Frenaros


Frenaros is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus. In 2011, it had a population of 4,298.

History

The village was named after the Fremenors, the Lusignan monks who lived in the nearby Panagia of Hortakion monastery, and has two churches that date back to the 12th century. The village itself dates back to the Neolithic period, evidenced by residues discovered by Swedish archeologist Einar Gjerstad in 1925. The earliest known mention of the village was in the 15th century, where it was referred as "Apano Frenaro" and "Kato Frenaro", suggesting that the village once used to be divided into two separate parts.

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