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Kambanopetra Basilica
The vast remains of this 4th-century basilica are an entrancing spot with lonely columns backed by the sea. Originally it would have been an impressive church with three apses. In the complex behind the church (believed to have contained a bathhouse) there is an intricate, well-pre
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Natural Sea Sponge Exhibition Centre
Sponges have a life of their own and the cartoon here, duly dedicated to a talking sponge, will amuse younger kids. The exhibition goes through the process of sea-sponge harvesting, and how the living creatures become the soft things we use in our baths. Naturally enough, you can p
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Agora & Temple of Zeus
Just behind the reservoir are the sparse remains of Agora – the city’s place of assembly during the Roman era – and the Temple of Zeus which the Romans built over an earlier Hellenistic temple. Not much remains from either complex; the stones having long been pilfered for other bui
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Early Christian Basilica
The early Christian basilica displays all the hallmarks of an early church, with foundations clearly showing the existence of a narthex, diakonikon (a storage area for agricultural products used by priests and monks), various rooms, a baptistery and an atrium. Some floor mosaics ar
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Icon Museum
This domed church, with arched recesses in its side walls, has fine paintings of the Virgin Mary of the Annunciation and the Prayer of Joachim and Anna, in which the couple are seen embracing while a young girl peers from behind a window. The marble inlay from the church’s original
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Agios Andronikos
This 16th-century church was previously a mosque and the centre of local Turkish Cypriot religious life. Don’t miss the fine Byzantine frescos that were hidden behind whitewash for decades. Sitting on the western side of town, the church can only be visited in groups of 10 or more.
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Theatre
Dating from the time of Augustus (31 BC to AD 14), the theatre once held 15,000 spectators. Much of it was destroyed by earthquakes, leaving stone raiders to seize its blocks for building projects elsewhere. Since then, it has been partially restored and occasionally hosts outdoor
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Medieval Museum
The interior of Lemesos Castles contains a series of chambers on varying levels which are home to the Medieval Museum. The collection of Byzantine and medieval artefacts on display include tombstones, suits of armour, weaponry, religious objects and Ottoman pottery.Climb up to the
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Ethnographical Museum
This privately owned museum houses a varied collection of coins, traditional costumes, kitchen utensils, Chalcolithic axe heads, amphorae and other assorted items. There’s more of the same in the garden, including a Hellenistic rock-cut tomb. The €5 guidebook available at the entra
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Church of the Virgin Mary
This 16th-century church (restored in 1903) lies at the very heart of Laneia village. The icon panel here dates from 1676 and displays beautiful examples of religious icon paintings and decorative wooden panels from this period. The church is also home to the 12th-century Virgin Ma
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Faneromeni Church
Built in 1872 on the site of an ancient Orthodox nunnery, this is the largest church within the city walls and is a mixture of neoclassical, Byzantine and Latin styles. The Marble Mausoleum on the eastern side of the church was built in memory of four clerics executed by the Ottoma
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Panagia Theotokou (Arhangelou)
Dating from around 1514, this smaller chapel is just near Panagia tis Podythou. It’s quite dark inside, so you may want to bring a torch. It has vivid didactic-style (teaching) panels with frescos depicting an interesting panoply of images from Jesus’ life. To access the church you
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Archangelos Michael Icon Museum
The 19th-century St Archangelos Michael Church, easily distinguished by its prominent bell tower, displays icons dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection is made up of icons salvaged from Orthodox churches throughout North Cyprus. Notable depictions include Saint Geo
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Main Municipal Beach
In the centre of Kato Pafos, the Main Municipal Beach is not your standard holiday-brochure-style sweep of sun-kissed sand: the beach area is paved and partly pedestrianised. Comprising a collection of wooden decks, rocks, sand and diving points, it’s still pleasant and the water i
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Panagia tou Moutoulla
The oldest of the painted churches in the Tröodos mountains and believed to have once been a private chapel, this church has the steep aisle and pitched roof common to the region. Its rare unrestored paintings include depictions of St Christopher, St George and the Virgin and date
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Famagusta Gate
Famagusta, the easternmost gate, is the most photographed and best-preserved of the three original gates that led into the Old City of Nicosia.The gate’s impressive wooden door and sloping facade open out onto a tunnel that leads through the rampart wall. Beyond the tunnel to the r
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Tomb of Lazarus
The Tomb of Lazarus is under the apse of the Agios Lazaros. Several sarcophagi were supposedly found in this catacomb when it was first discovered but only the empty tomb now remains.In 1972 human remains were found under the church altar. Some believe that the remains are those of
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Gallery of Tomb
This small but interesting exhibit from the neolithic and Bronze ages as well as the Hellenistic and Byzantine periods includes amphorae, gold jewellery and ancient coins. Another display shows a reconstruction of the Neolithic II Period houses (4500–3900 BC) made from mud and ston
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Agios Filon & Afendrika
Standing in silent sentinel on a rather deserted coastline, some 5km north of Dipkarpaz and right next to the Oasis hotel, is the well-preserved shell of Agios Filon & Afendrika, a 12th-century church built over an earlier 5th-century Christian basilica. Abstract mosaics from t
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Nestorian Church
Built between 1360 and 1369 this Nestorian order church has a sublimely well-preserved bell tower and squat golden-stoned facade.According to local tradition if you take soil from the church grounds and place it in your enemy’s house, within one year they’ll either die or leave Cyp
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