- 1. Monastery of Apostolos Andreas / Karpas
- (Historical Places)
- ... s built close to the shore. The church of the main monastery dates to the 18th century, while the main buildings are 100 years later. Mass pilgrimage, however, is only comparatively recent, dating ba ...
- 2. Golden Beach / Karpas
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- ... with intricate mosaics; conglomerations of timeworn churches; rural traditional Cypriot villages whose inhabitants pursue a way of life now as they have done for the past few hundred years. Here in a ...
- 3. St Barnabas' Monastery and Icon Museum/ Famagusta
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- St Barnabas was one of the founders of the independent Greek Orthodox church, and is the patron saint of Cyprus. He, was born in Salamis to a Jewish family of the Levi clan, (the Levites from which ...
- 4. Salamis Ruins / Famagusta
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- ... Paul and Barnabas was to have far reaching implications, enabling the church in later years to demonstrate its apostolic origin and justifying its claim to be independent of the patriarch of Antioch. Afte ...
- 5. Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque / Famagusta
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- 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 ...
- 6. St Mamas Monastery / Guzelyurt
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- 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 ...
- 7. Museum of Archaeology and Natural History / Guzelyurt
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- The Guzelyurt museum is situated in the former ecclesiastical residence adjacent to the Church of St. Mamas. There is a small car park and it is within walking distance of the town centre. The Natural ...
- 8. Bellapais Abbey / Kyrenia
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- To the north-east of Kyrenia, set on the side of a mountain, this twelfth-century monastery is a fine example of Gothic architecture of the Lusignan period. The abbey comprises of a church, refectory, ...
- 9. 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 ...
