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Pitsilia’s roses and cured meats: products protected by the EU

Local name: Αγρός

Collection: Cyprus Basics Exam · Cyprus · Open in OpenStreetMap

Agros on the slope below the mountains
Agros on the slope below the mountains · Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

The story

Agros is a mountain village in Pitsilia, the eastern part of Troodos, in Limassol district, at about 1,000 to 1,100 meters. According to the community, the village took its name from the Megalos Agros monastery. The village grew up around it, and the Church of the Virgin Mary now stands on its site. Damask roses have been grown here for more than a hundred years. According to an EU document, around the start of the twentieth century a local teacher set up a society of pupils to spread the rose and installed the first still. Agros rose preserve and Agros rosewater are protected geographical indications of the EU, since 2016 and 2024. Under this name they can only be made here, from local roses. Agros is also in the zone where lountza, chiromeri and loukaniko of Pitsilia are made. These are cured meats, also protected in the EU.

Agros is the “village of roses” in Pitsilia (Limassol district): rosewater, rose preserve and a rose festival in May. Pitsilia is known for cured meats: lountza, chiromeri and loukaniko of Pitsilia are protected in the EU.

Visiting

The rose festival takes place in May, when the roses are picked, and according to the community website it lasts about a week. The dates depend on the weather and change every year: the Agros community announces them (agros.org.cy and the festival’s social media pages).

Photos

The white houses of Agros
The white houses of Agros · Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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