The bridge is situated on a Tzielefou altitude of 440m. In the Paphos forest, 6 km from the Turkish Cypriot village of Agios Nikolaos, and is the largest medieval stone bridge. The bridge is built over the river Diarizos.
In antiquity it was called”Vokaria”(by appointment – divorce). About the name of the bridge there are several versions. The word”Kelefa”is Greek and means weak, ill. Perhaps the word”housing”The name likely to be linked by some person or incident during construction of the bridge.
The bridge consists of a pointed arch built by toufla, likely construction site. At the ends of the arch are well-hewn stone, and in excellent condition and on top of the key bridge which is the most sensitive point. On the south side barely visible carved a small cross on a stone. The base surface is built of stones river. Access the bridge from both ends of a waiting room. This shows that there was intense activity in the Middle Ages, so I said that was the major route connecting Paphos with the other provinces.
Until independence served the needs of the region, linking the villages of the West Bank (Milikouri, Vretsia, Saint John) with the villages of the eastern shore (Agios Nikolaos, Kaminaria, Three Olives).
Characteristic of this bridge is the great height from the riverbed, the small width of the pavement, where they could the rapids to block the mouth of the bridge by uprooted and branches and back up the lake, leading to lure and destroy the bridge. The river is called barbaric. He made an evil noise and sounded by the surrounding villages, where people came here and kremaze baskets from the top of the bridge to get the eels that would sway the water.
Source: Charalambos Kogkorozis
