21 May 2022
Did You Know? Nicosia Bastions
The choice of eleven bastions was based on the fact that Cyprus had eleven administrative provinces or contrade.
17 May 2022
Did You Know? The Venetian walls of Nicosia
Panos Leventis, in Twelve times in Nicosia, 2005, presents the history of Nicosia from 1192-1570 and points out the …
03 May 2022
Did You Know? Names of villages
25 Apr 2022
Did You Know? Robert Anning Bell, Catherine Queen of Cyprus
The painting, which hangs in the Caterina Cornaro room on the second floor of the CVAR, is inscribed verso on …
19 Apr 2022
Did You Know? Kantara Castle
Among the theories put forward to explain the origins of the castle are that it was first built In 965 …
12 Apr 2022
Did You Know? Government Cottage
During the end of the nineteenth century, the custom was to go to the hills from about the middle of …
04 Apr 2022
Did You Know? St. Giacomo, St. James, St Jacque or Ayios Iacovos
Mas Latrie in Livre Des Remembrance, document 195, (Wednesday, 3 January 1469) mentions "la chapelle de Saint Jaque de …
27 Mar 2022
Did You Know? Names of Cypriot cities
21 Mar 2022
Did You Know? The Evil Eye
The evil eye is a supernatural belief in curse, brought about by a malevolent glare.
14 Mar 2022
Did You Know? Hammams
Public bathhouses existed in Roman and Hellenistic culture and were found throughout the Mediterranean world.
08 Mar 2022
Did You Know? Molokhia/Moloha
Molokhia refers to the leaves of Corchorus olitorius, commonly known in English as , jute mallow or Jew's Mallow.
05 Mar 2022
Did You Know? Falcons
Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of …
22 Feb 2022
Did You Know? Salep
The salep, is a drink made of flour from the tubers of the orchids. Salep was very popular in the …
14 Feb 2022
Did You Know? Government House
Government House was a wooden pre-fabricated construction sent from England to Cyprus and specially designed to house the new High …
08 Feb 2022
Did You Know? Banana Bottle
Feeding an infant was a primary concern of all civilisations throughout the ages. Mothers and caregivers always tried to find …
05 Feb 2022
Did You Know? The bazaars of Nicosia
Nicosia in the nineteenth century was known as the little Damascus. Tall minarets protruding from its walls, beautiful serails and …
27 Jan 2022
Did You Know? Sylvia Foot
Sylvia Foot (d. 1985), was the wife of the last Governor of Cyprus Sir Hugh Foot. Foot had served as …
22 Jan 2022
Did You Know? Archduke Louis Salvador (1847- 1915)
His full name was Archduke Ludwig Salvador Marie Josef Johann Baptist Dominikus Rainer Ferdinand Karl Zenobius Antonin.
15 Jan 2022
Did You Know? Catalan Window
Above the entrance of what purported to be the third Lusignan Palace, in the centre of Nicosia, stood a wonderful …
07 Jan 2022
Did You Know? Ismet Guney
İsmet Vehit Güney (15 July 1923 – 23 June 2009) was a Cypriot artist, art teacher, painter and cartoonist. He …
02 Jan 2022
Did You Know? Dr. Heidenstam
Fredrik Carl von Heidenstam (1842-1909) was born at the Swedish Legation in Athens. He was trained as a doctor in …
28 Dec 2021
Did You Know? The monastery of Kykko
Kykkou, Kykkou, Kykkos' hill
A monastery the site shall fill
A golden girl shall enter in
And never shall come …
24 Dec 2021
Did You Know? Bellapais monastery by Louis François Cassas
In 1783, Louis Francois Cassas (1756-18270, a celebrated French artist was invited by Choiseul Gouffier, French Ambassador to the Port, …
21 Dec 2021
Did You Know? Caterina Cornaro
On the second floor of CVAR there is a special section devoted to the last tragic queen of Cyprus, Caterina …