Country Cyprus Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Friday 11:26 PM | District Limassol District Elevation 772 m | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 87% Humidity | ||
Kouka (Greek: Κουκά) is a small village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, in the foothills of the Troodos Mountains on the western slopes of the Kouris Valley.
Map of Kouka, Cyprus
The village is 2 km south of Pera Pedi on the road to Sylikou, and it is home to the church of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross).
Kouka Village and its History
Our small village is located 25 km from Limassol, the beautiful capital of our district and only a few minutes from Platres and the Troodos mountains. Platres is a resort known all over the world. Kouka is in the middle of the villages of Koilani, Pera Pedi, Sylikou, Moniatis, Saittas and Trimiklini.
It is included among the wine producing villages of Limassol District and it is surrounded by vines, pine trees and oak trees, some of which are over 100 years old. There are those that say that Kouka has the best air in the whole of Cyprus and that anyone fortunate enough to live here will live a very long time.
The tradition of the village goes back through the centuries, as it is famous for the Timios Stavros Monastery, founded during the years of Saint Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, who visited the island in the year 327 AD. The most important Chronicles of Cyprus, Leontios Macheras, Georgios Voustronios and Archimandrite Kyprianos, document the Monastery and the Holy Cross of the church, on which were kept pieces from the Holy Wood that Saint Helena gave as a present to the village.
Kouka derives its name from the word "Koka", the type of hair of a noble man who had most of the village as his property, probably during the Venetian period in Cyprus.
There are a number of historical references to Kouka in the standard texts.