{"id":1716,"date":"2024-06-19T16:24:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machairascommunities.org\/koinotika-symvoulia-syblegmatos\/sia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:08:42","slug":"sia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/machairascommunities.org\/en\/koinotika-symvoulia-syblegmatos\/sia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m1rw31f3-d52f57cbd56206a547a6149fd50365ec\">\n@keyframes av_boxShadowEffect_av-m1rw31f3-d52f57cbd56206a547a6149fd50365ec {\n0%   { box-shadow:  0 0 0 0 ; opacity: 1; }\n100% { box-shadow:  0 0 10px 0 ; opacity: 1; }\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m1rw31f3-d52f57cbd56206a547a6149fd50365ec img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow: 0 0 10px 0 ;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m1rw31f3-d52f57cbd56206a547a6149fd50365ec .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m1rw31f3-d52f57cbd56206a547a6149fd50365ec av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  av-img-box-shadow av-box-shadow-not-animated'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-1717 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1717 avia_image shadow-not-animated' src=\"https:\/\/machairascommunities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4d.-Sia-845x321.jpg\" alt='' title='4d.-Sia'  height=\"321\" width=\"845\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-4ejttw-6da31f85a0536c5e0ff976d8da888995 sc-av_three_fifth av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4ejttw-6da31f85a0536c5e0ff976d8da888995\">\n@keyframes av_boxShadowEffect_av-4ejttw-6da31f85a0536c5e0ff976d8da888995-column {\n0%   { box-shadow:  0 0 0 0 #f4f4f4; opacity: 1; }\n100% { box-shadow:  0 0 10px 0 #f4f4f4; opacity: 1; }\n}\n.flex_column.av-4ejttw-6da31f85a0536c5e0ff976d8da888995{\nbox-shadow: 0 0 10px 0 #f4f4f4;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:30px 30px 30px 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4ejttw-6da31f85a0536c5e0ff976d8da888995 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_two_fifth  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top shadow-not-animated  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-m2oqwnll-cc73fb40fa2f31b39c3a66d70ecf151a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Sia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the period of the Arab raids, which lasted for more than a thousand years (500\u20131500 AD), organized military invasions frequently took place. These were raiding forces led by warlords who carried out looting and pillaging, seizing people\u2019s harvests, livestock, and even the people themselves to sell in slave markets.<\/p>\n<p>These raids mainly targeted the southern coastal areas of the island. After plundering the coastlines, the stronger raiding groups would head inland toward the capital, which always offered richer spoils. Their route to Nicosia followed the road constructed by the Romans (\u201cSierostrata,\u201d as the locals called it), approximately along today\u2019s Nicosia\u2013Limassol road.<\/p>\n<p>The community was located near this passage, but the raiding forces could not easily discover it because it was built within a basin surrounded by mountains densely covered with tall trees, mainly pine forests and thick vegetation. In this way, it remained hidden from the invaders\u2019 sight because it lay within a sheltered hollow (\u201csiasma\u201d in Greek). This is how the community of Sia is believed to have received its name.<\/p>\n<p>The basin in which the community was built not only provided defensive protection through its natural concealment, but also offered everything necessary for survival. Two rivers flowed through the area year-round. The land between the rivers (about one kilometer apart) is mainly rocky and elevated above the riverbeds, protecting the village from flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Next to the rivers were fertile fields formed by alluvial deposits, capable of producing all kinds of agricultural products.<\/p>\n<p>Logging, which at the time was the main source of heating and energy, was both easy and profitable, as the community supplied timber to the surrounding lowland villages.<\/p>\n<p>Its geographical location, together with the fact that it is the first pine-covered semi-mountainous area after Nicosia, makes it highly desirable today for permanent residence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4evehw-65bfd0cb15e0c602bba0c8529cfff874\">\n.flex_column.av-4evehw-65bfd0cb15e0c602bba0c8529cfff874{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:30px 30px 30px 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itemprop=\"headline\" >Address:<\/div><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>8 Archbishop Makarios Street<br \/>\n2574, Sia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-ejd0qq-41b7adca77814864a37f6812afe699d3 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue805' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: Email: \"><div class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title_small  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >Email: <\/div><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a class=\"pagelink\" href=\"mailto:info@sia.org.cy\">info@sia.org.cy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-bzku4i-0409aad09e618d5967d9577ccde7696a avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue854' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: Telephone:\"><div class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title_small  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >Telephone:<\/div><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>22465340<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-12pj6a-122c760c1fe900bedd2eea3fc79ae787 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue8b1' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: Website:\"><div class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title_small  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >Website:<\/div><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sia.org.cy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.sia.org.cy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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