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Mauremys caspica - gmelin

Travelers visiting Cyprus in the 15th, 18th, and 19th centuries recalled how the land from Limassol to the Cape of Cats (Cape Gata) produced so many reptiles and snakes about two or three feet long whose bite was said to be mortal, that the…

Nowadays, the Larnaca salt lake is nothing more than a beautiful safe haven in winter for migratory birds, the most prominent of which are the flamingos. Fra. Francisco Suriano, in his manuscripts of 1484 kept in the communal library of Perugia,…

Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Kyrenia (poem)
I Admired your looks and your dense hair
The sea mirrors your looks every day
The Mountain - your husband - is right to be jealous
Embracing you, he won’t let you go
For you’re the best of the daughters of…

Windsurfing at Paphos

Serene and content this old grandmother wiles away the hours stitching the white needle lace known as "Pipilla". She is sitting outside the gates of the garden entrance to her home in the village of Omodhos. During spring and early summer the cobbled…

The Spanish city of Barcelona, hosted for the first time in three decades the first Olympic Games that were not marred by boycotts. The opening ceremony was the most spectacular and impressive ever staged. Athletes from most of the new countries of…

Bronze Cauldron (Salamis 8th Century B.C.)