Theletra

Theletra (Greek: Θελέτρα) is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 3 km east of Kathikas.

Theletra is located at 583m above sea level.

The old village was abandoned because of a huge earthquake that made the nearby hills to fall.

Katsarkes is a locality nearby,[4] located at 657 m.a.s.l.

[5] What many people do not know is that the so-called ‘New Theletra’ at the top of a hill is home to 269 inhabitants, while Old Theletra at the bottom of the hill has hardly any inhabitants, with the old village abandoned because of a huge earthquake that caused a great landslide estimated to have occurred about 40 years ago, as villagers fled their homes and set up a new base higher on the hills.