THE ANCIENT MILLS OF PARALIMNI
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE THE WINDMILLS FROM THE PAST The Famagusta district, and the Paralimni area in particular, as a whole featured several windmills at the turn of the 20th century.…
THE STORY OF THE OLD CYPRIOT POUND ALSO KNOWN AS THE ‘LIRA’
A LIRA OR A POUND? A JOURNEY THROUGH THE RECENT HISTORY OF CYPRIOT CURRENCY TRACING BACK CENTURIES The roots of Cypriot currency trace back centuries. The Phoenicians, Egyptians, Romans, and…
HOW THE COIN GOT INTO THE NEW YEAR’S EVE CAKE ‘VASILOPITA’
A CAKE NAMED AFTER A SAINT SAINT BASIL OF CAESAREA Based on a real person, the Cypriot Santa Claus is represented in a slightly different way from other, more conventional…
WHEN THE ANGLO-NORMANS RULED CYPRUS FROM 1191 TO 1192
A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORICAL OVERVIEW THE ENDING OF AN ERA OF BYZANTINE RULE The Byzantine rule of Cyprus came to an abrupt and brutal end when Richard I of England, also…
THE UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE OF THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS OF LARNACA
A SYMBOL OF IMPERIAL POWER DESIGNED & BUILT BY BRITISH ARCHITECTS The Larnaca police station headquarters building is located on the corner of Athens and Archbishop Makarios III Avenue. It…
THE SOLUTION THAT SLIPPED THROUGH CYPRIOT FINGERS
JIMMY CARTER’S ELECTION WIN IN 1976 HERALDED A NEW HOPE FOR A CYPRUS SOLUTION PRESIDENTS KYPRIANOU & CARTER OPEN DISCUSSIONS GREEK CYPRIOT REFUGEES AFTER THE WAR IN 1974 A STATE…
THE EDRO III SHIPWRECK
⚓️A PAPHOS LANDMARK⚓️ A FREAK STORM On October 8th, 2011, the Edro III left the port of Limassol, heading for the Greek island of Rhodes. Bad weather conditions, resulting from…
PAPHOS LIGHTHOUSE
A PAPHOS LANDMARK THE PAPHOS LIGHTHOUSE BEACH THE PAPHOS ARCHEOLOGICAL PARK THE PAPHOS LIGHTHOUSE BRITISH INTERESTS In the late 19th century, the Suez Canal became essential to the British Empire.…
THE TRADITIONAL CYPRUS COFFEE SHOP
THE TRADITIONAL COFFEE SHOP’S VALUED PLACE IN CYPRIOT SOCIETY A MAIN FOCAL POINT FOR CYPRIOTS In earlier times, the traditional Cyprus coffee shop or ‘Kafeneío’ as it came to be…
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIMASSOL
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIMASSOL A LONG HISTORY Cyprus has always been strategically and commercially important, and various civilisations throughout history have sought to control the island because of this.…