24 Sep 2024
Did you know? The Old Cannon
George Jeffery was an architect, historian and the Director of Antiquities during the early colonial years.
17 Sep 2024
Did you know? St Napa bastion Famagusta
There is a bastion on the south of Mustafa Pasha Masjid. During the medieval period, the surrounding area was the …
10 Sep 2024
Did you know? Phaneromeni church
In 1222 a Cistercian nunnery existed on the location of today’s Panayia Phaneromeni church.
03 Sep 2024
Did you know? Nicosia in the 20th century
A sure sign of affluence in Nicosia was the establishment of the first savings organization in 1898, which by …
27 Aug 2024
Did you know? Hygiene
In 1897 the first state hospital was built in Nicosia near Paphos Gate, and in 1912 a mental asylum …
20 Aug 2024
Did you know? Ermou Street
In 1882 Nicosia acquired its first street lamps, while in 1903 electricity arrived, first lighting up Government House. Christodoulos …
13 Aug 2024
Did you know? Bombing Cyprus
Although Cyprus escaped the Second World War something else happened which puzzled the then Governor Sir William Battershill: All …
06 Aug 2024
Did you know? Chronicler of Lysi
In the village of Lysi, a poor peasant, one of the few who could read and write, kept a …
30 Jul 2024
Did you know? Kaçkaç Dede
According to Anatolian tradition, people respect the dead and believe they should remain close to the living. As a …
23 Jul 2024
Did you know? Remedies
Lorenzo Warriner Pease, the first American missionary in Cyprus, wrote in his diary on 18 July 1836:
16 Jul 2024
Did you know? Epidemics
The personification of diseases is a universal phenomenon. In Cyprus, three main epidemics plagued the island over the centuries and …
09 Jul 2024
Did you know? Le Charivari
During the end of the nineteenth century, France and England were antagonising each other as to who would be …
02 Jul 2024
Did you know? St Antipas
Situated in the Mesaoria plain, at Pyroi (Nicosia district), on the east bank of the Yialias river is a …
25 Jun 2024
Did you know? St Chrysostomos Monastery
Just north of the village of Koutsoventis, at the foothills of Buffavento, is the Monastery of Saint John Chrysostomos. …
18 Jun 2024
Did you know? Platres
This village in the Troodos mountains lies at an altitude of 1100 meters. It is believed that it existed since …
11 Jun 2024
Did you know? Othello
Shakespeare wrote his play Othello in 1603-1604. His source was the story of a Moorish Captain (third decade, story …
04 Jun 2024
Did you know? Kyrenia
Keryneia, Ceryneia, Keronia or Keraunia, Cinyiriam, or Kerini, Kyrenia, Cyrene, has been in existence since the 13th century BC.
28 May 2024
Did you know? Greek Priest in Famagusta
Magda Ohnefalsch-Richter mentions the story of a Greek priest in Famagusta who heals and saves people bitten by the poisonous …
21 May 2024
Did you know? Paphos
The Varangians, Scandinavian warriors who often joined the Crusaders, had their fleet anchored at Baffa, as Paphos was then …
14 May 2024
Did you know? Larnaca
Larnaca was the first town to own a printing press and in September 1878, the first newspaper circulated. It …
07 May 2024
Did you know? Censuses in Cyprus
Not many censuses were conducted in Cyprus over the Ottoman period. The census of 1777 by Kyprianos shows that 84,000 …
30 Apr 2024
Did you know? Coral
Corals are invertebrate animals belonging to a large group of colourful and fascinating animals called Cnidaria. Corals are generally …
23 Apr 2024
Did you know? Villa Claudia
In the eighteenth century, Mr Treadway, the richest English merchant in Cyprus, built a most magnificent house in …
16 Apr 2024
Did you know? Cynara cardunculus or Hostes
A wild plant with thorny leaves growing between April and June on rocky grounds. It can be found at the …