800-Year-Old Juniper
This juniper is about 800 years old
The story
The trail runs through dense forest of black pine and Troodos juniper. One of the biggest junipers grows here. It’s about 800 years old. About 90 meters from here is the entrance to the adit of a chrome mine. An adit is a horizontal tunnel into the mountain. The mine has been closed since 1982.
On the trail
- Atalante — 14 km, 4–5 h
On the way
Sources
- Τμήμα Δασών — Μονοπάτια: «Αταλάντη» (κυκλικό, 14 km, 4–5 ώρες, βαθμός δυσκολίας 2, αόρατος 800 ετών, γαλαρία χρωμίου εκτός λειτουργίας από το 1982, βρύση σε 3 km)
- Visit Cyprus (Deputy Ministry of Tourism) — Atalanti (Circular), Troodos Forest Nature Trail
- OpenStreetMap — the “Juniperus Foetidissima… 800 years old” sign on the Atalante trail
- OpenStreetMap — entrance to the adit of the Hadjipavlou chrome mine by the Atalante trail
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