Platanistasa

Platanistasa Πλατανιστάσα
village
Stavros Agiasmati on UNESCO list
Platanistasa Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 34°56′47″N 33°2′41″E
Country	Cyprus
District	Nicosia District
Elevation	3,120 ft (950 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	172
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://www.platanistasa.org/

Platanistasa (Greek: Πλατανιστάσα) is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 14 km southwest of Mitsero. Platanistasa is in the northern side of Troodos in Pitsilia region. The average altitude of Platanistasa is 940 meters. Pre-Christian graves are found in the village. The village of Platanistasa together with some other villages was granted 1474 to relative of Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus. In Platanistasa there is Stavros tou Agiasmati (Greek: Σταυρός του Αγιασμάτι, Holy Cross of Agiasmati) church, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with nine other Painted Churches in the Troödos Region.

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