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| AYIOS
LAZAROS CHURCH - BYZANTINE MUSEUM OF AGHIOS LAZAROS
CHURCH |
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Agios
Lazaros Church:
Plateia Agiou Lazarou
Plateia Agiou Lazarou, Larnaca.
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Byzantine
Museum of Ayios Lazaros Church
Plateia Agiou Lazarou,
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Saint
Lazarus is the patron saint of Larnaca. Kition
became his second home after his resurrection
by Christ, and he lived there for a further
30 years. He was ordained Bishop of Kition by
Saint Barnabas and Mark.
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the 9th century, a magnificent church was erected
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Kiti
village, 11 Kilometers west of Larnaca.
Angeloktisti means 'Built by the Angels'. This 11th
century Byzantine church was erected over the existing
ruins of an earlier Christian Basilica.
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Pyga
village, 32 Kilometers from Larnaca.
Built by the Lusignan King Janus in 1421, it contains
a wall painting of the King with his wife, Charlotte
de Bourbon. The Chapelle Royal is considered as
one of the most interesting structures that has
survived from the Frankish rule.
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Hala
Sultan Tekke Mosque,
Salt Lake, 5 Kilometers West of Laranca Town, (on
the road to Kiti).
Built in 1816 over the
tomb of Umm Haram, who was allegedly a relative
of the Prophet Mohammed, who died on this spot in
649 during the first Arab raids.
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32
Kilometers from Larnaca, or 48 Kilometers south
from Nicosia (off the Nicosia-Limassol Highway).
The Ancient Neolithic settlement site of Choirokoitia
was included in 1998 as part of the UNESCO
World Cultural Heritage
official list, as one of the more significant,
and better preserved Neolithic settlements from
the whole of the Eastern Mediterranean.
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| KITION
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE - LARNAKA DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL
MUSEUM |
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The
Ancient City of Kition,
Kalograion, Larnaca,
(Approximately 500 meters NorthEast of the Museum).
The
Larnaka District Archaeological Museum,
Kalograion, Larnaca.
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The
Archaeological site of Kition is one of the most
significant of all the Ancient City-Kingdoms to
be found in Cyprus, with architectural remains
dating back to the 13th century B.C. Circa 1200
B.C, Kition was rebuilt by the Mycenaean Greeks,
and excavations have revealed cyclopean walls
made of giant blocks of stone, and a complex of
five temples. |
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| LARNAKA
DISTRICT MEDIAEVAL MUSEUM IN LARNAKA FORT |
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Near
Larnaka Seafront Built
in 1625, the Larnaca Fort was used as a prison
during the first years of the British rule in
Cyprus. |
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| LARNAKA
DISTRICT MUNICIPAL CULTURAL CENTRE |
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Platea
Evopis - Seafront Promenade.
The
Museum is located in the area of restored custom
warehouses near the harbour, built in the colonial
style of 1881. |
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| LEFKARA
TRADITIONAL MUSEUM OF EMBROIDERY & SILVER SMITHING
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8
Kilometers from Skarinou, (off the Nicosia-Limassol
road), 40 Kilometers from Larnaca.
The village of Lefkara is famous for
the lace embroidery known as 'Lefkaritika', made
by the local residents. According to folklore,
Leonardo Da Vinci visited the village and bought
an altar cloth, which he later then donated to
the Milan cathedral.
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| MUNICIPAL
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (LARNAKA) |
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Leoforos
Grigori Afxentiou, (within the Larnaka Municipal
Gardens), Larnaca.
The Museum displays rare insects, birds and animals
indigenous
to
Cyprus.
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9
Kilometers off the Nicosia-Limassol road, 40 Kilometers
from Larnaca.
Perched on a rocky peak, Stavrovouni
means Mountain of the Cross. According to folklore,
the monastery was founded in the 4th century by
Saint Helena, mother of Constantine the Great,
who left a fragment of the Holy Cross to the monastery. |
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| THE
PIERIDES ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION MUSEUM |
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Zinonos
Kitieos 4, Larnaca.
The
oldest privately owned museum in Cyprus set up
by Dimitrios Pierides (1811-1895). It houses ancient,
medieval, Byzantine and more recent objects belonging
to the Pierides family. |
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