Attractions
Cyprus Archaeological Museum
This museum was established to collect, study and display
archaeological artefacts from all over the island. Some of the
exhibits are as old as 8,500 years. The museum is arranged in
chronological order. The first hall contains pottery and implements
from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic...
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The largest collection of icons on the island of Cyprus is
displayed in the Byzantine Museum in the Old City of Nicosia. The
icons date from the ninth through to the 18th centuries. The museum
also contains an art gallery exhibiting oil paintings,...
see full detailsEthnographic Museum (former Folk Art Museum)
The colourful collections in this museum represent Cypriot folk
art of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and include wood
carvings, jewellery, woven goods, tapestries, embroidery, pottery
and national costumes. The museum is housed in the Old Bishopric in
a 15th-century Gothic building that...
see full detailsSt John’s Cathedral (Agios Ioannis)
The Orthodox Cathedral in the Old City was built in 1662 by
Archbishop Nikiforos, dedicated to Saint John the Theologian. The
18th-century wall paintings show Biblical scenes and illustrate the
discovery of the tomb of Saint Barnabas at Salamis. The
Cathedral’s prize features, however,...
see full detailsOld City Walls
The walls that completely encompass the Old City date from the
Venetian occupation in the 16th century, and have a circumference
of three miles (5km). Eleven heart-shaped bastions are interspersed
along the walls, which have only three gates, in the north, south
and east....
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