Liopetri ( ) is a village in southern

Famagusta District Famagusta District, or simply Famagusta, is one of the six districts of Cyprus. While the entire district covers an area of , only about is under the de jure control of the Republic of Cyprus. Most of the district including the capital and lar ...

, in

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

. It is close to the communities of

Frenaros Frenaros (; ) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 4 miles west of Paralimni and 9 miles northwest of Ayia Napa. In 2011, it had a population of 4,298. Overview Frenaros was named after the Fremenors, a group of House of L ...

, Sotira, Avgorou and

Xylofagou Xylofagou (; ) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, situated close to the A3 motorway between Paralimni and the British military base Dhekelia. Overview Xylofagou's name roughly translates to "wood eaters". It lies on the northern ...

(

Larnaca District The Larnaca District, or simply Larnaca (also Larnaka), is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its capital is Larnaca. It is bordered on the east by Famagusta District, on the north by Nicosia District and on the west by Limassol District. A sma ...

). In 2011, Liopetri had a population of 4,591. On 2 September 1958 a

battle A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force co ...

was fought here between British armed forces and four

EOKA The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA ; ) was a Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organization that fought a campaign for the end of Cyprus#Cyprus under the British Empire, British rule in Cyprus, and for enosis, eventual union with K ...

fighters, Fotis Pittas, Andreas Karios, Elias Papakyriakou and Christos Samaras, who were from Liopetri. The barn where this took place is now a National Memorial.

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