Vretsia abandoned village, Paphos region, Republic of Cyprus. The Turkish Cypriot residents had to flee after the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.


Vretsia is an abandoned Turkish Cypriot village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 4 kilometres east of Koilineia. After the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Turkish-Cypriot natives of the village abandoned their properties and moved to the north of Cyprus.


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Location: Vretsia, Paphos district, Cyprus
Photo credit: © Ian Rutherford / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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