Moniatis ( gr, Μονιάτης, tr, Elmalı) is a village in the
Limassol District of
Cyprus, located 5 km southeast of
Pano Platres
Platres ( el, Πλάτρες) or Pano Platres ( el, Πάνω Πλάτρες; tr, Yukarı Platres; English: ''Upper Platres''), is a Μountainous village in Cyprus. It is located on the southern slopes of the Troodos Mountains and is one of the win ...
. The villagers claim that it was named after its numerous "mantres" (sheepfold). Its 100 to 110-strong Turkish Cypriot population was displaced as a result of the
intercommunal violence in 1963, during which they fled the village to
Limassol, and the
Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, after which they were transferred to the north.
History
During the
Kingdom of Cyprus, the chronicler
Florio Bustron writes that
King James II after 1464 granted Moniatis as a fief to Juan Perez Fabriges, together with other villages, among them Knodara, Koka, St Andronikos of Akaki, Mallia, Karpasso, Anglisidhes and Selino.
Climate
References
{{Limassol District
Communities in Limassol District