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fiogf49gjkf0d NICOSIA
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THE CYPRUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS:
- BYZANTINE MUSEUM
- FOLK ART MUSEUM
- AGIOS IOANNIS CATHEDRAL
- HADJIGEORGAKIS KORNESIOS HOUSE
- THE OLD AND NEW ARCH-EPISCOPAL PALACES
LIMASSOL
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LIMASSOL CASTLE - CYPRUS MEDIEVAL MUSEUM
- LIMASSOL DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
- FOLK ART MUSEUM
- LIMASSOL/MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY
LARNAKA
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LARNAKA DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
- PIERIDES MUSEUM (PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CYPRIOT
ANTIQUITIES)
- LARNAKA FORT
- ST. LAZARUS CHURCH
- ANCIENT KITION
- AKROTIRI SALT LAKE
- LADY'S MILE BEACH
PAFOS
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PAFOS DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
- TOMBS OF THE KINGS
- THE MOSAICS OF PAFOS
- THE BYZANTINE MUSEUM
NICOSIA DISTRICT
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THE TAMASSOS ROYAL TOMBS, ST. HERACLEIDOS CONVENT,
PERISTERONA AND PERACHORIO BYZANTINE CHURCHES, THE
MONASTERY OF ARCHANGEL GABRIEL, CHRYSOSPILIOTISSA CAVE.
LIMASSOL DISTRICT
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TO THE EAST OF LIMASSOL LIES THE RUINS OF THE ANCIENT
CITY KINGDOM OF AMATHUS (ACROPOLIS AND AGORA). TO THE
WEST LIES THE ANCIENT CITY KINGDOM OF KOURION THE
SANCTUARY OF APOLLO AND THE NEARBY ANCIENT STADIUM,
THE KOURION MUSEUM AT EPISKOPI VILLAGE, THE COLOSSI CASTLE.
LARNAKA DISTRICT
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THE SALT LAKE AND THE TEKKE OF HALA SULTAN, THE CHURCH OF
PANAYIA ANGELOKTISTI AT KITI, THE NUNNERY OF AGIOS MINAS
THE STAVROVOUNI MONASTERY (WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE
MONASTERY), LEFKARA VILLAGE.
PAFOS DISTRICT
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PETRA TOU ROMIOU - 25KM EAST OF PAFOS - ACCORDING TO
LEGEND AFRODITE THE ANCIENT GODDESS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY
ROSE FROM THE WAVES IN THIS SPOT, THE BATHS OF APHRODITE
AT AKAMAS PENINSULA NEAR POLIS, ST. NEOPHYTOS MONASTERY,
CHRYSOROYATISSA MONASTERY, SANCTUARY OF APHRODITE AT
KOUKLIA, GEROSKIPOS FIVE DOME CHURCH AND FOLK ART MUSEUM.
PARALIMNI - AGIA NAPA AREA
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THERE ARE NUMEROUS SMALL CHURCHES TO VISIT IN THE AREA.
IN PARALIMNI THERE IS PANAGIA CHURCH WHICH HOUSES A
BYZANTINE MUSEUM.
IN AGIA NAPA IS THE MEDIEVAL MONASTERY WITH THE OCTAGONAL
FOUNTAIN IN THE MIDDLE. NEARBY THE CAVO GRECO AND POTAMOS
ARE TWO PLACES WITH EQUISITE NATURAL BEAUTY.
THE TROODOS MOUNTAIN
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MOUNT OLYMPUS IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN CYPRUS, KYKKO,
MACHERAS, TROODITISSA ARE FAMOUS OLD BYZANTINE MONASTERIES
DEDICATED TO THE VIRGIN MARY, THE NINE BYZANTINE CHURCHES
DECORATED WITH FRESCOES WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL
UNESCO LIST OF CULTURAL TREASURES OF THE WORLD'S HERITAGE.
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