Episkopi, Limassol

Episkopi
Yalova
Village and Municipal district
Episkopi Bay, Cyprus
Episkopi Bay, Cyprus
Interactive map of Episkopi
Episkopi is located in Cyprus
Episkopi
Episkopi
Location within Cyprus
Episkopi is located in Eastern Mediterranean
Episkopi
Episkopi
Location within the Eastern Mediterranean
Episkopi is located in European Union
Episkopi
Episkopi
Location within the European Union
Episkopi is located in Asia
Episkopi
Episkopi
Location within Asia
Coordinates: 34°40′15″N 32°54′7″E / 34.67083°N 32.90194°E / 34.67083; 32.90194
Country Cyprus
United Kingdom
DistrictLimassol District
MunicipalityKourion Municipality
Incorporated into Kourion Municipality1 July 2024
Government
 • BodyMunicipal Council of Kourion
 • Deputy mayorLefkios Prodromou
Area
 • Village
23.33 km2 (9.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Village
4,098
 • Density175.7/km2 (454.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitekourion.org

Episkopi (Greek: Επισκοπή, Turkish: Piskobu) is a village and a municipal district of the Kourion Municipality lying partly in the Limassol District of Cyprus and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Its current deputy mayor is Lefkios Prodromou. It is approximately 14 km (9 mi) west of Limassol and 40 km (25 mi) east of Paphos. Episkopi is built on the hill of ancient Kourion, close to the western bank of the Kouris River.

History

In the medieval Kingdom of Cyprus, Episkopi was granted in fief to the House of Ibelin. It was in the hands of Federico Cornaro of the Republic of Venice from 1367 and granted to him in 1374 by the indebted king. It was known as La Piscopia da Cornaro, and the branch of the Cornaro family descended from Federico became known as Cornaro Piscopia. The Cornaros ran a large sugar plantation in their fief near Episkopi that employed slaves of Syrian or Arab origin or local serfs.

Before the 1974 invasion, the village had 3,000 Turkish residents. Later, the majority of them left the village for England.

Twin towns – sister cities

Episkopi is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ "Cyprus: Municipalities and Communities - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  2. ↑ "Population Enumerated by District, Municipality/Community, Sex and Age 1.10.2021". Statistical Service. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Municipal Elections 2024 - Deputy Mayors Official Results". Ministry of Interior (Cyprus). Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Rogge, Sabine; Grünbart, Michael (2015). Medieval Cyprus: a Place of Cultural Encounter. Waxmann Verlag. p. 152. ISBN 9783830983606. Retrieved 7 June 2019.; Konnari, Angel Nicolaou; Schabel, Chris (2015). Lemesos: A History of Limassol in Cyprus from Antiquity to the Ottoman Conquest. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 252. ISBN 9781443884624. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Cornaro, Luigi; Addison, Joseph; Bacon, Francis; Temple, William (1903). "Appendix: A Short History of the Cornaro Family; Some Account of Eminent Cornaros; A Eulogy upon Louis Cornaro; The Villas Erected by Louis Cornaro". The art of living long; a new and improved English version of the treatise by the celebrated Venetian centenarian, Louis Cornaro, with essays. Milwaukee: W. F. Butler. pp. 157–207. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Verlinden, Charles (1970). "The Transfer of Colonial Techniques from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic". The beginning of Modern Colonization. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. pp. 19–21.
  7. ↑ Uludağ, Sevgül (2018-09-08). ""Limasol'a bağlı, Kıbrıs'ın güneyinde bir köy: Piskobu…" - Sevgül Uludağ". YENİDÜZEN (in Turkish). Retrieved 2025-04-07.