The Ruins of Agios Sozomenos

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The abandoned and deserted village, called Agios Sozomenos, is found between Potamia and Geri in Cyprus
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In 1974 very harsh battles took place in the area, between the defending Greek Cypriots and the attacking Turks, resulting to the destruction of the village
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In the 1980s, Cypriot filmmaker, Panikos Chrysathou, was inspired to make a film about the area named A Detail in Cyprus. In the film, a woman with her small daughter visits the ruined village in the middle of Cyprus flat land. Ex-villagers, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots come to the ruins, and each of them narrates a personal story of war. The audience in turn is given a glimpse into the trouble of 1964, which transformed the peaceful, mixed village into to a deserted area.
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Photos by Julian Popov ©All rights reserved

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