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Chamaeleo chamaeleon

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,…

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…

Mauremys caspica - gmelin

The prosperity that the population has been enjoying these past two decades has been marred by the continually escalating number of road deaths and injuries, in spite of road safety campaigns and the daily viewing of horrendous accident scenes on…

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…

The prosperity that the population has been enjoying these past two decades has been marred by the continually escalating number of road deaths and injuries, in spite of road safety campaigns and the daily viewing of horrendous accident scenes on…

This Cross, one of the oldest preserved in the Orthodox Church, has a story to tell. Carved in 1476 by a wood-carver named Georgios Laskaris, it stands on a high base carved with 32 images from the Old Testament. The Cross itself has 12 illustrations…

Purple Dye Murex ( Murex brandaris)