditional architecture, cobblestoned narrow passages cheerfull sourroundings, many of which host some for the best tavernas in Cyprus.
Η ΩΡΑ ΤΗΣ ΥΠΑΙΘΡΟΥ: ΝΤΟΚΥΜΑΝΤΕΡ ΤΟ ΧΩΡΙΟ ΚΟΙΛΑΝΙ
Koilani (Greek: Κοιλάνι) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 3 km south of Pera Pedi.
Koilani
The picturesque village of Koilani is built close to the west bank of the river Kryos (Cold River), a tributary of the Kouris River, at an altitude of 820 meters. Tall mountaintops come into view from all the sides of the village, adding a unique beauty to the landscape. It has a distance of 36 kilometres from Limassol (north-westerly). The village is connected through a motorway to Pera Pedi in the east, to Vouni in the south-east, to Mandria in the north, and to Silikou in the south-east. Koilani has preserved -to a great degree -the rich, traditional folk architecture of the wine-producing villages of the Limassol district. Narrow, paved, ascending alleys, tiled roofs, picturesque upper floors, yard walls with earthenware jars, balconies, and arches with embossed frames at the entrances of houses that are built with regional, carved limestone, providing to the visitor a taste of the tradition and inheritance of this unique -in beauty -village.
For the naming of the village there are several interpretations:
1. According to one version, up to the Byzantine years it was named Kourion or Korineon and after the Frank Domination era it took its name from a French region of the same name.
2. Another version assumes that it originated from the ancient city of Kyllene of Pelloponesos (Greece) from where the first inhabitants of the village came. This however does not seem very probable if we accept that the village was named Kourion or Korineon during ancient times.
3. A third version contemplates that the village took its name due to standing in a valley. In reality however the village is built upon a steep slope of the Arames Mountain.
Alley with grapevines pergola in centre of Koilani
Koilani receives an average annual rainfall of about 750 millimetres; mainly vines of wine-making varieties, and apple, pear, almond, olive, and citrus trees are cultivated in its region. Koilani is among the premiere wine-producing villages of Cyprus. Apart from the grape derivatives produced -raisins, khiofterka (dry must jelly in rhomboid shape), ppaluzes (must jelly), epsiman (must molasses), portos (pulp with boiled must and wheat), sousioukkos (must-stick with almonds), Zivania (very strong, transparent, alcoholic beverage) -the village is known for its aromatic arkatena (crunchy rusks with yeast) as well as its sweet pastries and the unique wine made in Koilani. Quite a few areas in the community are uncultivated and in natural vegetation grows in them. Stockbreeding is limited.
The village, like all the wine-producing villages of the region, has gone through great fluctuations of the population. In 1881 the inhabitants of the village numbered 995, increasing to 1119 in 1891, and to 1301 in 1911. In 1921 the inhabitants were reduced to 1279, increasing again to 1397 in 1946. Among the inhabitants of the community there were 85 Turkish-Cypriots. In 1960 the inhabitants decrease to 1304 (999 Greek-Cypriots and 35 Turkish-Cypriots). The decrease of population continues in 1973 when the inhabitants were 874 (839 Greek-Cypriots and 35 Turkish-Cypriots). After the 1974 Turkish invasion, the Turkish-Cypriot inhabitants of the village were coerced by their leadership to abandon the village and -along with other Turkish-Cypriots from other villages -transfer for relocation in the island's occupied territories. So, in 1976 the village's inhabitants decreased to 827, all Greek-Cypriots, and to 614 in 1982. Today the village's inhabitants number 280.
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Vlassides Winery - About Us - 2018
A native of Limassol, Sophocles Vlassides was born in 1971. He graduated with first class honors in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London in 1995. Upon his return to Cyprus he worked for one of the largest wineries of Cyprus, for a year. Determined to establish his own winery, he attended the renowned University of California, Davis as a Fulbright Scholar, where he published several papers on the use of artificial intelligence in winemaking and received a Masters in Oenology in 1998. In the summer of 1998, as soon as he returned to his homeland of Cyprus, he established Vlassides Winery in the village of Koilani, located in the southern region of the Troodos mountains and a region well known for its vineyards. In 1999, his dream became a reality with the introduction of his first wine Vlassides Shiraz 98' to the market.
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Limassol Cyprus.
HISTORY
Located approximately 25 km from Lemesos is the picturesque small village known as either Agios Georgios Sylikou (Sylikou is the village located north of Agios Georgios) or as Agios Georgios Koilaniou (Koilani is the village after which a large administrative district was named). The village is also known as Agios Georgios Agkathiotis.
The naming Agkathiotis appeared, according to tradition, during the Turkish occupation, when almost all neighbouring villages had been occupied by the Turks while Agios Georgios remained free. The reason for this was that every time the invaders tried to approach the village they would come across wild thorny vegetation instead of the rich vegetation they could see from the village of Monagri located opposite Agios Georgios. As a result, they could not go through the thorns using the means at their disposal at the time and therefore had to go back without succeeding in conquering the village and that is how Agios Georgios was named Agkathiotis (thorny), that is in honour of the Saint who continues to protect the village up until today.
The village is built on the left side of the Kourris valley, on an altitude of 490 m above sea level and the area is covered by black and soultanina grape cultivations, as well as by grains, carob and almond trees.
In 1946, the village numbered 327 residents. After the independence of Cyprus and the beginning of urbanisation which struck all the villages of the island the number of residents decreased to 163 in 1981 and to 108 in 1982. Today, the village of Agios Georgios numbers 96 permanent residents.
According to tradition, during the Frankish occupation (1192-1570) there used to be a Frankish Kingdom at the location where the church of Panagia Syrkas stands today. The kingdom was ruled by Zografou with whom the great ruler Tsitsielklis from the neighbouring village of Monagri fell in love. On the southern side of the church there are still some remains of a wall which are probably parts of the walls which used to protect the aforementioned kingdom.
At the beginning of the 1800s, because of the drought that had struck the area of Pafos, Giorgkis, son of Marousa, a shepherd from Ais Giorkis Polemiou in Pafos took his wife and three children, loaded his donkeys with the necessary clothes, mattresses and cooking utensils and set off looking for a better place to stay along with their flock.
Upon reaching the river of Ezousa, he made a stop and was planning to stay there because the area was abundant in water for both humans and animals. However, after some minor conflicts he had with the locals whose interests were in jeopardy after the arrival and settlement of the shepherd in their area, he had to take his family and flock and move to another area. Moving on he reached Xeropotamos where he stayed for a few days. However, the locals once again chased him away. He fought back but it was hard to win so he had to pack his belongings and once again set off looking for new land.
As soon as they reached river Dkionisos (an area between Agios Georgios and Sylikou) he decided that it was the best area for them to settle as it had plenty of water and a lot of uncultivated pieces of land. They stayed there but once more the locals pressured and threatened them to leave. However, this time Giorkis was determined to stay there permanently. They built their farm and house just a few metres away from the river, in a place that offered both safety and coverage.
After a year, he went back to their old village Polemi alone and convinced his brother in law, Fesas, to move to the new place with his family and flock. So, the new families became two and together they faced the pressures and threats more easily.
They named the area where they were staying Agios Georgios, after the name of their village in Pafos. When their children had their own families they then built the church of Agios Georgios. This church stands in the centre of the village up until today and kept in it is the vestige of the Great Martyr Agios Georgios. (For further information regarding the churches and chapels of the village, visit the relevant page of our website). Descendants of these two families still live in the village today.
The residents of the community are well-known for their hospitality and their traditional homemade drinks of Commandaria and Zivania, as well as for their raisins and the traditional delicacy of “soutzoukos”. (Information on these traditional products can be found under the link Traditional Products).
Today, the community is experiencing a housing development by both locals and foreigners which is mainly due to the climate of the area and the short distance from the city of Lemesos.
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Dafermou Winery Test shots
Experimenting with various shot and flightpaths at Dafermou winery in Lefkara. Some shaking is noticeable as the crosswinds were very strong.
DJI Mavic Air Koilani Village
Vlassides Winery Cyprus
Tasting Opus Artis wine and the celebrated #Vlassides #Shiraz with the winemaker himself. In this video WineScribble visits the Vlassides Winery in Koilani Village in Cyprus to talk to Sophocles Vlassides and find out more about his history, his vision and his amazing wines. The Grifos 2 #Xynisteri and Sauvignon Blanc blend is tasted. And find out more about the Vlassides Giannoudi wine. A white label wine that can only be found by contacting the wine maker.
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