Detailed review by Praskipark
Praskipark
Warsaw, Poland90%
Fabrica Hill is a strange attraction to say the least. To me, it sounds like there should be a factory built on top of a hill as the word Fabrica in Portuguese means factory and a similar word in Polish, Fabrik, also means factory.
I don't know about a hill exactly but it is definitely a lumpy, verdant mound.
Beneath Fabrica Hill graves and underground chambers have been carved out and in the Middle ages they housed a cotton mill. The walls were painted and the roofs were vaulted. On the eastern flank a rock chapel has been carved out for lovers to go and worship. The Digenis Rock on the north side of the hill is the subject of a fascinating legend which goes like this.....
Digenis is a giant of amazing strength. He is a good natured giant but not blessed with intelligence. In many stories he fights against the Saracens, driving them off with boulders or else delivering a fatal blow. Once, when he stumbled to the ground, the imprint of his little finger created Five Finger Mountain. It is there where the clever and cunning Queen Rigena lived. The countryside around Paphos once belonged to Rigena and the Fabrica Hills were her palace. When the plain was afflicted by a terrible drought, she asked the giant Digenis to bring water from the mountains. He was happy to obey, hoping that by helping the beautiful Queen he could win her hand. But the Queen merely thanked him for his help and fled from his advances through an underground passage linking Fabrica with the sanctuary of Aphrodite. Beside himself with anger, Digenis attacked her palace with a stone, the Diginis Rock.
Fascinating stuff, don't you think. Well, at leats it adds a bit of romanticism to the place.
You can find Fabrica Hill at the end of Apostolou Avenue in Paphos and from the top of the hill you will be able to see a breathtaking view of the dappled sea and bustling town below.
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