Monastery in Cyprus
Famous for: Nightlife,Resort
Larnaca is the fishing village and seashore resort of Ayia Nápa, bounded by lush plantations of vegetables and fruit, strange rock formations and windmills. Initially a fishing village, A...
Famous for: Rock Cut Church, Monastery
In the center of Agia Napa is the celebrated Monastery, one of the last edifices erected in Cyprus by the Venetians, with a rock-cut church. "Our Lady of the Forests" monastery is cons...
Famous for: Houses,Landscaping, lace
The village of Lefkara, west of Larnaca, is well-known for its lace. It is said that Leonardo de Vinci bought lace here in 1481 for an altar-cloth in Milan church. It is a charming village famed...
Famous for: Architecture, Church
In the old township of Larnaca is St Lazarus's Church, with the relics of the Saint. Saint Lazarus is the patron saint of Larnaca. After his renaissance by Christ, he lived here for another ...
Famous for: Building, Monastery
In the old center of Nicosia, a township of tapered lanes enclosed within a colossal ring of Venetian walls, stands the Gothic St John's Cathedral, seat of the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of C...
Famous for: Monastery, Museum, Photographs
On the west of Troodos, one-and-a-half kilometers from Chrysorrogiatissa Monastery, is Pano Panagia, the native land of Archbishop Makarios III, first President of Cyprus. The house where he was...
