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Program performed in Agios Athanasios by the two well known cypriot folklorist instrument players (specialists on playing the Cypriot traditional instrument PITHKIAVLI, a kind of traditional flute) MICHALIS KOULOUMIS and GIAKOUMIS ATCHIKKOS both born…

The Soutzoukos is one of the most famous traditional sweets in Cyprus made of grape juice and almonds or nuts.

Cyprosyllabic Inscription

Se suele decir que la vida es lo que uno hace de ella. En la bella isla mediterránea de Chipre sus afables habitantes se toman este lema muy en serio. Desde el anciano que se deleita bajo la sombra de un limonero jugando una apasionante partida de…

Author: Sebastian Munster. The map comes from volume V of the Latin edition of his ''Cosmographia Universalis'', pages 997-1000. Publisher: Heinrich Petri. The map is on hand-made white paper. The original margins are saved. Black printing ink,…

Since ancient times embroidery has been the domain of women the world over and the oldest piece of work from Egypt dates back to the 15th century BC. Embroidery has been at the heart of Cyprus Folk Art and the town of Lefkara the centre of the lace…

Φωτογραφία αεροσκάφους των Κυπριακών Αερογραμμών την δεκαετία του 1950-1960.

By the end of the 19th century the first athletic associations were established in Cyprus for the promotion of classical sports and gymnastics.
The active athletic associations in Cyprus are six.
“OLYMPIA” ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (GSO)
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Cyprus Cartography- Palaeography

The stamps in this issue depict four Cyprus castles to be found in the area of the island that has been occupied since the Turkish invasion in 1974.
Three of the stamps in the issue depict castles in the highest remote peaks of the occupied…