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Hidden : 2/3/2011

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Arodes Village

Arodes is a small village on the edge of the Akamas peninsula. It is composed of two settlements; Pano Arodes (mainly Greek Cypriot) and Kato Arodes (previously mainly Turkish Cypriot). In 1975 Kato Arodes was abandoned and many buildings fell into disrepair. When driving through the village one can see a marked difference between the two settlements. Many old houses have been rebuilt after the earth quake of 1995 which destroyed 20 houses, and there is also a lot of new construction going on. The pretty village square is a natural meeting point for the villagers.

In his book "Historic Cyprus" (Second ed. 1947) at page 177, Rupert Gunnis (who was Inspector of Antiquities on the island at the time) described the village as follows:

"The mediaeval name of the village was Rhodes, from the fact that it was the property of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, whose headquarters were until 1522 in the island of Rhodes.

The Christian village contains an eighteenth-century Church of St. Kelandion, an early bishop of Paphos. To the north side of the church lies the large stone sarcophagus of St. Agapiticos, while the companion one of St. Misiticos is to the south. The village legend is that those who wish to win the love of a person, be it a girl or boy, come secretly at night and chip off a fragment of the sarcophagus of St. Agapiticos. This is powedered and introduced into the loved one's drink, who will immediately reciprocate the donor's passion. Conversely, should a person desire to quarrel with another, he merely carries out the same procedure with powdered stone from the sarcophagus of St. Misiticos. It is interesting to note that the latter is far more worn away than that of St. Agapiticos."

Somewhere in this nice village we have placed a cache. Among the contents are of course the usual FTF certificate and a lottery ticket. The coordinates are displayed in a slightly different format than usual, so a little brain activity is called for. The difficulty rating refers mostly to the puzzle.

38.81835222% North and 18.00403722% East

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Erthyn qr gerv vf bar jnl gb tb

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

Arodes Village Mystery Cache

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Arodes Village

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