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Ιn 1807 the Irish musician and song writer Thomas Moore wrote: “You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will; but the scent of the roses will hang round it still”.

The English poet Ernest Dawson wrote in 1896: “They are not long the…

Cyprus was famous for its ancient forests which covered the whole island. Timber for ship building was a major export commodity even during World Wars I & II. In 1528, forest clearance was encouraged by offering loggers all the land they could clear.…

Εarth without its forests would be an uninhabitable planet. The destruction of large parts of rain forests in South East Asia and the tropical forests of Africa and South America is causing great concern to governments who have to battle excessive…

Lighthouses are built on promontories, hazardous sea areas and at the entrance of ports to guide ships safely into harbour or to warn them so as to avoid dangerous areas which are in the vicinity.

The lighthouses in Cyprus were built during the…

The 22 meter high lighthouse is situated at Cape Kiti, 10 meters from the sea. One of the ancient seven wonders of the world is the Pharos of Alexandria. This imposing structure standing 135 meters high warned mariners who had to navigate through…

Fall ships are large traditionally rigged sailing vessels that evolved from the first sailing boat that man devised many thousands of years ago. It is said that the ancient Egyptians were the first to build sailing vessels and today one can still…

Christopher Pissarides was born in 1948 in Lefkosia. After graduating from the Pancyprian Gymnasium, he continued his studies at the University of Essex and subsequently obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics.

In 2010 he became the…

Αesop, (6th century BC) was a Greek legendary fabulist. The Roman poet Phaedrus popularized Aesop’s fables in the 1st century AD and in 1668 La Fontaine immortalized the stories when he re-wrote them in splendid verse.

The story of the Hare and…

Τhe mural depicting the Birth of Christ comes from the Cathedral of Agios John the Theologian, in Lefkosia, the foundation stone of which was laid on 30th April 1662 by Archbishop Niceforos. The church is built in an area where an earlier monastery…

Looking at the magnificent breeds of horses we have, it would be hard for anyone to believe that they evolved from multi-toed dwarf creatures that lived some 55 million years ago. These days a horse measuring less than 147cm at maturity is considered…