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SHACOLAS TOWER
Southern Nicosia
Towers to visit
5/5
(1 review)
50 m-high building constructed in 1959. On the eleventh and top floor: observatory and museum ...Read more
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VENETIAN FORTIFICATIONS
Southern Nicosia
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
4.3/5
(4 reviews)
They surround the old town of Nicosia. With their three gates and 11 bastions, they are a ...Read more
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FAMAGUSTA DOOR
Southern Nicosia
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
4/5
(2 reviews)
Built in 1567-1568, this fortified gate is the most imposing of the three openings in Nicosia's ...Read more
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FREEDOM MONUMENT
Southern Nicosia
Columns and statues to see
4/5
(1 review)
Monument designed by Greek sculptor Ioannis Notaras, built in 1973 on the Podocataro bastion of ...Read more
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BANDABULYA MARKET
Southern Nicosia
Markets
3/5
(1 review)
Covered municipal market built in 1932. A few shops, cafés and artists' studios. But also a ...Read more
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KORNESIOS HOUSE
Southern Nicosia
Mansion to visit
A superb Ottoman-style mansion built in 1793 for the powerful Greek Cypriot Chatzigeorgakis ...Read more
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KYRENIA GATE
Southern Nicosia
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
One of Nicosia's three gates in the 16th-century Venetian fortifications. A tourist information ...Read more
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KASTELLIOTISSA
Southern Nicosia
Castles to visit
This "châtelet", which includes a beautiful stone doorway and a large vaulted room, is one of ...Read more
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ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Southern Nicosia
Palaces to visit
Official residence of the head of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, at the center of a complex ...Read more
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BASTION ROCCAS - PARK YIĞITLER
Southern Nicosia
Military monuments
Bastion located in Nicosia named Kaytazağa Burcu after the great Cypriot poet Kaytazzade ...Read more
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PAPHO DOOR
Southern Nicosia
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
One of the three gates of the Venetian fortifications of Nicosia's old town, to the west, along ...Read more
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BUILDING 360 NICOSIA
Southern Nicosia
Contemporary architecture
Completed in 2020, this 135 m-high building is the tallest in Nicosia. It is located near the ...Read more
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LEDRA PALACE
Southern Nicosia
Contemporary architecture
In the buffer zone, at the Ledra Palace crossing point, a former hotel opened in 1949 and used ...Read more
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AQUEDUC DE NICOSIE
Southern Nicosia
Works of art to see
Aqueduct built in 1801-1803 on the orders of Governor Silahtar Hacı Hüseyin Ağa to supply ...Read more
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KUMARCILAR HAN
Southern Nicosia
Public buildings to visit
the "Caravanserai of the punters" in Nicosia has 44 rooms to accommodate traders' caravans.Read more
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MAHMOUD-II LIBRARY
Southern Nicosia
Libraries to visit
Founded in 1829 and housed in a mosque-like building, it is the oldest Turkish-speaking library ...Read more
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OCHI MARKET
Southern Nicosia
Markets
Farmers' market three days a week on the Constanza bastion. It takes its name from Greece's ...Read more