CENTRE HISTORIQUE DE LIMASSOL

The city's most interesting district to visit (Ιστορικό Κέντρο/Istoriko Kedro) corresponds to Limassol's boundaries in the 1960s. Highlights include Limassol Castle, Agia Napa Cathedral, Kebir Mosque and Saripolou Square. The historic center forms a rectangle some 700 m long, between the marina and Feyis-Pasa street to the west and the municipal garden to the east, and 200 m wide, between the coastal park to the south and Navarinou and Gladstonos streets to the north. Inherited from the Ottoman and British eras, the district has many buildings and alleyways. Here, you'll find stone houses and small concrete buildings from the 1950s-1970s, administrative buildings in a variety of styles and gleaming architects' villas. This ensemble is crossed by the main street, Rue Agiou-Andreou (Saint-André), partly pedestrianized, which runs from the castle to the municipal garden. With the influx of refugees following the Turkish invasion of 1974, and the constant arrival of new residents since then, the town now extends 6 km northwards, clinging to the foothills of Mount Troodos, 2 km westwards from the commercial port to the ancient Kourion and as far as the limits of the British territory of Akrotiri and, above all, 8 km eastwards along the sea, with a series of large buildings and hotels as far as the archaeological site of Amathonte.