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Landmark Attractions In Cyprus

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Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt, and southeast of Greece. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC. As a strategic location in the Middle East,...
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  • 1. Trooditissa monastery Troodos
    Trooditissa Monastery, is situated on the southern slopes of the Troödos Mountains on the island of Cyprus. It is an orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was founded in 990, but the current building dates back to 1731. It is built at an altitude of 1,500m and the closest village is Plátres. The Holy Monastery of Trooditissa is estimated to have been founded after the period of Iconoclasm. The earlier buildings, which were of the middle Byzantine period are not saved. The main church and the other surrounding buildings were built in the 18th-20th centuries. The most important relic of the monastery is the thaumaturgist icon of Virgin Mary, originally from Asia Minor and is known for its wonders to childless married couples who wish to have a child. The church celebrates on ...
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  • 2. Selimiye Mosque Nicosia
    Selimiye Mosque , historically known as Cathedral of Saint Sophia, is a former Roman Catholic cathedral converted into a mosque, located in North Nicosia. It is the main mosque of the city. The Selimiye Mosque is housed in the largest and oldest surviving Gothic church in Cyprus possibly constructed on the site of an earlier Byzantine church. In total, the mosque has a capacity to hold 2500 worshipers with 1750 m2 available for worship. It is the largest surviving historical building in Nicosia, and according to sources, it may have been the largest church built in the Eastern Mediterranean in the millennium between the rise of Islam and the late Ottoman period. It was the coronation church for the Lusignan kings of Cyprus.
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  • 4. The House of Dionysus Paphos
    The Ayia Napa sea monster is a cryptid, claimed to inhabit the coast of Ayia Napa in Cyprus, a popular tourist resort on the Mediterranean. Most sightings occur around Cape Greco . It is known by the local fishermen as To Filiko Teras, which translates as The Friendly Monster. There have been no reports of it causing any harm, although it has been reported at times to rip and drag away fishing nets. There have been countless sightings of the Creature from the Depths, with some local newspapers calling the mystery the Cyprus Loch Ness. It has been speculated to be something like a crocodile or serpent.There is no evidence that the monster exists except in folklore and through various sightings by tourists and locals alike. There exists little photographic evidence, except unverified short-f...
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  • 8. Kamares Aqueduct Larnaca
    Kamares Aqueduct, also known as the Bekir Pasha Aqueduct, is an aqueduct near Larnaca, Cyprus. Located outside the city, near the old road to Limassol, it was built starting in 1747. Tassos Mikropoulos has described it as the most prominent water supply built in Cyprus.
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  • 11. Ayia Napa Monastery Ayia Napa
    Ayia Napa is a resort at the far eastern end of the southern coast of Cyprus.
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  • 14. Makronissos Archaeological Site Ayia Napa
    Ayia Napa is a resort at the far eastern end of the southern coast of Cyprus.
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