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This beautiful 18th century aqueduct consisting of a series of arches gave the area its name. It was built in 1746 by the Turkish governor of Larnaca, Bekir Pasha, who funded it out of his own sources to carry water to Larnaca from a source about 10…

The northwestern peninsula of Cyprus, known as Akamas, is a wild uninhabited region with spectacular landscapes and beaches, due to be designated a National Park. The area is named after Akamantas, an Athenian warrior and son of Theseus, who arrived…

Thimayya’s World War II record as a Company Commander, Battalion Commander and officiating Brigade Commander came to the fore in operations against the tenacious Japanese in Burma. His soldierly skills can best be summed up in the citation for the…

St. Sophia Cathedral Nicosia, (Now Selimiye Mosque)

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 Olympic Games of Tokyo 1964 were the first ever to be held in Asia (Far East) and Japan did not lose the opportunity to organize the Games using the latest technology, thus fulfilling the words of Pierre de Coubertin who had said in 1893 that the…

In ancient Egypt and Babylon, and to a lesser extent in Crete, sports was intended more for the enjoyment of the participating athletes and the public than an exercise in body drill. Such intentions are manifest even today in the spectacles of the…

On 18th December 1965 the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 2077(xx) on Cyprus, and having recalled all the Security Council Resolutions of 1964 and 1965, and parts of the Declaration adopted on 10th October 1964 by the Heads of…

Soli Theatre

On 18th December 1965 the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 2077(xx) on Cyprus, and having recalled all the S ecurity Council Resolutions of 1964 and 1965, and parts of the Declaration adopted on 10th October 1964 by the Heads of…