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used as a hospital. Other chapels of the village is St. John, Prophet
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exist. One of them claims that the name was taken from the two kingdoms that existed in the region. Another claims that it is so called because it faces two hills (mountains). A third version notes that it owes its name from two streams that flowed to the ground, while a fourth says it was so named
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The village church is dedicated to Agia Marina and was built in 1850 over an older church. In 1973 worked the new church of St. Marina in another village location. The old church was damaged during the invasion of 1974 and is in ruins till now, the newer temple located in a military area said was
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and to a lesser extent, alluvial deposits, especially along the river basins of the region. On the deposits, were developed xerorentzines and territories terraroza. The average annual rainfall in the village area is reached by the homonymous state forest. In the remaining areas were before 1974
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