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21. Golden Beach / Karpas
(Historical Places)
...  North Cyprus can be complete without a visit to the Karpaz Peninsula, this is the Cyprus of old, a land almost unspoilt by the savage hand of modern development, where Mother Nature still holds the rein ...
22. St Barnabas' Monastery and Icon Museum/ Famagusta
(Historical Places)
... sizable Jewish community to Christianity. Although he did not have a great deal of success, he managed to impress the Roman governor of the island, Sergius Paulus, to such an extent that he adopted the ...
23. Salamis Ruins / Famagusta
(Historical Places)
... and a Royal city. Until the end of the fourth century it ruled over a tract of country far more extensive and fertile than that possessed by any other town, at one stage reaching as far as Troodos. The ...
24. Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque / Famagusta
(Historical Places)
The building of the church started around 1300, though it is thought to be on the remains of an earlier church.   If you look closely, you can still see damage caused by the Ottoman bombardment. After ...
25. Museum of Archaeology and Natural History / Guzelyurt
(Historical Places)
... with the artefacts in Room I, at the start of the exhibition, dating from the Stone Age. One of the rooms is almost exclusively dedicated to the artefacts found at the Bronze Age site of Toumba tou Skoura* ...
26. St Hilarion Castle / Kyrenia
(Historical Places)
... the castle again became militarily important as the retreat of the under-age King Peter II. His uncle and regent, John of Antioch, mislead by his hostile sister-in-law into believing his bodyguard of Bulgarian ...
27. Bellapais Abbey / Kyrenia
(Historical Places)
... dormitory and storage rooms grouped around an inner courdyard.  It was originally occupied by a French brotherhood, the Order of Premontre, and was known to them as the "Abbaye de la Paix". During th ...
28. Blue House / Guzelyurt
(Historical Places)
A number of myths have grown up round Pavlides. What is known is that he came from a respected family involved in the motor trade. He was the main agent for General Motors, Vauxhall and Opel, with offices ...
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