Ayia Napa Aqueduct

The Agia Napa Aqueduct is one of the most important monuments preserved within the boundaries of the Agia Napa municipality. The Aqueduct had for hundreds of years supplied with water to the monastery and the whole region. The monument in its present state of preservation is an alteration of the original Roman aqueduct, which occurred during the Frankish period when the monastery was built. The source of the water is to be found somewhere on the Northeastern hills of Agia Napa. Up to the year 1974, the original visible route of the channel was marked by a barrel-shaped structure at the locality of ‘Mana tou Nerou’, known traditionally as the House of the Greeks. From that point, the aqueduct ran all the way to the monastery following the natural contours of the bedrock.