![]() ![]() We also get Oldest Greek vessel to be excavated, the 4 th-century Kyrenia, discovered off the northern coast in 1967. Cyprus can lay claim to World’s oldest wine (Commandaria, which can trace its origins back to 2000BC), and First domesticated cat (which, 9,500 years ago, was lovingly buried next to a human in the Neolithic village of Shillourokambos). Several of our records are ancient beyond compare. The nectarine has, we hear, since been consumed! In 2018, the world’s Heaviest nectarine honour went to Eleni Evangelou Ploutarchou of Vavatsinias a farmer since 1950, Eleni was staggered to discover she’d grown the 500g, 9cm fruit in her orchards. ![]() So too, was the Largest skewer of kebab meat, a combined effort that saw Zith Catering Equipment and the Municipality of Paphos create a whopping 4,022kg-souvlaki in December 2008. Both the records for Largest flaouna (259.5kg, made by Carrefour Limassol in 2012), and Largest vassilopita (cut on Januin Paphos, and weighing in at 1,900kg!) were achieved right here. ![]()
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