Tavrou Ταύρου

Ammochostos District

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Tavrou is a predominantly Greek mixed in the occupied Karpasia region.

Geographical Location: It lies 33 km North of Ammochostos.

Population: The population of this community consisted in 1960 of 311 Greeks and 1 Turk.

Christian Places of Worship: Within this community, is the church of Agios Sergios kai Vakchos and the chapel of Agia Paraskevi.

Schools: The 1 Greek Primary Schools had 39 students during the 1973-74 school year.

Effects of the 1974 Turkish Invasion: During the Turkish Invasion of 1974, this community was taken over by the Turkish army and as a result the whole of its Greek population was ethnically cleansed. Since then, the Turkish occupation forces and the illegal occupation authority prevent their return.

Churches, Chapels & Cemeteries

Agios Sergios & Agios Bacchus Church

Church

Agia Paraskevi Chapel

Chapel

Tavrou Greek Orthodox Cemetery

Cemetery

Schools (1973-74)

Missing & Killed

0 Missing0 Identified1 Killed

Killed (1)

Christodoulou Androula of Christodoulou
Date of Birth: 1956
Place of Origin: Tavrou Ammochostou
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: 22.8.1974
Place of Death: Tavrou
0 Missing0 Identified1 Killed

Killed (1)

Christodoulou Androula of Christodoulou
Date of Birth: 1956
Place of Origin: Tavrou Ammochostou
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: 22.8.1974
Place of Death: Tavrou