Asgata is a village belonging to the district of Limassol. It is built in the middle of a green valley due to its fields. It is a small village where you can easily realise the range of development it had.
In the centre of the village, where the first settlement was built, the houses are stone built and so are the narrow streets. The houses found outside and around the centre follow another architectural style that was common in the lowland areas of Cyprus in the second half of the past century. All around there are contemporary houses that have a today’s city architectural style. Asgata is a village, and let it remain as such.
In Asgata you can spend your time creatively, walking along its streets. On your journey, you will find perfect houses in terms of architecture, with paved yards filled with flowers, succeed one another. If the progressive community council placed lights to illuminate the streets during the night, or if they suggested that the settlers to do so, Asgata would be a magnificent place for walks and food and there are truly very beautiful houses over there.
In the centre of the village there is a main church that is dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul. On the opposite side of the church there is a play place for children with games for children and in the same area you will find the Pyrreios Community Library.
While continuing the journey from the library towards west, a pleasant surprise greets you. A magnificent square is in front of you. Suddenly you think that time went many years back. An exhibition with train wagons from the metal mine, a machine of the same type and all of this on real rails “take you” to the depth of the earth.
A virtual well with an alakati (wooden wheels that help extracting water from the well) and a stone built water tap behind it, complete the community square of Asgata.
Even though the village is mostly agricultural with a great fruit and vegetable production, agrotourism is negligible.
The village got its name from a very long time ago. Back then when in Cyprus the dialect was still the Dorian one. Due to the great production of cereals and other agricultural products, many merchants went to the village who, when were asked where they were going they replied “As gatas” which meant ‘to the farmers’.
On leaving Asgata, after you have ascended the road of return and you pass by the mountain peak towards Monagroulli, you will face a unique and magnificent view. The Monagroulli and Moni villages will “spread” in front of you. The sea and the shores of Cyprus seem to be so close, so clean, so provocatively beautiful.
A trip to Asgata will reward you.
