Total: 6 results found.

1. Golden Beach / Karpas
(Historical Places)
...  part of Cyprus where time almost stands still. To rush through this peaceful, quiet land means to miss so much.There is also an abundance of history with ancient city sites, Byzantine period basilica ...
2. St Barnabas' Monastery and Icon Museum/ Famagusta
(Historical Places)
... f to Constantinople (now Istanbul) to present the bible to the Byzantine emperor, Zeno. Delighted by this gift, the emperor granted autonomy (independence) to the church in Cyprus. To this day, Cypriot bisho ...
3. Salamis Ruins / Famagusta
(Historical Places)
...  prompted the decree from Rome expelling all Jews from the island. Earthquakes in 332 and 342 caused a great deal of damage, and the city was rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor Constantius, naming it Constanti ...
4. St Mamas Monastery / Guzelyurt
(Historical Places)
The church in the monastery was originally a Byzantine building, built on the site of an Aphrodite temple. It has been reconstructed at various times over the centuries, with most of the buildings dating ...
5. St Hilarion Castle / Kyrenia
(Historical Places)
... with ease. The demons finally admitted defeat, and left Hilarion and the mountain in peace. A Byzantine monastery, and later a fort sprang up around his tomb Owing to its near impregnability, St Hilarion ...
6. Selimiye Mosque / Nicosia
(Historical Places)
... that it was built over the ruins of a much earlier Byzantine church called Hagia Sophia. It was consecrated in 1326 while still incomplete, and the blunt-roofed bell towers were never finished. Within ...
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