The name "Loo" derives from the name of an
Abazin feudal family, Lau or Loo. Until 1864,
Ubykhs from the
Vardane community lived in the
Loo river valley. On the sea coast was the aul of Ismail Barakai Dzepsh, one of the
Ubykh leaders during the
Caucasian War. Since 1872, the Loo river basin is the property of Vardane. The ruins of a medieval
Abkhaz temple, known as the Loo Temple, were preserved in the mountains near Loo, approximately high. The northern wall of the temple, being built from limestone blocks, was preserved better than the remaining parts. The temple is wide and long, and the thickness of the temple walls exceeds . On August 7, 2008, a terrorist attack occurred on the beach of Loo, in which two people were killed and 15 people were injured. Eight people were hospitalized. The unidentified exploding device went off on the city beach at 10:10
Moscow Time. One of the people that died was a female resident of
Kyiv born in 1986, the other was a male resident of
Rostov-on-Don born in 1977. ==Leisure in Loo==