One of the unspoilt village in North Cyprus is Lapta,
used to called Lapethos.
After
the successive Arab raids in the seventh century AD the
inhabitants of Lambousa gradually moved inland and –carrying
some of the stones of their house as well-founded Lapithos
on the mountain terraces overlooking the sea.The settlement
flourished during the Lusignan rule and its population
reached to some ten thousand people.Excavations in the area
have revealed a Chalcolithic settlement which is thought to
have utilized the local copper deposits,and Iron Age chamber
tombs.
The present day settlement is one of the most fertile
villages pn the island,owing this to its abundance of water
gushing from Başpınar spprings from some 280 m above.The
rushing sound of water,which has been the most precipus
commodity on the dry islandi,can be heard all over the
area.The village is famous for its extensive lemon and
orange groves.
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