St. Barnabas Monastery And Icon Museum

St. Barnabas Monastery was built in the memory of St. Barnabas, who was the son of a Jewish family from Salamis. After going to Jerusalem to study, he converted to Christianity and returned to Cyprus preaching Christianity all over the island toge…

Bedesten (St. Nickolas Church)

After the changes, during the Venetian period, the building was given to the Greek Orthodox metropolis. Its different architectural styles gave it a mixture of texture and design. During the Ottoman period, it was mostly used as a bazaar to sell o…

The Great Caravanserai (Inn)

It is not only Nicosia’s, but one of the Island’s most important Ottoman works of architecture. It was built between 1572-1579 as a two storied, square planned building with Bursa’s Koza Khan taken as an example. The Khan consists of a total of 68…

St. Hilarion Castle

St. Hilarion Castle is one of the three castles set upon the Beşparmak (Five Finger) Mountains and is located towards the west of the mountains at a height of 700 meters from sea level. In the 10th century a monastery and a church were added to th…