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The earliest maps of Cyprus were in manuscript form and belong to the Lusignan and Venetian periods in the history of the island. One very rare map from this period depicts the walls of Nicosia during Lusignan rule. Although the first printed map of…

The wall painting illustrated on this stamp is that of a husband and wife, one of two couples, who paid for the decoration of the Church of St. Mamas; a small chapel built in the middle of the village of Louvaras, which lies, on the south side of the…

The Creation

Athena and Horse-Drawn Chariot

Shepherd Playing Pipe

Stone Head 3rd Century B.C.

Created in 1919, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is the only surviving major creation of the Treaty of Versailles, which brought into being the League of Nations. In 1946 the ILO became the first specialized agency of the United Nations.…

It was here on the former Constanzo Bastion that on the 9th September 1570 during the siege of Nicosia that the first standard bearer scaled the high Venetian walls and planted his flag. He was killed and buried on the spot. His tomb is now within…

The earliest maps of Cyprus were in manuscript form and belong to the Lusignan and Venetian periods in the history of the island. One very rare map from this period depicts the walls of Nicosia during Lusignan rule. Although the first printed map of…

The right to education is a fundamental human right. Koichiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO, in an address ""Education for All,the Unfulfilled Promise"" said: ""To pursue the aim of education for all is therefore the obligation for States"".…