198 10 22963 https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/files/original/20db388f42abd7a334ed9dd080e33b8f.jpg b34910fe16885d6a34986bd1e19d47dc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Τμήμα Γεωργίας, Μουσείο Κυπριακής Υπαίθρου Description An account of the resource Μέσα στο δάσος της Αθαλάσσας και συγκεκριμένα στο παλαιό μηχανουργείο της Αγροτικής έπαυλης Αθαλάσσας, φιλοξενείται ένας μικρός θησαυρός. Πρόκειται για τη συλλογή παλαιών αντικειμένων αγροτικής ζωής του Τμήματος Γεωργίας, ένα υλικό που καταγράφει την πορεία της γεωργίας στην Κύπρο, καθώς και διάφορες εκφάνσεις της Κυπριακής αγροτικής ζωής. Η συλλογή περιλαμβάνει πάνω από 1500 αντικείμενα από την προβιομηχανική κοινωνία της Κύπρου, που χρονολογούνται από το 18ο - 20ο αιώνα. Περιλαμβάνει επίσης και τα πρώτα μεγάλα γεωργικά μηχανήματα. Τα αντικείμενα είναι κατανεμημένα σε ενότητες, ανάλογα με τον κλάδο που εξυπηρετούν, αλλά και το υλικό κατασκευής τους. Κάποιες από τις ενότητες του μουσείου είναι αμπελουργία, αρτοποιία, κεραμική, ποιμενικά, υφαντική, οικιακά σκεύη, λιθοτεχνία, μεταλλουργία, ξυλογλυπτική, χαλκοτεχνία, εργαλεία κωμοδρόμου, πελεκάνου, στρατουρά. Προς το παρόν ο χώρος δεν είναι ανοικτός προς το κοινό, σημαντικό όμως βήμα για το ΜΚΥ, αποτελεί η συνεργασία με το ΤΕΠΑΚ και η ψηφιακή ανάδειξη των αντικειμένων αγροτικής ζωής, που συνδέονταν άρρηκτα με την επιβίωση των κατοίκων του νησιού. Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Cyprus Rural Museum, Ministry of Agriculture Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Στη συλλογή και το ανέβασμα του υλικού συνέβαλε η κ. Μαρία Αθανασίου. Στην τεκμηρίωση του υλικού συνέβαλαν η κ. Ευδοξία Αποστόλου και η κ. Θεοπίστη Σκουλιά. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ministry of Agriculture Rural Development and Environment (Republic of Cyprus), Department of Agriculture – Cyprus Rural Museum Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία), Τμήμα Γεωργίας – Μουσείο Κυπριακής Υπαίθρου Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MKY26686 Title A name given to the resource Ζεύγος Τραχηλιές / Νωμιές Description An account of the resource Ζεύγος περιλαίμιων για τη ζεύξη ζώων. Αποτελούνται από ένα αψιδωτό λώρο, το πάχος του οποίου μειώνεται προς τα άκρα, από ύφασμα κάνναβης, γεμισμένο με στελέχη θαμνώδους φυτού, γνωστά με την τοπική ονομασία «λενίδια» και δερμάτινη επένδυση. Οι τραχηλιές τοποθετούνταν στον ώμο του ζώου για τη στερέωση του ζυγού και γενικότερα για τη ζεύξη του, ακόμη και σε μύλους ή σε περσικό τροχό. Προορίζονταν κυρίως για γαϊδούρια αλλά όχι για βόδια. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Cyprus University of Technology Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ministry of Agriculture Rural Development and Environment (Republic of Cyprus), Department of Agriculture – Cyprus Rural Museum Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία), Τμήμα Γεωργίας – Μουσείο Κυπριακής Υπαίθρου Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Language A language of the resource EL, EN Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 35.138873, 33.396045 Subject The topic of the resource Agriculture--Cyprus--History Γεωργία--Κύπρος--Ιστορία Agriculture--Cyprus--History Γεωργία--Κύπρος--Ιστορία https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/files/original/c8363137925d41221b36b886d2733a61.pdf 1c32147bf9c29d0217190d395760ba87 PDF Text Text �CYPRUS-VENICE HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP Academic Advisor / Texts : Professor Gilles Grivaud Rouen University, France Study coordinator / Routes design: Philios Phylaktis Coordination on behalf of CTO: Vakis Loizides, Strategy Department CTO working group: Maria Skapoulli, Niki Alitopoulou, Christos Koumides Design / Artistic editing: George Phylaktis Photographs The Leventis Municipal Museum of Lefkosia Figs 5,6,8,20,21,82,101,102,103,104 Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation Figs 1,3,18,19 Larnaka Municipality Figs 105,106 Ammochostos Municipality Fig. 108 Michalis Theocharides Figs 2,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,22,23,24,25,27,29,30,31,32,33,36,37,38,39, 41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,60,61,62,63,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,83,84,85,86, 87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100 Elias Eliades Figs 26,28,68,78,40,79 Nathanael Petrou Figs. 80,81 Andreas Coutas Fig. 107 Department of Antiquities Figs 34,35,58,59,64,65,66,67 Andreas Malekos Fig. 7 Marios Hapsis Fig. 4 Maps Lands and Surveys Department, Lefkosia Cyprus Production Cyprus Tourism Organisation, 2011 ISBN 978-9963-44-125-9 2 Fig.1 Bertelli Ferrando copper engraved map of Cyprus, 1562 The special relationships that Cyprus maintained with Venice and Italian cities have been marked by contrasting phases that show a consolidation of reports throughout the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The first known links go back to the Byzantine period, when the Emperor Manuel Comnenus gives to the Venetians the right to trade and settle on the Island since 1147. A community soon settled in Lemesos (Limassol) and the surrounding region and also in Pafos and Lefkosia (Nicosia). In the 1180s, the Venetians are already a powerful community; no monument of this period remains and the information comes from a manuscript, deposited in a Venetian private collection. The conquest of the island by Richard the Lionheart and its transformation into a state ruled by the Frankish dynasty of Lusignan, does not strengthen the Venetian settlement on the Island; indeed, for unknown reasons, the properties of the Venetians are confiscated by the Crown in the years 1191-1192. Throughout the thirteenth century, Venice is trying to obtain compensation for this confiscation, but the tensions between the Commune of Venice and the 3 �CYPRUS-VENICE HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP Academic Advisor / Texts : Professor Gilles Grivaud Rouen University, France Study coordinator / Routes design: Philios Phylaktis Coordination on behalf of CTO: Vakis Loizides, Strategy Department CTO working group: Maria Skapoulli, Niki Alitopoulou, Christos Koumides Design / Artistic editing: George Phylaktis Photographs The Leventis Municipal Museum of Lefkosia Figs 5,6,8,20,21,82,101,102,103,104 Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation Figs 1,3,18,19 Larnaka Municipality Figs 105,106 Ammochostos Municipality Fig. 108 Michalis Theocharides Figs 2,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,22,23,24,25,27,29,30,31,32,33,36,37,38,39, 41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,60,61,62,63,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,83,84,85,86, 87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100 Elias Eliades Figs 26,28,68,78,40,79 Nathanael Petrou Figs. 80,81 Andreas Coutas Fig. 107 Department of Antiquities Figs 34,35,58,59,64,65,66,67 Andreas Malekos Fig. 7 Marios Hapsis Fig. 4 Maps Lands and Surveys Department, Lefkosia Cyprus Production Cyprus Tourism Organisation, 2011 ISBN 978-9963-44-125-9 2 Fig.1 Bertelli Ferrando copper engraved map of Cyprus, 1562 The special relationships that Cyprus maintained with Venice and Italian cities have been marked by contrasting phases that show a consolidation of reports throughout the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The first known links go back to the Byzantine period, when the Emperor Manuel Comnenus gives to the Venetians the right to trade and settle on the Island since 1147. A community soon settled in Lemesos (Limassol) and the surrounding region and also in Pafos and Lefkosia (Nicosia). In the 1180s, the Venetians are already a powerful community; no monument of this period remains and the information comes from a manuscript, deposited in a Venetian private collection. The conquest of the island by Richard the Lionheart and its transformation into a state ruled by the Frankish dynasty of Lusignan, does not strengthen the Venetian settlement on the Island; indeed, for unknown reasons, the properties of the Venetians are confiscated by the Crown in the years 1191-1192. Throughout the thirteenth century, Venice is trying to obtain compensation for this confiscation, but the tensions between the Commune of Venice and the 3 �Fig.2 Detail from Venetian Watch Tower, near Kiti Kingdom of Cyprus lasted until 1302, without impeding on the activities of merchants in key ports of the Island (Famagusta, Lemesos and Pafos). With the restoration of diplomatic relations in 1302, starts a period of progressive diffusion of the Italian influence in the Frankish kingdom. This influence is expressed first through the financial and commercial activities, in spite of the climate of rivalry between Genoa and Venice. In this context, the Cornaro family became one of the main supporters of the Lusignan dynasty, and in the 1360s, King Peter I concedes to Marco Cornaro the fief of Episkopi which will become an important centre for sugar production and a source of enrichment for the Venetian family. The support of “Cornaro della Piscopia” becomes essential when the Kingdom of Cyprus enters into a long financial crisis after its defeat by Genoa, which rules Famagusta directly from 1374 until 1464. The financial dependence of the Lusignans on Venice follows a significant turn in the cultural world when a foundation was established in 1393 to enable young people of Cypriot families (Frankish, Greek and Syrian) to study at the University of Padua, the great intellectual centre of the Venetian Terra Ferma conquered by Venice in 1405. Throughout the fifteenth century, a large part of the elite of the kingdom is educated by Italian teachers; the movement that links the Cypriot elite with the Paduan and Venetian intellectual circles has 4 Fig.3 ndrea Morosoni, Andreae Mavroceni, Senatoris Historia Veneta Ab Anno MDXXI. Usque ad Annum MDCXV. In quinque partes tribute, Venice Published by: Antonio PInellum 1623 5 �Fig.2 Detail from Venetian Watch Tower, near Kiti Kingdom of Cyprus lasted until 1302, without impeding on the activities of merchants in key ports of the Island (Famagusta, Lemesos and Pafos). With the restoration of diplomatic relations in 1302, starts a period of progressive diffusion of the Italian influence in the Frankish kingdom. This influence is expressed first through the financial and commercial activities, in spite of the climate of rivalry between Genoa and Venice. In this context, the Cornaro family became one of the main supporters of the Lusignan dynasty, and in the 1360s, King Peter I concedes to Marco Cornaro the fief of Episkopi which will become an important centre for sugar production and a source of enrichment for the Venetian family. The support of “Cornaro della Piscopia” becomes essential when the Kingdom of Cyprus enters into a long financial crisis after its defeat by Genoa, which rules Famagusta directly from 1374 until 1464. The financial dependence of the Lusignans on Venice follows a significant turn in the cultural world when a foundation was established in 1393 to enable young people of Cypriot families (Frankish, Greek and Syrian) to study at the University of Padua, the great intellectual centre of the Venetian Terra Ferma conquered by Venice in 1405. Throughout the fifteenth century, a large part of the elite of the kingdom is educated by Italian teachers; the movement that links the Cypriot elite with the Paduan and Venetian intellectual circles has 4 Fig.3 ndrea Morosoni, Andreae Mavroceni, Senatoris Historia Veneta Ab Anno MDXXI. Usque ad Annum MDCXV. In quinque partes tribute, Venice Published by: Antonio PInellum 1623 5 �two fundamental consequences: on the one hand, it feeds permanent exchanges on both sides of the Mediterranean, which causes the progressive settlement of Cypriots in Italy; on the other hand, it strengthens the influence of Venice in the court of the last Lusignan, which precipitated the marriage of James II de Lusignan with Catherine Cornaro. The sudden death of James II opens the way to the accession to the throne by Catherine Cornaro in 1474 and the beginning of the direct domination of Venice: Cyprus becomes a province of the Venetian maritime empire, administered directly from the mainland. Accordingly, the island becomes part of a colonial system where officers sent by the Senate of Venice introduce their own political and cultural environment; therefore, the defensive system of the island is reorganised according to the principles of military architecture of the Italian Renaissance, both in the interior and the cities on the coast, while Lefkosia and Famagusta are experiencing changes in their public space, according to classic designs of Venetian cities. The period between 1474-1570 is undoubtedly the period where the links between Venice and Cyprus are the most dense. The formal integration of Cyprus into the Dominio da Mar in 1489 enhances the penetration of Italian culture in the island, so that the taste for Renaissance develops within the Cypriot elite, increasingly living half way between Venice, or the 6 mainland, and the island. This elite borrows the literary, philosophical and aesthetic values that animate the circles of scholars, it follows the fashion of the metropolis and adopts its social behaviours. The civilisation of the Italian Renaissance penetrates deeply the Cypriot nobility and the wealthy do not hesitate to decorate churches on their domains by painters drawing their inspiration from Italy. still attracts Cypriot scholars, who may acquire books printed in Greek or publish books, as does the Archimandrite Kyprianos in 1777. In this presentation of the historical frame between Cyprus and Italy, it is clear that the monuments showing the close relationship between the two countries are built in Cyprus between 1474 and 1570; before the Venetian domination, it is difficult to distinguish exclusive influence of Italian culture on the island whether in architecture or painting, because during the reign of the Lusignans, the Cypriot civilisation is marked by the Frankish influence until the fourteenth century, before becoming a hybrid culture (Franco-Byzantine) in the fifteenth century. Only the period of the Venetian domination opens the way for the systematic features of Italian civilisation. The Ottoman conquest of the summer of 1570 puts an end to the Venetian domination of Cyprus and detaches the island from the Italian environment. Relations with Venice were not totally broken but incorporation into the Empire of the Sultan reinserts the island into the Orthodox world, now becoming accustomed for a long while to live under the government of a Muslim state. The disappearance of the old aristocracy opens the way for the emergence of new elites linked to the Patriarchate of Constantinople and dealing with the Ottomans; gradually aesthetic models inspired by Italian art are no longer renewed and new cultural references are required. In Venice, however, there is scattered evidence of links between Cyprus and Venice in a few monuments that relate to a broader period, from the midfourteenth century to the beginning of the seventeenth. It is important to emphasise that many testimonials attesting to the density of relations between Cyprus and Venice are not accessible to a wide audience because these are in manuscripts or documents stored in places with limited accessibility. Fig.4 Famagusta Gate in Lefkosia Only a few expatriate noble families in Venice and Italy after 1570 keep the memory of a Greek culture nourished by the principles of the Renaissance but after two or three generations, these families are completely assimilated into Italian society and lose their connection with the island. While the trade relations between Cyprus and Venice continue until the eighteenth century, Venice 7 �two fundamental consequences: on the one hand, it feeds permanent exchanges on both sides of the Mediterranean, which causes the progressive settlement of Cypriots in Italy; on the other hand, it strengthens the influence of Venice in the court of the last Lusignan, which precipitated the marriage of James II de Lusignan with Catherine Cornaro. The sudden death of James II opens the way to the accession to the throne by Catherine Cornaro in 1474 and the beginning of the direct domination of Venice: Cyprus becomes a province of the Venetian maritime empire, administered directly from the mainland. Accordingly, the island becomes part of a colonial system where officers sent by the Senate of Venice introduce their own political and cultural environment; therefore, the defensive system of the island is reorganised according to the principles of military architecture of the Italian Renaissance, both in the interior and the cities on the coast, while Lefkosia and Famagusta are experiencing changes in their public space, according to classic designs of Venetian cities. The period between 1474-1570 is undoubtedly the period where the links between Venice and Cyprus are the most dense. The formal integration of Cyprus into the Dominio da Mar in 1489 enhances the penetration of Italian culture in the island, so that the taste for Renaissance develops within the Cypriot elite, increasingly living half way between Venice, or the 6 mainland, and the island. This elite borrows the literary, philosophical and aesthetic values that animate the circles of scholars, it follows the fashion of the metropolis and adopts its social behaviours. The civilisation of the Italian Renaissance penetrates deeply the Cypriot nobility and the wealthy do not hesitate to decorate churches on their domains by painters drawing their inspiration from Italy. still attracts Cypriot scholars, who may acquire books printed in Greek or publish books, as does the Archimandrite Kyprianos in 1777. In this presentation of the historical frame between Cyprus and Italy, it is clear that the monuments showing the close relationship between the two countries are built in Cyprus between 1474 and 1570; before the Venetian domination, it is difficult to distinguish exclusive influence of Italian culture on the island whether in architecture or painting, because during the reign of the Lusignans, the Cypriot civilisation is marked by the Frankish influence until the fourteenth century, before becoming a hybrid culture (Franco-Byzantine) in the fifteenth century. Only the period of the Venetian domination opens the way for the systematic features of Italian civilisation. The Ottoman conquest of the summer of 1570 puts an end to the Venetian domination of Cyprus and detaches the island from the Italian environment. Relations with Venice were not totally broken but incorporation into the Empire of the Sultan reinserts the island into the Orthodox world, now becoming accustomed for a long while to live under the government of a Muslim state. The disappearance of the old aristocracy opens the way for the emergence of new elites linked to the Patriarchate of Constantinople and dealing with the Ottomans; gradually aesthetic models inspired by Italian art are no longer renewed and new cultural references are required. In Venice, however, there is scattered evidence of links between Cyprus and Venice in a few monuments that relate to a broader period, from the midfourteenth century to the beginning of the seventeenth. It is important to emphasise that many testimonials attesting to the density of relations between Cyprus and Venice are not accessible to a wide audience because these are in manuscripts or documents stored in places with limited accessibility. Fig.4 Famagusta Gate in Lefkosia Only a few expatriate noble families in Venice and Italy after 1570 keep the memory of a Greek culture nourished by the principles of the Renaissance but after two or three generations, these families are completely assimilated into Italian society and lose their connection with the island. While the trade relations between Cyprus and Venice continue until the eighteenth century, Venice 7 �CATERINA CORNARO Born on 30th of April 1454, Caterina Cornaro was the daughter of Marco Cornaro della Ca’ Grande, of a wealthy Venetian family which had close ties with the Lusignan Kingdom during the fifteenth century. By her grandmother, she was related to the Greek family of the Comnenus of Trebizond, and her grandfather was Duke of Naxos; in other words, Caterina had Greek blood in her veins, could speak Greek and therefore was to be very popular among Greek people. 8 Fig.5 Gens Cornelia; 17th Century Engraving of the genealogical tree of the Cornaro Family by an anonymous artist She was married at the age of fourteen, in July 1468, under pressure from the Venetian government which wanted to extend its influence over the Kingdom of Cyprus and obtained from James II, the last Lusignan King, the promise that Caterina would inherit the Kingdom in case James would die first. Caterina received an extraordinary dowry, about 100.000 ducats. The formal wedding ceremony took place in Famagusta in December 1472. Seven months later, in August 1473, she was widowed but being pregnant at the time, gave birth to a son, James III, 50 days later. She acted then as regent of the Kingdom but when her one-year-old child died, in August 1474, she became the heiress of the Kingdom. Immediately, the Venetian government sent Caterina’s brother and uncle, together with a fleet and an army in order to secure Venetian power over the island. Living first in Famagusta then in Lefkosia, Caterina could not reign as an independent queen and, despite her popularity, she was forced to resign and to put the Kingdom in the hands of Venice in 1489 (as one can see in the monument of Doge Pietro Mocenigo in the Saints John and Paul church in Venice). Caterina arrived in Venice at the beginning of June 1489 and a great company of nobles and ladies accompanying the Doge welcomed the Queen of Cyprus. In order to express gratitude, Venice granted Caterina the territory and castle of Asolo, in the Terra Ferma, in the hilly area of Treviso. In fact, Venice provided a golden exile to Caterina, watching her travels, fearing intrigues and prohibiting too close links with Cyprus. Until the end of her life, Caterina maintained a brilliant court at Asolo, where poets, humanists, musicians and artists could gather. She died on the 10th of July 1510 and was buried in the family chapel inside the church of Santi Apostoli, in Venice. Her remains were later removed to the church of San Salvatore where a slab commemorates her memory. Fig.6 Caterina Cornaro portrait 9 �CATERINA CORNARO Born on 30th of April 1454, Caterina Cornaro was the daughter of Marco Cornaro della Ca’ Grande, of a wealthy Venetian family which had close ties with the Lusignan Kingdom during the fifteenth century. By her grandmother, she was related to the Greek family of the Comnenus of Trebizond, and her grandfather was Duke of Naxos; in other words, Caterina had Greek blood in her veins, could speak Greek and therefore was to be very popular among Greek people. 8 Fig.5 Gens Cornelia; 17th Century Engraving of the genealogical tree of the Cornaro Family by an anonymous artist She was married at the age of fourteen, in July 1468, under pressure from the Venetian government which wanted to extend its influence over the Kingdom of Cyprus and obtained from James II, the last Lusignan King, the promise that Caterina would inherit the Kingdom in case James would die first. Caterina received an extraordinary dowry, about 100.000 ducats. The formal wedding ceremony took place in Famagusta in December 1472. Seven months later, in August 1473, she was widowed but being pregnant at the time, gave birth to a son, James III, 50 days later. She acted then as regent of the Kingdom but when her one-year-old child died, in August 1474, she became the heiress of the Kingdom. Immediately, the Venetian government sent Caterina’s brother and uncle, together with a fleet and an army in order to secure Venetian power over the island. Living first in Famagusta then in Lefkosia, Caterina could not reign as an independent queen and, despite her popularity, she was forced to resign and to put the Kingdom in the hands of Venice in 1489 (as one can see in the monument of Doge Pietro Mocenigo in the Saints John and Paul church in Venice). Caterina arrived in Venice at the beginning of June 1489 and a great company of nobles and ladies accompanying the Doge welcomed the Queen of Cyprus. In order to express gratitude, Venice granted Caterina the territory and castle of Asolo, in the Terra Ferma, in the hilly area of Treviso. In fact, Venice provided a golden exile to Caterina, watching her travels, fearing intrigues and prohibiting too close links with Cyprus. Until the end of her life, Caterina maintained a brilliant court at Asolo, where poets, humanists, musicians and artists could gather. She died on the 10th of July 1510 and was buried in the family chapel inside the church of Santi Apostoli, in Venice. Her remains were later removed to the church of San Salvatore where a slab commemorates her memory. Fig.6 Caterina Cornaro portrait 9 �LEFKOSIA moat that is today partially filled, changing its original appearance. There are three gates. To the east, FAMAGUSTA GATE is particularly impressive with the breadth of its internal layout which includes an archway, a high dome and several rooms used for the guard house; the front door of Famagusta Gate is derived from the Lazaretto Gate in Candia (Heraklion), Crete, which was built by Michele Sanmicheli, another major architect of Venice. Its device is simple, combining a triangular facade with the rounded lines of the pediment, the door and the windows, four coats-of-arms of Venetian officers, carved on the pillars. The second gate, to the west, is Pafos Gate. The third to the north, Kyrenia Gate, has undergone considerable changes in the 1930s, so that it has lost its function. An incomplete inscription, related to a Venetian officer stationed in 1562, was inserted there. Despite openings made in modern times to facilitate car access, the Venetian walls of 1567 still impress with their volume and the regularity of their layout. The military qualities of this work did not prevent the capture of the city by the Ottoman troops three years later, on the 9th of September, 1570; however, Lefkosia was a prototype of military Renaissance architecture, and Giulio Savorgnano reproduced this model when Venice charged him, twentyfive years later, to build the fortress of Palmanova, in Friuli, to block the Ottoman threat. Lefkosia has retained little evidence of civil Renaissance architecture. Fig.7 Aerial photograph of Lefkosia 10 After the departure of Caterina Cornaro to Venice in 1489, Lefkosia became the capital city of the Regno di Cipro where three officers heading the colonial government were installed. The city was also the main place of residence of the aristocracy and where many religious institutions, latin or orthodox, were established since the thirteenth century. In spite of the wealth accumulated by the nobility, the city did not have major monumental construction, except for the WALLS OF THE CITY. This was one of the most innovative enterprises of military Renaissance architecture. Its instigator was the engineer Giulio Savorgnano who transformed completely, in six months only (starting on the 1st of June 1567), the defensive system left by the Lusignan which was considered obsolete and unsuited to modern warfare. To complete the project, over 1,800 houses, 4 beautiful palazzi, 80 churches and three monasteries were razed to allow construction of the new walls. It was designed on a radial plan, in a star form with eleven bastions and only 3 gates. The bastions bore either the names of some leading Venetian officers (Mula, Querini, Barbaro, Loredano), or those of nobles who agreed to finance and organise the works (Flatro, Carafa, Podocataro, Costanzo, Davila, Tripoli, Rocas). The perimeter of the enclosure is 4.8 km. The exceptional quality of this enclosure is recognized by the apparatus of walls, built with a facing of beautiful stonework placed on thick mud walls. They are protected by a large Fig.8 Plan of Lefkosia Steffano Lusignano, Chronograffia et breve historia universale dell’ isola di Cipro, Bologna 1572 11 �LEFKOSIA moat that is today partially filled, changing its original appearance. There are three gates. To the east, FAMAGUSTA GATE is particularly impressive with the breadth of its internal layout which includes an archway, a high dome and several rooms used for the guard house; the front door of Famagusta Gate is derived from the Lazaretto Gate in Candia (Heraklion), Crete, which was built by Michele Sanmicheli, another major architect of Venice. Its device is simple, combining a triangular facade with the rounded lines of the pediment, the door and the windows, four coats-of-arms of Venetian officers, carved on the pillars. The second gate, to the west, is Pafos Gate. The third to the north, Kyrenia Gate, has undergone considerable changes in the 1930s, so that it has lost its function. An incomplete inscription, related to a Venetian officer stationed in 1562, was inserted there. Despite openings made in modern times to facilitate car access, the Venetian walls of 1567 still impress with their volume and the regularity of their layout. The military qualities of this work did not prevent the capture of the city by the Ottoman troops three years later, on the 9th of September, 1570; however, Lefkosia was a prototype of military Renaissance architecture, and Giulio Savorgnano reproduced this model when Venice charged him, twentyfive years later, to build the fortress of Palmanova, in Friuli, to block the Ottoman threat. Lefkosia has retained little evidence of civil Renaissance architecture. Fig.7 Aerial photograph of Lefkosia 10 After the departure of Caterina Cornaro to Venice in 1489, Lefkosia became the capital city of the Regno di Cipro where three officers heading the colonial government were installed. The city was also the main place of residence of the aristocracy and where many religious institutions, latin or orthodox, were established since the thirteenth century. In spite of the wealth accumulated by the nobility, the city did not have major monumental construction, except for the WALLS OF THE CITY. This was one of the most innovative enterprises of military Renaissance architecture. Its instigator was the engineer Giulio Savorgnano who transformed completely, in six months only (starting on the 1st of June 1567), the defensive system left by the Lusignan which was considered obsolete and unsuited to modern warfare. To complete the project, over 1,800 houses, 4 beautiful palazzi, 80 churches and three monasteries were razed to allow construction of the new walls. It was designed on a radial plan, in a star form with eleven bastions and only 3 gates. The bastions bore either the names of some leading Venetian officers (Mula, Querini, Barbaro, Loredano), or those of nobles who agreed to finance and organise the works (Flatro, Carafa, Podocataro, Costanzo, Davila, Tripoli, Rocas). The perimeter of the enclosure is 4.8 km. The exceptional quality of this enclosure is recognized by the apparatus of walls, built with a facing of beautiful stonework placed on thick mud walls. They are protected by a large Fig.8 Plan of Lefkosia Steffano Lusignano, Chronograffia et breve historia universale dell’ isola di Cipro, Bologna 1572 11 �The main such evidence is associated with CHATZIGEORGAKIS KORNESIOS’ HOUSE, the grand dragoman of the island between 1779 and 1809. The house is located near the archbishop’s palace. This house, which has undergone many alterations over the centuries, is the major example of aristocratic residence of Lefkosia on a plan dating back to the Frankish period. It is highly probable that this house was the Podocataro family’s palazzo, because at the entrance of the house there is a carved marble tablet bearing the Coat of arms of the family, as that which can be seen in Venice on the funeral monument of Livio Podocataro in the church of San Sebastiano. The marble plaque combines several symbols, because one recognises the emblem of Venice with the lion of St. Mark above the Byzantine two-headed eagle and foliage carrying pomegranates. The style of this high-relief reveals artists who were rather clumsy in the execution of the original composite motifs. Without any doubt, it is a local production that gives the interesting image of a mixed aesthetic, between the Renaissance model and traditions inherited from the Byzantine civilisation. 12 Fig.9 Carved marble lintel bearing the Coat of arms of Podocataro family, entrance of Chatzigeorgakis Kornesios House The religious architecture, that was so flourishing during the Lusignan time, is not well documented for the period of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, probably because the maintenance of many institutions in the Frankish period restricted the capacity of noble families to make new investments. One of the few foundations was that of the hospital of the Augustinians, at the initiative of Archbishop Guglielmo Goneme, who came to retire in St. Mary’s Church, now OMERIYE MOSQUE, in 1469. From this hospital, only a wall remains, behind the church, pierced by two windows the decorations of which reveal a direct and early import of Italian models, with a delicate sculpted pediment and jambs. Apart from the hospital of the Augustinians, traces of the penetration of Renaissance aesthetic in the churches are difficult to identify, because they are in most cases adapted to the Franco-Byzantine style. Thus, the Church of the PANAGIA CHRYSALINIOTISSA, the foundation of which dates from the Byzantine period, combines several architectural elements of Franco-Byzantine style, but as they were made at different times, it is difficult to attribute only to the sixteenth century the renovation or construction of the building. The insertion of an Italian styled coat-ofarms in the northern wall of the church indicates the possibility of renovation at the time of the Venetian rule and one can probably attribute to this period the arcades of what could have been the courtyard of the monastery, but their style does not show any assimilation of Renaissance patterns. The door, windows and tops of the capitals are in fact imitations of the Franco-Byzantine local style that follow similar principles to those of Bedestan’s great portal. Fig.10 Arches, Panagia Chrysaliniotissa Church , Lefkosia Fig. l1 Window, Panagia Chrysaliniotissa Chrurch, Lefkosia 13 �The main such evidence is associated with CHATZIGEORGAKIS KORNESIOS’ HOUSE, the grand dragoman of the island between 1779 and 1809. The house is located near the archbishop’s palace. This house, which has undergone many alterations over the centuries, is the major example of aristocratic residence of Lefkosia on a plan dating back to the Frankish period. It is highly probable that this house was the Podocataro family’s palazzo, because at the entrance of the house there is a carved marble tablet bearing the Coat of arms of the family, as that which can be seen in Venice on the funeral monument of Livio Podocataro in the church of San Sebastiano. The marble plaque combines several symbols, because one recognises the emblem of Venice with the lion of St. Mark above the Byzantine two-headed eagle and foliage carrying pomegranates. The style of this high-relief reveals artists who were rather clumsy in the execution of the original composite motifs. Without any doubt, it is a local production that gives the interesting image of a mixed aesthetic, between the Renaissance model and traditions inherited from the Byzantine civilisation. 12 Fig.9 Carved marble lintel bearing the Coat of arms of Podocataro family, entrance of Chatzigeorgakis Kornesios House The religious architecture, that was so flourishing during the Lusignan time, is not well documented for the period of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, probably because the maintenance of many institutions in the Frankish period restricted the capacity of noble families to make new investments. One of the few foundations was that of the hospital of the Augustinians, at the initiative of Archbishop Guglielmo Goneme, who came to retire in St. Mary’s Church, now OMERIYE MOSQUE, in 1469. From this hospital, only a wall remains, behind the church, pierced by two windows the decorations of which reveal a direct and early import of Italian models, with a delicate sculpted pediment and jambs. Apart from the hospital of the Augustinians, traces of the penetration of Renaissance aesthetic in the churches are difficult to identify, because they are in most cases adapted to the Franco-Byzantine style. Thus, the Church of the PANAGIA CHRYSALINIOTISSA, the foundation of which dates from the Byzantine period, combines several architectural elements of Franco-Byzantine style, but as they were made at different times, it is difficult to attribute only to the sixteenth century the renovation or construction of the building. The insertion of an Italian styled coat-ofarms in the northern wall of the church indicates the possibility of renovation at the time of the Venetian rule and one can probably attribute to this period the arcades of what could have been the courtyard of the monastery, but their style does not show any assimilation of Renaissance patterns. The door, windows and tops of the capitals are in fact imitations of the Franco-Byzantine local style that follow similar principles to those of Bedestan’s great portal. Fig.10 Arches, Panagia Chrysaliniotissa Church , Lefkosia Fig. l1 Window, Panagia Chrysaliniotissa Chrurch, Lefkosia 13 �14 Fig.12 Renaissance window in hostel connected to the Church of St Mary of theAugustinians, now the Omeriye Mosque in Lefkosia Fig.13 Mother of God (Madre della Consolazione), end of 15th century Lefkosia ,Church of Our Lady Chrysaliniotissa. Now at the Byzantine Museum of Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Lefkosia 15 �14 Fig.12 Renaissance window in hostel connected to the Church of St Mary of theAugustinians, now the Omeriye Mosque in Lefkosia Fig.13 Mother of God (Madre della Consolazione), end of 15th century Lefkosia ,Church of Our Lady Chrysaliniotissa. Now at the Byzantine Museum of Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Lefkosia 15 �Fig.17 Decoration on the wall of Stavros tou Missirikou Church, Lefkosia Fig.14 he adoration of the Magi 15th – 16th century Church of Panagia Faneromeni, Lefkosia. Today at the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Lefkosia 16 Fig.15 Virgin Mary enthroned between St. Nicholas and Saint George from the Church of St. George in occupied Vatili now at the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Lefkosia Fig.16 Communion of the Apostles, end of 15th century, Panagia Chrysaliniotissa Chrurch. Today at the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Lefkosia The church STAVROS TOU MISSIRIKOU belongs to this class of monuments where different styles are associated. Located in the city centre behind the church of Panagia Faneromeni, this church is very small and is built according to an unusual plan for Greek churches, with a unique nave topped by a dome. Its exterior decoration is characterised by a cornice composed of corbels and foliage, referring to the Franco-Byzantine motifs, but they are associated with volutes, which are borrowed from the decorative repertoire of Renaissance art. This detail shows in fact a limited influence of Italian aesthetic of the Cypriot architects and master masons of the sixteenth century. The clearest evidence of the Venetian presence is in Lefkosia’s museums. Among the many interesting icons of the BYZANTINE MUSEUM OF THE ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS III FOUNDATION collections, several exhibit the taste for Italian culture of the Cypriot elite of Lefkosia during the late fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries. In twelve icons, the donors are depicted in their Italian dress, both men and women, indicating the importance given to following the standards of the Venetian fashion as the clothes style changes very often from one portrait to another. More than anywhere else in Cyprus, the icons of the Byzantine Museum demonstrate the different ways by which Italian pictorial culture was received on the island. Some icons present traditional Byzantine composition executed with some Italian architectural display (Communion of the Apostles from the Panagia Chrysaliniotissa church) or with attention to the expression of human feelings (The Virgin in the style of Madre della Consolazione, from the Panagia Chrysaliniotissa church). Other icons demonstrate that pure Italian composition was adopted by Cypriot artist as the icon of the Pietà (from Agia Marina church at Pera Chorio Nisou). In some cases, Byzantine and Italian aesthetics and techniques are so mixed that the icons could have been produced in any country where Greeks and Venetians lived together (The Virgin between St. Nicholas and St. George, from Agios Georgios church at Vatili). One can also admire the complete assimilation of Renaissance culture in a picture which could have been painted in an Italian province (Adoration of the Magi, from the Panagia Faneromeni church). Apart from the icons, one notes the unique gilted silver chalice made for Agios Mamas monastery in 1501, which reveals the high quality of the liturgical vessels used in the churches of Lefkosia and revealing the art of the silversmiths and goldsmiths working in Cyprus. The collections of the Byzantine Museum can be considered as the best guide to understand how Greek and Italian cultures intermixed. 17 �Fig.17 Decoration on the wall of Stavros tou Missirikou Church, Lefkosia Fig.14 he adoration of the Magi 15th – 16th century Church of Panagia Faneromeni, Lefkosia. Today at the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Lefkosia 16 Fig.15 Virgin Mary enthroned between St. Nicholas and Saint George from the Church of St. George in occupied Vatili now at the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Lefkosia Fig.16 Communion of the Apostles, end of 15th century, Panagia Chrysaliniotissa Chrurch. Today at the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Lefkosia The church STAVROS TOU MISSIRIKOU belongs to this class of monuments where different styles are associated. Located in the city centre behind the church of Panagia Faneromeni, this church is very small and is built according to an unusual plan for Greek churches, with a unique nave topped by a dome. Its exterior decoration is characterised by a cornice composed of corbels and foliage, referring to the Franco-Byzantine motifs, but they are associated with volutes, which are borrowed from the decorative repertoire of Renaissance art. This detail shows in fact a limited influence of Italian aesthetic of the Cypriot architects and master masons of the sixteenth century. The clearest evidence of the Venetian presence is in Lefkosia’s museums. Among the many interesting icons of the BYZANTINE MUSEUM OF THE ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS III FOUNDATION collections, several exhibit the taste for Italian culture of the Cypriot elite of Lefkosia during the late fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries. In twelve icons, the donors are depicted in their Italian dress, both men and women, indicating the importance given to following the standards of the Venetian fashion as the clothes style changes very often from one portrait to another. More than anywhere else in Cyprus, the icons of the Byzantine Museum demonstrate the different ways by which Italian pictorial culture was received on the island. Some icons present traditional Byzantine composition executed with some Italian architectural display (Communion of the Apostles from the Panagia Chrysaliniotissa church) or with attention to the expression of human feelings (The Virgin in the style of Madre della Consolazione, from the Panagia Chrysaliniotissa church). Other icons demonstrate that pure Italian composition was adopted by Cypriot artist as the icon of the Pietà (from Agia Marina church at Pera Chorio Nisou). In some cases, Byzantine and Italian aesthetics and techniques are so mixed that the icons could have been produced in any country where Greeks and Venetians lived together (The Virgin between St. Nicholas and St. George, from Agios Georgios church at Vatili). One can also admire the complete assimilation of Renaissance culture in a picture which could have been painted in an Italian province (Adoration of the Magi, from the Panagia Faneromeni church). Apart from the icons, one notes the unique gilted silver chalice made for Agios Mamas monastery in 1501, which reveals the high quality of the liturgical vessels used in the churches of Lefkosia and revealing the art of the silversmiths and goldsmiths working in Cyprus. The collections of the Byzantine Museum can be considered as the best guide to understand how Greek and Italian cultures intermixed. 17 �Two other museums have collections of artefacts connected with the long history of Italo-Cypriot relationships. The MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF CYPRIOT COINAGE belongs to the BANK OF CYPRUS CULTURAL FOUNDATION and has a permanent exhibition which traces the development of Cypriot coinage from the first coins issued during the sixth century B.C. to modern times. Two thousand and six hundred years of turbulent Cypriot history come alive through more than 500 coins, divided into nine chronological sections and exhibited in twenty three showcases. A chronological section is dedicated to the Venetian period. The Foundation’s Rare Historical Documents Collection, focusing on the history of Cyprus, includes manuscripts and printed books, dated from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The earliest material found in the Collection are letters exchanged between Venetian merchants regarding goods transported through Famagusta harbour between 1407 and 1493. The printed editions include travel books by Europeans who visited Cyprus during the Frankish (1192-1489), the Venetian (1489-1571) and the Ottoman (1571-1878) periods, historical books of the sixteenth century written by the official historiographers of Venice, and a series of books regarding the “War of Cyprus” (1570-71). Figs.18,19 James III and Caterina Cornaro,1473-1474, with Venetian countermark, end of 15th century Silver gros,2.58 gms,24mm Obv.: Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, of the Lusignan family, of the Kingdom of Armenia and of the Kingdom of Cyprus KAT[TERIA D GR] IMP CP AR Rev.: Cross of Jerusalem IACOB[9DGR] IRM CIPA T9. Countermarked with six circular punches:two central punches, one with the value 8 solidi and one margin of the coin BCCF 1998-01-05 18 The LEVENTIS MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF LEFKOSIA is the historical museum of the capital of Cyprus and a unique museum in the presentation and interpretation of the Venetian Period of Cyprus. The Cornaro Gallery of the museum contains an important collection of paintings and drawings dedicated to Caterina Cornaro the Venetian Queen of Cyprus (14731489). Amongst the paintings there are two dedicated to the presentation of the Crown of Cyprus to the Venetian Doge Barbarigo (1489), an important sequence in the history of Cyprus since through this act the administration of the island is officially offered to the Venetian Republic.Special importance is also drawn on the commercial relations between Venice and Cyprus and to the construction of the Venetian walls of Lefkosia. The history of the Venetian walls of Lefkosia, which are considered prototype of the European renaissance military architecture, is depicted through a unique collection of maps of the city as well as through a multimedia interactive table. Last but not least is the presentation of the siege and fall of the city to the Ottomans (1570) which is depicted through publications, a treasure of precious vessels associated with Venetian officers of the period and other artifacts such as coins and engravings. Fig.20 Caterina Cornaro Gallery, Leventis Municipal Museum, Lefkosia Fig.21 Flemish armorial tapestry with the Coat of arms of the Cornaro of Venice, circa 1680, Leventis Municipal Museum, Lefkosia 19 �Two other museums have collections of artefacts connected with the long history of Italo-Cypriot relationships. The MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF CYPRIOT COINAGE belongs to the BANK OF CYPRUS CULTURAL FOUNDATION and has a permanent exhibition which traces the development of Cypriot coinage from the first coins issued during the sixth century B.C. to modern times. Two thousand and six hundred years of turbulent Cypriot history come alive through more than 500 coins, divided into nine chronological sections and exhibited in twenty three showcases. A chronological section is dedicated to the Venetian period. The Foundation’s Rare Historical Documents Collection, focusing on the history of Cyprus, includes manuscripts and printed books, dated from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The earliest material found in the Collection are letters exchanged between Venetian merchants regarding goods transported through Famagusta harbour between 1407 and 1493. The printed editions include travel books by Europeans who visited Cyprus during the Frankish (1192-1489), the Venetian (1489-1571) and the Ottoman (1571-1878) periods, historical books of the sixteenth century written by the official historiographers of Venice, and a series of books regarding the “War of Cyprus” (1570-71). Figs.18,19 James III and Caterina Cornaro,1473-1474, with Venetian countermark, end of 15th century Silver gros,2.58 gms,24mm Obv.: Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, of the Lusignan family, of the Kingdom of Armenia and of the Kingdom of Cyprus KAT[TERIA D GR] IMP CP AR Rev.: Cross of Jerusalem IACOB[9DGR] IRM CIPA T9. Countermarked with six circular punches:two central punches, one with the value 8 solidi and one margin of the coin BCCF 1998-01-05 18 The LEVENTIS MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF LEFKOSIA is the historical museum of the capital of Cyprus and a unique museum in the presentation and interpretation of the Venetian Period of Cyprus. The Cornaro Gallery of the museum contains an important collection of paintings and drawings dedicated to Caterina Cornaro the Venetian Queen of Cyprus (14731489). Amongst the paintings there are two dedicated to the presentation of the Crown of Cyprus to the Venetian Doge Barbarigo (1489), an important sequence in the history of Cyprus since through this act the administration of the island is officially offered to the Venetian Republic.Special importance is also drawn on the commercial relations between Venice and Cyprus and to the construction of the Venetian walls of Lefkosia. The history of the Venetian walls of Lefkosia, which are considered prototype of the European renaissance military architecture, is depicted through a unique collection of maps of the city as well as through a multimedia interactive table. Last but not least is the presentation of the siege and fall of the city to the Ottomans (1570) which is depicted through publications, a treasure of precious vessels associated with Venetian officers of the period and other artifacts such as coins and engravings. Fig.20 Caterina Cornaro Gallery, Leventis Municipal Museum, Lefkosia Fig.21 Flemish armorial tapestry with the Coat of arms of the Cornaro of Venice, circa 1680, Leventis Municipal Museum, Lefkosia 19 �THE MANOR HOUSE AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM, POTAMIA. Located about 25 km southeast of Lefkosia, Potamia village was particularly important under the Lusignan reign especially when James I (1389-1398) and Janus (1398-1432) built there a Manor House, the design of which was inspired by early Italian villas. Waterwheels, working day and night, fed tanks, cisterns, fountains and pipes in order to irrigate citrus orchards in such a way that one could admire a green landscape from the manor’s loggia. This elegant and refined manor was a place of reception, appreciated by important foreign guests, who called it Bel Vedere. In 1426, the residence was burned down by the Mamelukes of Egypt and never recovered its former glory. Folk tales assert that Caterina Cornaro lived there, a point not confirmed by archive documents or by the archaeological excavations conducted by the French School at Athens. The manor, however, regained some of its economic prosperity from 1521 when the fief of Potamia was purchased by a wealthy and influential family of the Greek aristocracy in Cyprus, the Singlitico. Using the irrigation system developed by the Lusignan, they made Potamia the centre of a prosperous area and a source of considerable revenues. Fig.22 The oldest watermill of Cyprus at Agios Sozomenos (outside view) 20 Today we are left with the ruins of the manor house. In the surrounding countryside we have evidence of its prosperous past in particular in the remains of two water mills, the first in Archangelos (arriving by the road from Fig.23 The oldest watermill of Cyprus at Agios Sozomenos (from the top) 21 �THE MANOR HOUSE AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM, POTAMIA. Located about 25 km southeast of Lefkosia, Potamia village was particularly important under the Lusignan reign especially when James I (1389-1398) and Janus (1398-1432) built there a Manor House, the design of which was inspired by early Italian villas. Waterwheels, working day and night, fed tanks, cisterns, fountains and pipes in order to irrigate citrus orchards in such a way that one could admire a green landscape from the manor’s loggia. This elegant and refined manor was a place of reception, appreciated by important foreign guests, who called it Bel Vedere. In 1426, the residence was burned down by the Mamelukes of Egypt and never recovered its former glory. Folk tales assert that Caterina Cornaro lived there, a point not confirmed by archive documents or by the archaeological excavations conducted by the French School at Athens. The manor, however, regained some of its economic prosperity from 1521 when the fief of Potamia was purchased by a wealthy and influential family of the Greek aristocracy in Cyprus, the Singlitico. Using the irrigation system developed by the Lusignan, they made Potamia the centre of a prosperous area and a source of considerable revenues. Fig.22 The oldest watermill of Cyprus at Agios Sozomenos (outside view) 20 Today we are left with the ruins of the manor house. In the surrounding countryside we have evidence of its prosperous past in particular in the remains of two water mills, the first in Archangelos (arriving by the road from Fig.23 The oldest watermill of Cyprus at Agios Sozomenos (from the top) 21 �Lefkosia, before crossing the river Yialias), the other one before Agios Sozomenos, near the bridge across the Alykos. This latter mill, built in the fourteenth century, was in operation until the eighteenth century and is probably the oldest and most monumental watermill of Cyprus where we still observe the aqueduct conveying water and the imposing forced waterline built in massive stones. LARNAKA THE CHURCH OF AGIOS MAMAS, AGIOS SOZOMENOS The Singlitico family did not only make economic investments in their fields at Potamia. They also built a church, which was probably never completed, and was to serve as a family funeral church. Named Agios Mamas, this church is located in the nearby village of Agios Sozomenos at the foot of the cliff hermitage where Agios Sozomenos was revered, a local saint whose cult was linked to the hope of resurrection after death. The monument stands proudly on the edge of a village abandoned since 1964. It has lost its roof but there remain parts of the apse, walls, the pillars that separate the three naves and two doors. The building’s architecture is of Gothic style but from a later period with inspiration from the great buildings of Lefkosia and Famagusta, without the elegance in the proportions of the great medieval monuments. Two large tombs were constructed in the south wall and decorated with columns and mouldings, the motifs of which clearly belong to the Renaissance repertoire. This church is one of very few examples of religious construction in Gothic style in the countryside. Presumably they were also linked to the donation of the painted panel above the tomb of the saint in the hermitage carved into the cliff overlooking the church and the village. Fig.24 Agios Mamas Church in Agios Sozomenos village Fig.25 Salt lakes in Larnaka known as Salt lakes of San Lazzaro during the Venetian time Larnaka was just a large village in the sixteenth century the development of which depended on the SALT LAKES OF SAN LAZARRO which provided the ballast for ships operating on the Levant trade. Apart from the galleys, boats loaded supplies of salt, the quality of which was appreciated in Venice. The exploitation of the two salt lakes, now abandoned, was an important source of revenue for Venice, and the spectacle of salt extraction was of interest to all travellers and pilgrims stopping in Cyprus. Salt could be exploited almost everywhere along the Cypriot shores, the main centre of production was located here, near Larnaka, at this area called “Lakes of Saint Lazarus” where the two lakes had a circumference of more than 20 km. These lakes were not exploited according to the usual salt lakes system as the water which filled the lakes did not come from the sea but from two small torrents inland. Due to the proximity of the sea and the nature of the soil, the sun transformed the water to salt through evaporation during summertime; most of the travellers were amazed by the large salt surface of the lakes which contrasted to the usual small squares of the traditional Mediterranean salt lakes. 22 The salt extraction and trade were a State monopoly since Byzantine and Frankish times, and the Venetians continued this arrangement. All the Cypriots had to buy a certain amount of salt from the State and this tax brought regular incomes 23 �Lefkosia, before crossing the river Yialias), the other one before Agios Sozomenos, near the bridge across the Alykos. This latter mill, built in the fourteenth century, was in operation until the eighteenth century and is probably the oldest and most monumental watermill of Cyprus where we still observe the aqueduct conveying water and the imposing forced waterline built in massive stones. LARNAKA THE CHURCH OF AGIOS MAMAS, AGIOS SOZOMENOS The Singlitico family did not only make economic investments in their fields at Potamia. They also built a church, which was probably never completed, and was to serve as a family funeral church. Named Agios Mamas, this church is located in the nearby village of Agios Sozomenos at the foot of the cliff hermitage where Agios Sozomenos was revered, a local saint whose cult was linked to the hope of resurrection after death. The monument stands proudly on the edge of a village abandoned since 1964. It has lost its roof but there remain parts of the apse, walls, the pillars that separate the three naves and two doors. The building’s architecture is of Gothic style but from a later period with inspiration from the great buildings of Lefkosia and Famagusta, without the elegance in the proportions of the great medieval monuments. Two large tombs were constructed in the south wall and decorated with columns and mouldings, the motifs of which clearly belong to the Renaissance repertoire. This church is one of very few examples of religious construction in Gothic style in the countryside. Presumably they were also linked to the donation of the painted panel above the tomb of the saint in the hermitage carved into the cliff overlooking the church and the village. Fig.24 Agios Mamas Church in Agios Sozomenos village Fig.25 Salt lakes in Larnaka known as Salt lakes of San Lazzaro during the Venetian time Larnaka was just a large village in the sixteenth century the development of which depended on the SALT LAKES OF SAN LAZARRO which provided the ballast for ships operating on the Levant trade. Apart from the galleys, boats loaded supplies of salt, the quality of which was appreciated in Venice. The exploitation of the two salt lakes, now abandoned, was an important source of revenue for Venice, and the spectacle of salt extraction was of interest to all travellers and pilgrims stopping in Cyprus. Salt could be exploited almost everywhere along the Cypriot shores, the main centre of production was located here, near Larnaka, at this area called “Lakes of Saint Lazarus” where the two lakes had a circumference of more than 20 km. These lakes were not exploited according to the usual salt lakes system as the water which filled the lakes did not come from the sea but from two small torrents inland. Due to the proximity of the sea and the nature of the soil, the sun transformed the water to salt through evaporation during summertime; most of the travellers were amazed by the large salt surface of the lakes which contrasted to the usual small squares of the traditional Mediterranean salt lakes. 22 The salt extraction and trade were a State monopoly since Byzantine and Frankish times, and the Venetians continued this arrangement. All the Cypriots had to buy a certain amount of salt from the State and this tax brought regular incomes 23 �to the Treasury. Venice also required that all the Venetian ships bring back to Venice certain quantities of salt in order to sell them on the Northern Italian markets. By that measure, the salt extracted in Cyprus largely sustained the Venetian maritime trade between the Levant and Italy. The extraction was organised under the supervision of Venetian officials, who employed serfs with their donkeys. They had first to break the hard crust with picks, then cut them in large bricks and load them on the donkeys; the animals brought them directly to the shore where the sailors could load them on ship. At times when there were no ships, the blocks were stacked in huge pyramids near the coast, waiting for the next ships. Fig.27 Medieval incised ceramics, Pierides Museum Marfin Laiki Bank Foundation, Larnaka Fig.28 Interior of Agios Lazaros Church, Larnaka In Larnaka itself, there are no significant monuments from the Venetian period. However the Agios Lazaros church, a place of pilgrimage visited during the Middle Ages and the fort, built by the Ottomans on older structures, do have a Venetian connection. Additions and repairs in the southern arcade of AGIOS LAZAROS CHURCH were carried out in 1559 under the Provveditore of Cyprus Sebastian Vernier. In the CASTLE one can see the De Nores family Coat of arms and gravestones. The collections of the PIERIDES MUSEUM MARFIN LAIKI FOUNDATION present some examples of Lapithos type ceramic cookware manufactured in the sixteenth century. 24 Fig.26 Agios Lazaros Church, Larnaka 25 �to the Treasury. Venice also required that all the Venetian ships bring back to Venice certain quantities of salt in order to sell them on the Northern Italian markets. By that measure, the salt extracted in Cyprus largely sustained the Venetian maritime trade between the Levant and Italy. The extraction was organised under the supervision of Venetian officials, who employed serfs with their donkeys. They had first to break the hard crust with picks, then cut them in large bricks and load them on the donkeys; the animals brought them directly to the shore where the sailors could load them on ship. At times when there were no ships, the blocks were stacked in huge pyramids near the coast, waiting for the next ships. Fig.27 Medieval incised ceramics, Pierides Museum Marfin Laiki Bank Foundation, Larnaka Fig.28 Interior of Agios Lazaros Church, Larnaka In Larnaka itself, there are no significant monuments from the Venetian period. However the Agios Lazaros church, a place of pilgrimage visited during the Middle Ages and the fort, built by the Ottomans on older structures, do have a Venetian connection. Additions and repairs in the southern arcade of AGIOS LAZAROS CHURCH were carried out in 1559 under the Provveditore of Cyprus Sebastian Vernier. In the CASTLE one can see the De Nores family Coat of arms and gravestones. The collections of the PIERIDES MUSEUM MARFIN LAIKI FOUNDATION present some examples of Lapithos type ceramic cookware manufactured in the sixteenth century. 24 Fig.26 Agios Lazaros Church, Larnaka 25 �AGIA NAPA Near the villages of Kiti and Pervolia, near the lighthouse, stands the most elegant VENETIAN WATCH TOWER of Cyprus, with low and wide proportions, with beautiful stonework in a square form. It has just one floor. We note especially the terrace with machicolations. Without windows, the tower was accessible via an upstairs door, the lintel of which is carved with a lion of St. Mark holding a sword and flanked by two coats-ofarms, like all buildings constructed on the initiative of Venetian officers. Fig.29 Venetian Watch Tower near Kiti village Fig.30 Agia Napa Monastery THE MONASTERY OF AGIA NAPA The village of Agia Napa, now a well known Mediterranean seaside resort, was a famous place in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance: pilgrims went there to venerate a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary in the church of the monastery that was dedicated to the Theotokos. Because of its coastal location, this place of worship attracted people coming from Famagusta as well as sailors and foreign merchants. A unique feature of this monastery was that it had services by both Greek and Latin priests, which shows the strength of attraction of the cult of the icon and the convergence of worship during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. 26 The monastery is no longer isolated since it is surrounded by modern buildings, but it has preserved its enclosure that then protected it from attacks by pirates. The date of construction of the current building, which is not documented, probably goes back to the late fifteenth century, though its foundation was earlier, since the monastery is mentioned in the sources during the fourteenth century. Among the original characteristics of the monastic complex, one notices the combination of civil and religious architecture. The entrance to the monastery is through a door archway under a building comprising a ground and first floor. The first floor included external bays that were once loggias, closed today, indicating that this building was residential. 27 �AGIA NAPA Near the villages of Kiti and Pervolia, near the lighthouse, stands the most elegant VENETIAN WATCH TOWER of Cyprus, with low and wide proportions, with beautiful stonework in a square form. It has just one floor. We note especially the terrace with machicolations. Without windows, the tower was accessible via an upstairs door, the lintel of which is carved with a lion of St. Mark holding a sword and flanked by two coats-ofarms, like all buildings constructed on the initiative of Venetian officers. Fig.29 Venetian Watch Tower near Kiti village Fig.30 Agia Napa Monastery THE MONASTERY OF AGIA NAPA The village of Agia Napa, now a well known Mediterranean seaside resort, was a famous place in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance: pilgrims went there to venerate a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary in the church of the monastery that was dedicated to the Theotokos. Because of its coastal location, this place of worship attracted people coming from Famagusta as well as sailors and foreign merchants. A unique feature of this monastery was that it had services by both Greek and Latin priests, which shows the strength of attraction of the cult of the icon and the convergence of worship during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. 26 The monastery is no longer isolated since it is surrounded by modern buildings, but it has preserved its enclosure that then protected it from attacks by pirates. The date of construction of the current building, which is not documented, probably goes back to the late fifteenth century, though its foundation was earlier, since the monastery is mentioned in the sources during the fourteenth century. Among the original characteristics of the monastic complex, one notices the combination of civil and religious architecture. The entrance to the monastery is through a door archway under a building comprising a ground and first floor. The first floor included external bays that were once loggias, closed today, indicating that this building was residential. 27 �LEMESOS One notices a carved decoration, typical of the early Renaissance, particularly around the inner window with pilasters, columns and mouldings on jambs and arches. After passing the main gate, one enters the courtyard of the monastery bathed in a peaceful lovely flowered atmosphere. The cloister, punctuated by beautiful arches in the typical popular Gothic style of Cyprus, has at its center an attractive fountain housed in a dome resting on four pillars: it is an octagonal watershed in travertine marble decorated with carved heads connected by garlands flower, a typical Renaissance motif, alternating with coats-of-arms and other motifs of popular style. The small church, with roots dating back to Byzantine times, is built over an underground chamber carved into the rock; this is where the miraculous icon of the Virgin was displayed, beside a sacred spring (hagiasma). Within the church, there is a chapel, probably of Latin rite, adorned with late Gothic decoration, where one can distinguish a small rose window. 28 Fig.31 Agia Napa Monastery Fig.32 Fountain housed in a dome resting on four pillars, Agia Napa Monastery Fig.33 Lemesos Castle Lemesos has retained very few monuments of the Middle Ages and even less of the Renaissance. Only the CASTLE which defended the port is of interest. Built in the late twelfth century, it was repeatedly damaged during conflicts and dismantled by the Venetians after an Ottoman attack in 1538. It was fully re-built in the 1560s by Venetian military engineers. In order to withstand cannon fire, the entire building was surrounded by a thick wall. The castle now houses the CYPRUS MEDIEVAL MUSEUM where the finest collection of tombstones and other artefacts of the island are exhibited. In the hall on the ground floor, one sees in particular some examples of graves illustrating the diffusion of Italian customs in Cypriot society such as the grave of Ioannis Yafounis (d. 1558), a man of influence, wearing traditional Cypriot clothes in a late gothic frame. Two years earlier (1556), the tomb of Akylina Smerleni presents an epitaph on a scroll around skull and bones, according to Italian prototypes unrelated to the Byzantine aesthetics. In other rooms of the museum, different kinds of sixteenth century pottery are exhibited, some imported majolica ware from North or Central Italy but also glazed ware from Lapithos, painted with vibrant colours that recall Italian majolica. 29 �LEMESOS One notices a carved decoration, typical of the early Renaissance, particularly around the inner window with pilasters, columns and mouldings on jambs and arches. After passing the main gate, one enters the courtyard of the monastery bathed in a peaceful lovely flowered atmosphere. The cloister, punctuated by beautiful arches in the typical popular Gothic style of Cyprus, has at its center an attractive fountain housed in a dome resting on four pillars: it is an octagonal watershed in travertine marble decorated with carved heads connected by garlands flower, a typical Renaissance motif, alternating with coats-of-arms and other motifs of popular style. The small church, with roots dating back to Byzantine times, is built over an underground chamber carved into the rock; this is where the miraculous icon of the Virgin was displayed, beside a sacred spring (hagiasma). Within the church, there is a chapel, probably of Latin rite, adorned with late Gothic decoration, where one can distinguish a small rose window. 28 Fig.31 Agia Napa Monastery Fig.32 Fountain housed in a dome resting on four pillars, Agia Napa Monastery Fig.33 Lemesos Castle Lemesos has retained very few monuments of the Middle Ages and even less of the Renaissance. Only the CASTLE which defended the port is of interest. Built in the late twelfth century, it was repeatedly damaged during conflicts and dismantled by the Venetians after an Ottoman attack in 1538. It was fully re-built in the 1560s by Venetian military engineers. In order to withstand cannon fire, the entire building was surrounded by a thick wall. The castle now houses the CYPRUS MEDIEVAL MUSEUM where the finest collection of tombstones and other artefacts of the island are exhibited. In the hall on the ground floor, one sees in particular some examples of graves illustrating the diffusion of Italian customs in Cypriot society such as the grave of Ioannis Yafounis (d. 1558), a man of influence, wearing traditional Cypriot clothes in a late gothic frame. Two years earlier (1556), the tomb of Akylina Smerleni presents an epitaph on a scroll around skull and bones, according to Italian prototypes unrelated to the Byzantine aesthetics. In other rooms of the museum, different kinds of sixteenth century pottery are exhibited, some imported majolica ware from North or Central Italy but also glazed ware from Lapithos, painted with vibrant colours that recall Italian majolica. 29 �SUGAR PRODUCTION MILL, EPISKOPI During the Middle Ages and the Venetian rule Episkopi was a major center of sugar production owned by the Venetian family of Cornaro from 1363. Structures and investments there included a four-level palace, a sugar refinery and many storehouses. The surrounding land was irrigated by an ingenious water system (aqueducts, fountains, canals). This complex of houses and industrial buildings, mostly known through the archives, has not left many traces. Excavations conducted by the Department of Antiquities at a place called Serayia in the southern part of the village brought to light foundations of an impressive watermill, as demonstrated by the dimensions of the mill-stone for grinding sugar cane. All around, one can still see fragments of moulds used to form the sugar loaves that were placed in the Venetian market. 30 Fig.34,35 Sugar production mill, Episkopi village PAFOS Fig.36 Wall painting, Agios Neofytos Monastery, Katholikon, Pafos Similarly, there are no Renaissance monuments in Pafos. The Fort at the harbour’s entrance, although built by the Lusignan and constantly reinforced by the Venetians, was entirely rebuilt by the Ottomans following demolitions in 1570. In the two town museums we can find items from the time of Venetian rule. In the PAFOS DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, a rare piece of Renaissance sculpture representing four tallish angels supporting a canopy, is exhibited. It comes from the Franciscan church in Pafos. At the BYZANTINE MUSEUM, many icons of the Virgin show direct Italian Renaissance influence through the art of her portraits (Panagia Deomeni from Kato Archimandrita, Panagia Philochiotissa from Philousa Kelokedaron). The portraits of the donors on the lower register of the icon of Agios Ioannis Theologos are also good testimonies of the Venetian fashion in the remote village of Agios Nikolaos (1562). 31 �SUGAR PRODUCTION MILL, EPISKOPI During the Middle Ages and the Venetian rule Episkopi was a major center of sugar production owned by the Venetian family of Cornaro from 1363. Structures and investments there included a four-level palace, a sugar refinery and many storehouses. The surrounding land was irrigated by an ingenious water system (aqueducts, fountains, canals). This complex of houses and industrial buildings, mostly known through the archives, has not left many traces. Excavations conducted by the Department of Antiquities at a place called Serayia in the southern part of the village brought to light foundations of an impressive watermill, as demonstrated by the dimensions of the mill-stone for grinding sugar cane. All around, one can still see fragments of moulds used to form the sugar loaves that were placed in the Venetian market. 30 Fig.34,35 Sugar production mill, Episkopi village PAFOS Fig.36 Wall painting, Agios Neofytos Monastery, Katholikon, Pafos Similarly, there are no Renaissance monuments in Pafos. The Fort at the harbour’s entrance, although built by the Lusignan and constantly reinforced by the Venetians, was entirely rebuilt by the Ottomans following demolitions in 1570. In the two town museums we can find items from the time of Venetian rule. In the PAFOS DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, a rare piece of Renaissance sculpture representing four tallish angels supporting a canopy, is exhibited. It comes from the Franciscan church in Pafos. At the BYZANTINE MUSEUM, many icons of the Virgin show direct Italian Renaissance influence through the art of her portraits (Panagia Deomeni from Kato Archimandrita, Panagia Philochiotissa from Philousa Kelokedaron). The portraits of the donors on the lower register of the icon of Agios Ioannis Theologos are also good testimonies of the Venetian fashion in the remote village of Agios Nikolaos (1562). 31 �THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA CHRYSELEOUSA, EMPA The village of Empa, about 3 km from the coast of Pafos, was in the late Middle Ages a major centre of sugar production, under the ownership of the royal domain of the Lusignan. The great Byzantine church, dedicated to the Virgin Chryseleousa, located near the centre of the village, was built in the twelfth century and is characterised by two domes that dominate it. Its nave received abundant decoration in the late fifteenth century. The main dome has kept a strong representation of Christ Pantocrator surrounded by angels, archangels and prophets, all having been executed by an artist who was true to the style of Palaeologian painting. Other panels of the nave, chronicling the life of Christ, reflect the same artistic movement. However, the icons placed on the gilded wood sixteenth century iconostasis are in a completely different style. The main icon of Christ was executed by the painter Titos in 1536; close to it, we see the two panels of the twelve Apostles, executed with a skilled Italo-Byzantine style, whose faces refer to idealized Venetian prototypes; these panels were ordered by two Italian or Italian-Cypriot families whose coatsof-arms are painted at the bottom. Another coat-of-arms, painted above the north-east door of the church, shows how the principle of artistic patronage was then prevalent among the elite living on the island until the Ottoman conquest. 32 Fig.37 Icon of John the Theologian, Byzantine Museum of Pafos Bishopric Fig.38 Panels with Apostles, Iconostasis of Panagia Chryseleousa Church, Empa 33 �THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA CHRYSELEOUSA, EMPA The village of Empa, about 3 km from the coast of Pafos, was in the late Middle Ages a major centre of sugar production, under the ownership of the royal domain of the Lusignan. The great Byzantine church, dedicated to the Virgin Chryseleousa, located near the centre of the village, was built in the twelfth century and is characterised by two domes that dominate it. Its nave received abundant decoration in the late fifteenth century. The main dome has kept a strong representation of Christ Pantocrator surrounded by angels, archangels and prophets, all having been executed by an artist who was true to the style of Palaeologian painting. Other panels of the nave, chronicling the life of Christ, reflect the same artistic movement. However, the icons placed on the gilded wood sixteenth century iconostasis are in a completely different style. The main icon of Christ was executed by the painter Titos in 1536; close to it, we see the two panels of the twelve Apostles, executed with a skilled Italo-Byzantine style, whose faces refer to idealized Venetian prototypes; these panels were ordered by two Italian or Italian-Cypriot families whose coatsof-arms are painted at the bottom. Another coat-of-arms, painted above the north-east door of the church, shows how the principle of artistic patronage was then prevalent among the elite living on the island until the Ottoman conquest. 32 Fig.37 Icon of John the Theologian, Byzantine Museum of Pafos Bishopric Fig.38 Panels with Apostles, Iconostasis of Panagia Chryseleousa Church, Empa 33 �THE MONASTERY OF AGIOS NEOFYTOS NEAR TALA The monastery of Agios Neofytos, 15 km north of Pafos, near the village of Tala, is a prestigious religious institution founded back in the 1160s when Saint Neofytos dug a hermitage into the cliffside in order to spend there a holy life; paintings that decorate the Enkleistra are among the masterpieces of Byzantine painting, particularly representative of the art of the Comnenian period. The monastery was built at a much later time, near the end of the fifteenth century or early sixteenth as regards the katholikon. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, has the form of a large basilica with three naves, which includes a large number of paintings executed during the first half of the sixteenth century. In such a conservative spiritual center of Orthodoxy, the decoration followed the rules of Byzantine iconography, as evidenced by all the paintings, especially in the northern vault which contains the cycle of 24 panels drawn from the Akathistos Hymnos. This theme, also represented in the “Latin Chapel” of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis at Kalopanagiotis, is treated according to the principles of Byzantine iconography but there, the artists added specific features from Italian painting. In the Katholikon of Agios Neofytos, painters remain faithful to the sixteenth century Byzantine style which finds here its most refined expression with an elegant design used by a skillful use of colour. Fig.39 Agios Neofytos Monastery: Enkleistra Fig.40 Wall paintings in the Katholikon of Agios Neofytos Monastery, Pafos Rare traces of Italian influence are seen in the Catholikon with clearer influence in some decoration, as seen in plant and floral Renaissance motifs, in the bands that surround the saints represented above the iconostasis. This detail confirms that the painters who worked in Agios Neofytos knew the Italian models, perhaps through the “Latin Chapel” of Kalopanagiotis. One, therefore, concludes that they are turning away from Italian aesthetic formulas by respecting the Byzantine tradition, and that this is a deliberate reaction against the innovations from the West. THE CHURCH OF AGIA EKATERINI NEAR KRITOU TERRA Near the village of Kritou Terra (about 4 km east of the village), we find one of the most astonishing churches built in the Cypriot countryside at the end of the fifteenth century-beginning of the sixteenth century. It is believed to have been a dependent monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai until the end of the nineteenth century. The church of Agia Ekaterini is unique in its architecture, as the narthex is open, like a portico, and domed with three cupols. 34 The arcades remind those of the inner courtyard at Agia Napa which shows how different influences (local Gothic, Byzantine and Renaissance) could mix together in a remote place. Unfortunately, most of the frescoes of that period disappeared after the 1953 earthquake. 35 �THE MONASTERY OF AGIOS NEOFYTOS NEAR TALA The monastery of Agios Neofytos, 15 km north of Pafos, near the village of Tala, is a prestigious religious institution founded back in the 1160s when Saint Neofytos dug a hermitage into the cliffside in order to spend there a holy life; paintings that decorate the Enkleistra are among the masterpieces of Byzantine painting, particularly representative of the art of the Comnenian period. The monastery was built at a much later time, near the end of the fifteenth century or early sixteenth as regards the katholikon. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, has the form of a large basilica with three naves, which includes a large number of paintings executed during the first half of the sixteenth century. In such a conservative spiritual center of Orthodoxy, the decoration followed the rules of Byzantine iconography, as evidenced by all the paintings, especially in the northern vault which contains the cycle of 24 panels drawn from the Akathistos Hymnos. This theme, also represented in the “Latin Chapel” of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis at Kalopanagiotis, is treated according to the principles of Byzantine iconography but there, the artists added specific features from Italian painting. In the Katholikon of Agios Neofytos, painters remain faithful to the sixteenth century Byzantine style which finds here its most refined expression with an elegant design used by a skillful use of colour. Fig.39 Agios Neofytos Monastery: Enkleistra Fig.40 Wall paintings in the Katholikon of Agios Neofytos Monastery, Pafos Rare traces of Italian influence are seen in the Catholikon with clearer influence in some decoration, as seen in plant and floral Renaissance motifs, in the bands that surround the saints represented above the iconostasis. This detail confirms that the painters who worked in Agios Neofytos knew the Italian models, perhaps through the “Latin Chapel” of Kalopanagiotis. One, therefore, concludes that they are turning away from Italian aesthetic formulas by respecting the Byzantine tradition, and that this is a deliberate reaction against the innovations from the West. THE CHURCH OF AGIA EKATERINI NEAR KRITOU TERRA Near the village of Kritou Terra (about 4 km east of the village), we find one of the most astonishing churches built in the Cypriot countryside at the end of the fifteenth century-beginning of the sixteenth century. It is believed to have been a dependent monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai until the end of the nineteenth century. The church of Agia Ekaterini is unique in its architecture, as the narthex is open, like a portico, and domed with three cupols. 34 The arcades remind those of the inner courtyard at Agia Napa which shows how different influences (local Gothic, Byzantine and Renaissance) could mix together in a remote place. Unfortunately, most of the frescoes of that period disappeared after the 1953 earthquake. 35 �TROODOS AREA Fig.41 Church of Agia Ekaterini near Kritou Tera THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGELOS MICHAEL, CHOLI The church of the Archangel Michael is located high on the outskirts of the village of Choli. It is unique as it is built against a watchtower that was part of the defence system of the Chrysochrou Bay which includes Pyrgos tis Rigainas in the Akamas. The tower dates from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, the same as the church which is decorated with frescoes painted in a provincial and late Byzantine style. Fig.43 Church of Metamorphosis tou Sotiros, Palaichori Fig.42 Church of Archangelos Michael, Choli THE CHURCH OF METAMORPHOSIS TOU SOTIROS, PALAICHORI The village of Palaichori is located on the slopes of Mount Papoutsa in the Pitsilia area. In the Middle Ages, it was already a rich fief which was successively owned by the Lusignan, the Ibelin family, the military order of the Hospital of St. John, the family of the Counts of Edessa de Grenier and, finally, by the Commune of Venice. As might be expected, these great families left traces of their patronage in the local churches, one dedicated to the Metamorphosis tou Sotiros (Transfiguration of the Saviour) and one dedicated to Panagia Chrysopantanassa. On the top of a hill, the Church of the Metamorphosis tou Sotiros, sheltered by a large roof as is common in the Troodos, dominates the site. The interior has maintained an extensive programme of frescoes including cycles from the New Testament and some scenes from the Old Testament with representations of military saints and holy monks. The style of these paintings belongs to the late Byzantine tradition of the early sixteenth century and is comparable to those performed by Symeon Afxentis in the church of Agios Sozomenos in Galata. Very few stylistic elements borrowed from Italian art are seen in the Resurrection of Christ. 36 37 �TROODOS AREA Fig.41 Church of Agia Ekaterini near Kritou Tera THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGELOS MICHAEL, CHOLI The church of the Archangel Michael is located high on the outskirts of the village of Choli. It is unique as it is built against a watchtower that was part of the defence system of the Chrysochrou Bay which includes Pyrgos tis Rigainas in the Akamas. The tower dates from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, the same as the church which is decorated with frescoes painted in a provincial and late Byzantine style. Fig.43 Church of Metamorphosis tou Sotiros, Palaichori Fig.42 Church of Archangelos Michael, Choli THE CHURCH OF METAMORPHOSIS TOU SOTIROS, PALAICHORI The village of Palaichori is located on the slopes of Mount Papoutsa in the Pitsilia area. In the Middle Ages, it was already a rich fief which was successively owned by the Lusignan, the Ibelin family, the military order of the Hospital of St. John, the family of the Counts of Edessa de Grenier and, finally, by the Commune of Venice. As might be expected, these great families left traces of their patronage in the local churches, one dedicated to the Metamorphosis tou Sotiros (Transfiguration of the Saviour) and one dedicated to Panagia Chrysopantanassa. On the top of a hill, the Church of the Metamorphosis tou Sotiros, sheltered by a large roof as is common in the Troodos, dominates the site. The interior has maintained an extensive programme of frescoes including cycles from the New Testament and some scenes from the Old Testament with representations of military saints and holy monks. The style of these paintings belongs to the late Byzantine tradition of the early sixteenth century and is comparable to those performed by Symeon Afxentis in the church of Agios Sozomenos in Galata. Very few stylistic elements borrowed from Italian art are seen in the Resurrection of Christ. 36 37 �THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA CHRYSOPANTANASSA, PALAICHORI. A totally different perspective is adopted in the church of Panagia Chrysopantanassa located in Palaichori village center. Frescoes are preserved in the upper parts of walls and on arches separating the three naves. The iconographic program includes the Marian cycle and the Christological one, scenes related to the Invention and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, scenes from the life of Saint Nicholas, as well as figures of Prophets and Saints, and even personification of virtues. 38 Fig.44 Wall painting with Saints on arches in Panagia Chysopantanassa, Palaichori The variety of topics is served by a strong sense of staging where groups of people are settled in sophisticated architecture. The artists were particularly careful in expressing the feelings of love and tenderness that Anne and Joachim show to the Virgin. The scenes are often animated by the actions of characters and a taste for detail; several scenes depicting the life of Saint Nicholas offer without any doubt the most beautiful portraits of traders and extraordinary performances of merchant ships of the sixteenth century. As in Saint Ioannis Prodromos at Askas, the artists knew the models of the Italian Renaissance and were heavily inspired by them. The series of female portraits personifying the seven virtues, smoothly links Byzantine tradition with Italian modernity. Among the church’s icons, we note in particular the one of the Enthroned Virgin and Child, dated Fig.45 Church of Panagia Chrysopantanassa, Palaichori 39 �THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA CHRYSOPANTANASSA, PALAICHORI. A totally different perspective is adopted in the church of Panagia Chrysopantanassa located in Palaichori village center. Frescoes are preserved in the upper parts of walls and on arches separating the three naves. The iconographic program includes the Marian cycle and the Christological one, scenes related to the Invention and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, scenes from the life of Saint Nicholas, as well as figures of Prophets and Saints, and even personification of virtues. 38 Fig.44 Wall painting with Saints on arches in Panagia Chysopantanassa, Palaichori The variety of topics is served by a strong sense of staging where groups of people are settled in sophisticated architecture. The artists were particularly careful in expressing the feelings of love and tenderness that Anne and Joachim show to the Virgin. The scenes are often animated by the actions of characters and a taste for detail; several scenes depicting the life of Saint Nicholas offer without any doubt the most beautiful portraits of traders and extraordinary performances of merchant ships of the sixteenth century. As in Saint Ioannis Prodromos at Askas, the artists knew the models of the Italian Renaissance and were heavily inspired by them. The series of female portraits personifying the seven virtues, smoothly links Byzantine tradition with Italian modernity. Among the church’s icons, we note in particular the one of the Enthroned Virgin and Child, dated Fig.45 Church of Panagia Chrysopantanassa, Palaichori 39 �at 1506, where the donor Cherubina of Acre is kneeling on the left of Mary, while the inscription of the dedication is written on a long scroll on the right side. Figs.46,47 Wall paintings on arches, Panagia Chrysopantanassa, Palaichori 40 Palaichori also houses, THE BYZANTINE HERITAGE MUSEUM that deserves to be visited. Among the many icons of the sixteenth century, we note the cross and the cresting of an iconostasis where the movements of the Virgin and St. John depart from the Byzantine tradition. Several liturgical objects of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries enrich the collections: antidoron dishes, including a copper one bearing an inscription in German Gothic, another one in bronze decorated in the center with a woman holding a scroll; other objects such as chalice, a paten, a phiale and a processional cross belong to the same period and which demonstrate the richness of village churches in the Renaissance when they received metalwork manufactured in Cyprus or imported from Germany and Italy. The liturgical books used by the village priests-displayed in windows-were still brought from Venice during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. THE CHURCH OF AGIOS IOANNIS PRODROMOS, ASKAS In this traditional village in the Pitsillia area of Troodos there is a stunning sixteenth century church the paintings of which have recently been cleaned by London’s Courtauld Institute of Art. The church is dedicated to Agios Ioannis Prodromos. Fig.48 Processional Cross, Byzantine Heritage Museum, Palaichori Fig.49 Antidoron dish, Byzantine Heritage Museum, Palaichori 41 �at 1506, where the donor Cherubina of Acre is kneeling on the left of Mary, while the inscription of the dedication is written on a long scroll on the right side. Figs.46,47 Wall paintings on arches, Panagia Chrysopantanassa, Palaichori 40 Palaichori also houses, THE BYZANTINE HERITAGE MUSEUM that deserves to be visited. Among the many icons of the sixteenth century, we note the cross and the cresting of an iconostasis where the movements of the Virgin and St. John depart from the Byzantine tradition. Several liturgical objects of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries enrich the collections: antidoron dishes, including a copper one bearing an inscription in German Gothic, another one in bronze decorated in the center with a woman holding a scroll; other objects such as chalice, a paten, a phiale and a processional cross belong to the same period and which demonstrate the richness of village churches in the Renaissance when they received metalwork manufactured in Cyprus or imported from Germany and Italy. The liturgical books used by the village priests-displayed in windows-were still brought from Venice during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. THE CHURCH OF AGIOS IOANNIS PRODROMOS, ASKAS In this traditional village in the Pitsillia area of Troodos there is a stunning sixteenth century church the paintings of which have recently been cleaned by London’s Courtauld Institute of Art. The church is dedicated to Agios Ioannis Prodromos. Fig.48 Processional Cross, Byzantine Heritage Museum, Palaichori Fig.49 Antidoron dish, Byzantine Heritage Museum, Palaichori 41 �Its exterior offers no particular interest in the manner the building was restored lately. In contrast, the paintings, probably dating from the mid-sixteenth century due to their style, are attractive as they demonstrate knowledge of specific models of the Italian Renaissance. Most of the frescoes are displayed on the arches and columns separating the three naves. The series of saints and holy men and women represented in Renaissance frames on the columns and pillars are among the finest portraits of Cypriot painting of the sixteenth century. There are several series of attractive paintings, notably those that are a chronicle of the life of Agios Ioannis Prodromos. We note first the great vitality of the scenes where the characters wear varied, refined and coloured costumes (Annunciation to Zacharias, Banquet of Herodias), and in the architectural designs which include perspective (Visitation). The panels showing the public life of Christ are equally developed (Miracle at Cana, Jesus and the Woman of Samaria). The compositions display often the scene of dialogue between several characters by calling each other with vivid and expressive gestures (Healing of the blind, Pentecost). 42 Fig.50 Last Judgment, detail from wall painting, Agios Ioannis Prodromos, Askas We admire the profusion of often picturesque details in some panels: the guests at dinner in the Parable of the rich and the beggar Lazarus, fish, octopus and crabs returning the Fig.51 Nave of Agios Ioannis Prodoromos, Askas heads of the drowned in the scene of the Last Judgment and, finally, one shall not fail to observe the rare scene of the naked couple in bed, thrown to the flames of hell because it is sleeping instead of going to Mass on Sunday; this warning to the faithful recalls the central role of painting in spreading religious morality. Thus, the Church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos shows the dynamism of social relations in a remote mountainous area, served by artists mastering the Renaissance techniques. THE CHURCH OF AGIA CHRISTINA, ASKAS Near the village of Askas, towards Fterikoudi, we find an isolated chapel amidst the terraces of olive trees, dedicated to Agia Christina (locally also known as Agia Paraskevi), whose inscription of 1518 allows us to date the figurative decoration. Several panels of frescoes around the bema show that the Byzantine iconographic tradition remains strong in this region in the early sixteenth century while also exhibiting the influence of Italian painting. Thus, one can observe in the apse the treatment of coloured masses in the large panel of the Virgin surrounded by two archangels, or dynamic gestures and architecture represented in the Annunciation in the pediment. The decoration of the chapel of Agia Christina, made about forty years before the one in Agios Ioannis Prodromos, shows how the vitality of the artistic currents of the Renaissance reached the remotest areas of the island in the mountains. 43 �Its exterior offers no particular interest in the manner the building was restored lately. In contrast, the paintings, probably dating from the mid-sixteenth century due to their style, are attractive as they demonstrate knowledge of specific models of the Italian Renaissance. Most of the frescoes are displayed on the arches and columns separating the three naves. The series of saints and holy men and women represented in Renaissance frames on the columns and pillars are among the finest portraits of Cypriot painting of the sixteenth century. There are several series of attractive paintings, notably those that are a chronicle of the life of Agios Ioannis Prodromos. We note first the great vitality of the scenes where the characters wear varied, refined and coloured costumes (Annunciation to Zacharias, Banquet of Herodias), and in the architectural designs which include perspective (Visitation). The panels showing the public life of Christ are equally developed (Miracle at Cana, Jesus and the Woman of Samaria). The compositions display often the scene of dialogue between several characters by calling each other with vivid and expressive gestures (Healing of the blind, Pentecost). 42 Fig.50 Last Judgment, detail from wall painting, Agios Ioannis Prodromos, Askas We admire the profusion of often picturesque details in some panels: the guests at dinner in the Parable of the rich and the beggar Lazarus, fish, octopus and crabs returning the Fig.51 Nave of Agios Ioannis Prodoromos, Askas heads of the drowned in the scene of the Last Judgment and, finally, one shall not fail to observe the rare scene of the naked couple in bed, thrown to the flames of hell because it is sleeping instead of going to Mass on Sunday; this warning to the faithful recalls the central role of painting in spreading religious morality. Thus, the Church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos shows the dynamism of social relations in a remote mountainous area, served by artists mastering the Renaissance techniques. THE CHURCH OF AGIA CHRISTINA, ASKAS Near the village of Askas, towards Fterikoudi, we find an isolated chapel amidst the terraces of olive trees, dedicated to Agia Christina (locally also known as Agia Paraskevi), whose inscription of 1518 allows us to date the figurative decoration. Several panels of frescoes around the bema show that the Byzantine iconographic tradition remains strong in this region in the early sixteenth century while also exhibiting the influence of Italian painting. Thus, one can observe in the apse the treatment of coloured masses in the large panel of the Virgin surrounded by two archangels, or dynamic gestures and architecture represented in the Annunciation in the pediment. The decoration of the chapel of Agia Christina, made about forty years before the one in Agios Ioannis Prodromos, shows how the vitality of the artistic currents of the Renaissance reached the remotest areas of the island in the mountains. 43 �Fig.52 Church of Agia Christina, Askas 44 icons and liturgical books, some THE CHURCH OF TIMIOS STAVROS, dating to the sixteeenth century. KYPEROUNTA AND THE MUSEUM The church of Timios Stavros, located on a hill in the centre of the village, was one of the numerous places of worship Fig.53 Wall painting, Church of Timios Stavros , Kyperounta dedicated to the Holy Cross during the Middle Ages. Inside the north side wall of the church, a whole cycle of narrative paintings recall the history of the discovery of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem by Saint Helena. Painted in 1521, those frescoes are executed according to the Byzantine local style but Renaissance influence is rather evident in the four panels displayed on either side of the iconostasis, where the Evangelists are surrounded by sophisticated architectures which shows that the painters were aware of models brought by stamped books. The entrance of the church, opposite to the bema, is converted into a small museum containing THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA KATHOLIKI, PELENDRI Pelendri was an important village in the Middle Ages and a centre of royal bailiwick and until Venetian rule its economy was based on viticulture and gardening. The Church of Timios Stavros is amongst the most interesting ones of the Lusignan period. In the sixteenth century, the church seems to have been expanded to the south with a nave containing some painted panels, but their quality is not comparable to that of the other frescoes in the other village church, dedicated to Panagia Katholiki. This church is protected by a steep tiled roof. The interior is divided into three naves by wooden arcades. On the upper parts of the west wall, we see a Last Judgement the composition of which is rather unusual in its design and technique according to Cypriot standards of the same period compared to similar scenes on the same subject. The iconography is still linked to the traditional Byzantine composition with the distribution around the Preparation of the Throne of the different groups of people (Apostles, Prophets, Saints), and the representation of hell below, on the right side. The style is more influenced by Italian technique with a light and precise design of the faces and dresses and the use of nuanced colours. The details of the Judgement of the Souls show deeper Italian influence as the wild black demons and the naked bodies of the damned are painted with an uncommon sense of physical features. Moreover, on the whole fresco, all the figures are animated with delicate gestures and vivid expression in the eyes. On the wood-carved, gilded and painted iconostasis of the church, about fifty icons belong to the same school of Italo-Byzantine painting of the sixteenth century, some of them repainted at a later time. The famous icon of the Virgin, known as Panagia ton Konnaron, looks like a humanistic portrait of a young mother with her child. Other despotic icons show Saints standing with elegant expression, as the icon of Agios Mamas where the young shepherd has a rather unusual appearance - a little provocative - sitting in a supernatural way on the back of a lion that looks more like the emblem of Venice than the stereotyped lion represented by the Byzantine artists. Most of the icons related to religious feast cycles present the same aspects, some introducing in the background sophisticated architecture which remind us of similar Italian prototypes, as in the Presentation to the Temple or in the Entry into Jerusalem. Finally, near the iconostasis, there is another panel of high quality, the Deisis. Once again, even following the Byzantine iconography, the painter creates a totally new atmosphere using design and colours with a manneristic touch that gives the faithful a strong feeling of humanism. 45 �Fig.52 Church of Agia Christina, Askas 44 icons and liturgical books, some THE CHURCH OF TIMIOS STAVROS, dating to the sixteeenth century. KYPEROUNTA AND THE MUSEUM The church of Timios Stavros, located on a hill in the centre of the village, was one of the numerous places of worship Fig.53 Wall painting, Church of Timios Stavros , Kyperounta dedicated to the Holy Cross during the Middle Ages. Inside the north side wall of the church, a whole cycle of narrative paintings recall the history of the discovery of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem by Saint Helena. Painted in 1521, those frescoes are executed according to the Byzantine local style but Renaissance influence is rather evident in the four panels displayed on either side of the iconostasis, where the Evangelists are surrounded by sophisticated architectures which shows that the painters were aware of models brought by stamped books. The entrance of the church, opposite to the bema, is converted into a small museum containing THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA KATHOLIKI, PELENDRI Pelendri was an important village in the Middle Ages and a centre of royal bailiwick and until Venetian rule its economy was based on viticulture and gardening. The Church of Timios Stavros is amongst the most interesting ones of the Lusignan period. In the sixteenth century, the church seems to have been expanded to the south with a nave containing some painted panels, but their quality is not comparable to that of the other frescoes in the other village church, dedicated to Panagia Katholiki. This church is protected by a steep tiled roof. The interior is divided into three naves by wooden arcades. On the upper parts of the west wall, we see a Last Judgement the composition of which is rather unusual in its design and technique according to Cypriot standards of the same period compared to similar scenes on the same subject. The iconography is still linked to the traditional Byzantine composition with the distribution around the Preparation of the Throne of the different groups of people (Apostles, Prophets, Saints), and the representation of hell below, on the right side. The style is more influenced by Italian technique with a light and precise design of the faces and dresses and the use of nuanced colours. The details of the Judgement of the Souls show deeper Italian influence as the wild black demons and the naked bodies of the damned are painted with an uncommon sense of physical features. Moreover, on the whole fresco, all the figures are animated with delicate gestures and vivid expression in the eyes. On the wood-carved, gilded and painted iconostasis of the church, about fifty icons belong to the same school of Italo-Byzantine painting of the sixteenth century, some of them repainted at a later time. The famous icon of the Virgin, known as Panagia ton Konnaron, looks like a humanistic portrait of a young mother with her child. Other despotic icons show Saints standing with elegant expression, as the icon of Agios Mamas where the young shepherd has a rather unusual appearance - a little provocative - sitting in a supernatural way on the back of a lion that looks more like the emblem of Venice than the stereotyped lion represented by the Byzantine artists. Most of the icons related to religious feast cycles present the same aspects, some introducing in the background sophisticated architecture which remind us of similar Italian prototypes, as in the Presentation to the Temple or in the Entry into Jerusalem. Finally, near the iconostasis, there is another panel of high quality, the Deisis. Once again, even following the Byzantine iconography, the painter creates a totally new atmosphere using design and colours with a manneristic touch that gives the faithful a strong feeling of humanism. 45 �THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA IAMATIKI, ARAKAPAS The church of Panagia Iamatiki is located at the eastern end of the village in a hilly area planted with vines and orchards. The wood and tile roofed church has two doors to the south and the west and Gothic arches typical of the FrancoByzantine style. Inside, the visitor notices the three naves separated by arches adorned with paintings dating from the mid-sixteenth century. Fig.54 Mother of God holding the child Christ. Known as the Virgin Mary from Konnares c.1500, Chapel of Church of Panagia Katholiki, Pelendri Fig.55 Iconostasis, Church of Panagia Katholiki, Pelendri Fig.56 Detail from wall painting, Church of Panagia Katholiki, Pelendri 46 Although the upper part of the murals have been destroyed, on the arches and columns remain high-quality representations of the twelve Apostles, Evangelists, and some scenes depicting the lives of Saints. The ornaments give this church a unique place in the history of Renaissance painting in Cyprus. The backing decorative floral patterns follow the ribs of arches and columns. Among these ornaments, one will notice the garlands, with acanthus and palm leaves, entwined with broad red ribbon drawing frames and, on several occasions, these tapes adorn frames in which angels are painted. This particular feature is borrowed from the Italian Renaissance, showing that the painters knew well the stylistic trends of their times and that they could easily use them. THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA THEOTOKOS, KAKOPETRIA Kakopetria, a resort known for its cool climate and plentiful waters, contains several religious monuments of great interest. In addition to the monastery of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis, with its Fig.57 Church of Panagia Iamatiki, Arakapas Fig.58 Wall painting on the arches, Church of Panagia Iamatiki, Arakapas 47 �THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA IAMATIKI, ARAKAPAS The church of Panagia Iamatiki is located at the eastern end of the village in a hilly area planted with vines and orchards. The wood and tile roofed church has two doors to the south and the west and Gothic arches typical of the FrancoByzantine style. Inside, the visitor notices the three naves separated by arches adorned with paintings dating from the mid-sixteenth century. Fig.54 Mother of God holding the child Christ. Known as the Virgin Mary from Konnares c.1500, Chapel of Church of Panagia Katholiki, Pelendri Fig.55 Iconostasis, Church of Panagia Katholiki, Pelendri Fig.56 Detail from wall painting, Church of Panagia Katholiki, Pelendri 46 Although the upper part of the murals have been destroyed, on the arches and columns remain high-quality representations of the twelve Apostles, Evangelists, and some scenes depicting the lives of Saints. The ornaments give this church a unique place in the history of Renaissance painting in Cyprus. The backing decorative floral patterns follow the ribs of arches and columns. Among these ornaments, one will notice the garlands, with acanthus and palm leaves, entwined with broad red ribbon drawing frames and, on several occasions, these tapes adorn frames in which angels are painted. This particular feature is borrowed from the Italian Renaissance, showing that the painters knew well the stylistic trends of their times and that they could easily use them. THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA THEOTOKOS, KAKOPETRIA Kakopetria, a resort known for its cool climate and plentiful waters, contains several religious monuments of great interest. In addition to the monastery of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis, with its Fig.57 Church of Panagia Iamatiki, Arakapas Fig.58 Wall painting on the arches, Church of Panagia Iamatiki, Arakapas 47 �Fig.59 Wall painting with the Donors above the front door, Panagia Theotokos, Kakopetria Fig.60 Internal of Agios Sozomenos Church, Galata precious frescoes of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries in the Byzantine tradition, we have the church dedicated to Panagia Theotokos, which is located at the entrance of the village, arriving from Galata. The dedicatory inscription informs that this church was built in a monastery founded in 1520 by the cleric Leontios, shown with his wife Lucretia in a panel above the front door. In this panel the artist shows his mastery of portrait and emphasises the details of costumes. We also note that the clothes of Leontios and of his wife Lucretia, follow Venetian fashion as in the church of Archangelos at Galata, decorated a few years earlier. The taste for new patterns from Italy is, however, combined with a loyalty to late Byzantine iconographic style, as are most scenes in the nave that are not inspired by models of the Renaissance. THE CHURCH OF AGIOS SOZOMENOS, GALATA In the Solea valley, the village of Galata is worth a longer visit, because there are three important churches built and decorated in the sixteenth century that are very similar in their external appearance but different in their interiors. The church of Agios Sozomenos is located in the village centre, while the other two, those of Archangelos (or Panagia Theotokos) and Panagia Podithou, are located before the village when arriving from Lefkosia and the Evrychou main road. The church of Agios Sozomenos is typical of Troodos, with a wood 48 Fig.61 Church of Agios Sozomenos, Galata and tile sloping roof that protects the church and the exonarthex. Above the west door, a long inscription relates the construction and decoration of the building to a group of thirteen founders on the 3rd of September 1513. Most of the frescoes were executed by the artist Symeon Afxentis who composed several cycles (Life of Christ, apocryphal cycle of the Life of the Virgin, cycle of St. George) with many portraits of holy men and women. Afxentis’ style is very close to the Byzantine tradition in his iconographic types and technique, as seen in portraits of military Saints (Georgios, Nestor, Demetrios) that are loyal to Byzantine prototypes, but they are executed with elegance. In a few cases, the artist can be inspired by western models, for example in the scene of the Resurrection when Christ leaves the empty sarcophagus, guarded by soldiers who have fallen asleep. Nevertheless, Afxentis remains true to the tradition of the Byzantine Church celebrating its history by representing the seven major early Ecumenical councils and the Triumph of Orthodoxy in the exonarthex, on the northern wall. 49 �Fig.59 Wall painting with the Donors above the front door, Panagia Theotokos, Kakopetria Fig.60 Internal of Agios Sozomenos Church, Galata precious frescoes of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries in the Byzantine tradition, we have the church dedicated to Panagia Theotokos, which is located at the entrance of the village, arriving from Galata. The dedicatory inscription informs that this church was built in a monastery founded in 1520 by the cleric Leontios, shown with his wife Lucretia in a panel above the front door. In this panel the artist shows his mastery of portrait and emphasises the details of costumes. We also note that the clothes of Leontios and of his wife Lucretia, follow Venetian fashion as in the church of Archangelos at Galata, decorated a few years earlier. The taste for new patterns from Italy is, however, combined with a loyalty to late Byzantine iconographic style, as are most scenes in the nave that are not inspired by models of the Renaissance. THE CHURCH OF AGIOS SOZOMENOS, GALATA In the Solea valley, the village of Galata is worth a longer visit, because there are three important churches built and decorated in the sixteenth century that are very similar in their external appearance but different in their interiors. The church of Agios Sozomenos is located in the village centre, while the other two, those of Archangelos (or Panagia Theotokos) and Panagia Podithou, are located before the village when arriving from Lefkosia and the Evrychou main road. The church of Agios Sozomenos is typical of Troodos, with a wood 48 Fig.61 Church of Agios Sozomenos, Galata and tile sloping roof that protects the church and the exonarthex. Above the west door, a long inscription relates the construction and decoration of the building to a group of thirteen founders on the 3rd of September 1513. Most of the frescoes were executed by the artist Symeon Afxentis who composed several cycles (Life of Christ, apocryphal cycle of the Life of the Virgin, cycle of St. George) with many portraits of holy men and women. Afxentis’ style is very close to the Byzantine tradition in his iconographic types and technique, as seen in portraits of military Saints (Georgios, Nestor, Demetrios) that are loyal to Byzantine prototypes, but they are executed with elegance. In a few cases, the artist can be inspired by western models, for example in the scene of the Resurrection when Christ leaves the empty sarcophagus, guarded by soldiers who have fallen asleep. Nevertheless, Afxentis remains true to the tradition of the Byzantine Church celebrating its history by representing the seven major early Ecumenical councils and the Triumph of Orthodoxy in the exonarthex, on the northern wall. 49 �Fig.62 Church of Panagia Podithou, Galata Fig.63 The Crucifixion, niche of the west wall, Church of Panagia Podithou, Galata 50 THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA PODITHOU, GALATA The church of Panagia Podithou is the only preserved building of a monastic complex the history of which is unknown. The dedicatory inscription denotes that the church was founded in 1502 by Dimitrios de Koron who belongs to a family of officers who served the Lusignan. His portrait, and that of his wife Helen, are represented in the scene of the Foreshadows of the Virgin. The church contains some of the most beautiful frescoes painted in Cyprus during the Renaissance. In the upper part of the western facade, the Foreshadows of the Virgin, show the Virgin and the Child surrounded by ten prophets represented in medallions made of green branches with long leaves, according to iconographic forms of Italian art that we also find in the “Latin Chapel” at Kalopanagiotis. The most impressive scene, unique in Cyprus, is undoubtedly the Crucifixion, inside the nave, on the west wall. The artist transforms the scene of traditional Christian iconography in a dramatic picture where the death of Christ takes a historical dimension. A lively crowd of expressive characters is surging around the cross; we distinguish in particular a group of women supporting the Holy Virgin, painted with an Italian inspiration, Saint John shaken by a deep sadness, groups of soldiers and people on horseback or foot, in brightly coloured costumes, surrounded by weapons and banners. The iconography used by the painters who worked at Podithou shows that Fig.64 The Virgin Mary, Pediment of the outer side of the west wall, Church of Panagia Podithou, Galata Fig.65 The Coat of arms of the Zacharias Family, Detail of the scene of the Donors, Church of Archangelos, Galata 51 �Fig.62 Church of Panagia Podithou, Galata Fig.63 The Crucifixion, niche of the west wall, Church of Panagia Podithou, Galata 50 THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA PODITHOU, GALATA The church of Panagia Podithou is the only preserved building of a monastic complex the history of which is unknown. The dedicatory inscription denotes that the church was founded in 1502 by Dimitrios de Koron who belongs to a family of officers who served the Lusignan. His portrait, and that of his wife Helen, are represented in the scene of the Foreshadows of the Virgin. The church contains some of the most beautiful frescoes painted in Cyprus during the Renaissance. In the upper part of the western facade, the Foreshadows of the Virgin, show the Virgin and the Child surrounded by ten prophets represented in medallions made of green branches with long leaves, according to iconographic forms of Italian art that we also find in the “Latin Chapel” at Kalopanagiotis. The most impressive scene, unique in Cyprus, is undoubtedly the Crucifixion, inside the nave, on the west wall. The artist transforms the scene of traditional Christian iconography in a dramatic picture where the death of Christ takes a historical dimension. A lively crowd of expressive characters is surging around the cross; we distinguish in particular a group of women supporting the Holy Virgin, painted with an Italian inspiration, Saint John shaken by a deep sadness, groups of soldiers and people on horseback or foot, in brightly coloured costumes, surrounded by weapons and banners. The iconography used by the painters who worked at Podithou shows that Fig.64 The Virgin Mary, Pediment of the outer side of the west wall, Church of Panagia Podithou, Galata Fig.65 The Coat of arms of the Zacharias Family, Detail of the scene of the Donors, Church of Archangelos, Galata 51 �Fig.66 Deisis, below donors and dedicatory inscription, Church of Archangelos, Galata models of the Italian Renaissance easily circulated among the artistic circles of the island, which reproduced them with imagination. THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGELOS, GALATA The Church of Archangelos, otherwise known as Panagia Theotokos, was also decorated by the painter Symeon Afxentis in 1514, that is to say one year after the church of Agios Sozomenos. The donor of the church, Polos Zacharias, is represented on a dedicatory panel above the north gate. It deserves attention in that it presents the usual scene of the Deisis, before which the donor’s family kneel and where Polos is shown dressed in black, offering the model of his church to Christ. We see Madelena, his wife, and their three daughters in elegant dresses with deep squared necklines, precious embroidery and silk and beads according to Venetian fashion. This is, therefore, a fine example of a family adopting a Venetian way of life while remaining faithful to the Orthodox rite and Byzantine aesthetics. AGIOS IOANNIS LAMPADISTIS AND MUSEUM, KALOPANAGIOTIS Since the twelfth-thirteenth centuries, the village of Kalopanagiotis houses one of the largest monasteries of Troodos, that of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis. The attraction of the cult of the local saint remains partly mysterious, but it quickly won over the Franks since the Lusignan have 52 left traces of their patronage on the iconostasis of the oldest church of the monastery dedicated to Agios Irakleidios. Each historical period brings evidence of the common worship of both Greeks and Latins especially during the sixteenth century, when a chapel adjoined to the church was adorned with an original and rich decoration. Today, the art historians consider this “Latin Chapel” as one of the masterpieces of the Renaissance in Cyprus, even if the chapel was probably never served by priests of the Latin rite. This chapel is contiguous to two other churches, Agios Irakleidios church and Agios Ioannis Lampadistis church. The chapel is remarkable for the height of the nave covered by a semicircular vault, with large painted surfaces, following a common Italian architectural design. All the iconographic programme is devoted to specific topics of Byzantine religious painting. We note in particular that the Akathyst Hymn, sung in the Orthodox Church in honour of the Virgin, provides the subject of the frescoes of the northern and southern walls of the chapel, where the 24 scenes are inspired by the 24 stanzas of this hymn. Among the first 12 stanzas devoted to the childhood of Jesus, those of the Annunciation and Nativity show the influence of Italian painting in the gestures of the characters and the shape of their costumes. The Tree of Jesse on the western wall is devoted to the genealogy of the Virgin and combines faces represented in medallions connected to the 53 �Fig.66 Deisis, below donors and dedicatory inscription, Church of Archangelos, Galata models of the Italian Renaissance easily circulated among the artistic circles of the island, which reproduced them with imagination. THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGELOS, GALATA The Church of Archangelos, otherwise known as Panagia Theotokos, was also decorated by the painter Symeon Afxentis in 1514, that is to say one year after the church of Agios Sozomenos. The donor of the church, Polos Zacharias, is represented on a dedicatory panel above the north gate. It deserves attention in that it presents the usual scene of the Deisis, before which the donor’s family kneel and where Polos is shown dressed in black, offering the model of his church to Christ. We see Madelena, his wife, and their three daughters in elegant dresses with deep squared necklines, precious embroidery and silk and beads according to Venetian fashion. This is, therefore, a fine example of a family adopting a Venetian way of life while remaining faithful to the Orthodox rite and Byzantine aesthetics. AGIOS IOANNIS LAMPADISTIS AND MUSEUM, KALOPANAGIOTIS Since the twelfth-thirteenth centuries, the village of Kalopanagiotis houses one of the largest monasteries of Troodos, that of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis. The attraction of the cult of the local saint remains partly mysterious, but it quickly won over the Franks since the Lusignan have 52 left traces of their patronage on the iconostasis of the oldest church of the monastery dedicated to Agios Irakleidios. Each historical period brings evidence of the common worship of both Greeks and Latins especially during the sixteenth century, when a chapel adjoined to the church was adorned with an original and rich decoration. Today, the art historians consider this “Latin Chapel” as one of the masterpieces of the Renaissance in Cyprus, even if the chapel was probably never served by priests of the Latin rite. This chapel is contiguous to two other churches, Agios Irakleidios church and Agios Ioannis Lampadistis church. The chapel is remarkable for the height of the nave covered by a semicircular vault, with large painted surfaces, following a common Italian architectural design. All the iconographic programme is devoted to specific topics of Byzantine religious painting. We note in particular that the Akathyst Hymn, sung in the Orthodox Church in honour of the Virgin, provides the subject of the frescoes of the northern and southern walls of the chapel, where the 24 scenes are inspired by the 24 stanzas of this hymn. Among the first 12 stanzas devoted to the childhood of Jesus, those of the Annunciation and Nativity show the influence of Italian painting in the gestures of the characters and the shape of their costumes. The Tree of Jesse on the western wall is devoted to the genealogy of the Virgin and combines faces represented in medallions connected to the 53 �trunk with branches; we notice the presence of many prophets holding scrolls where citations related to Mary are written. Very few scenes in Cypriot painting of the Renaissance depict so clearly literate culture. Further details are inspired by Italian painting, as on the two panels of Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law, and Moses before the burning bush, where landscapes lose the symbolic rigidity of Byzantine painting and acquire the traits of figurative Venetian painting. Fig.67 View of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery , Kalopanagiotis Fig.68 Inner yard , Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery, Kalopanagiotis Fig.69 Tree of Jesse, wall painting in the Chapel of Akathyst Hymn, Agios Ioannis Lampadistis, Kalopanagiotis 54 The roof, finally, deserves special attention because it incorporates several features of the decoration of Italian Renaissance churches; the arch that divides the vault carries 12 medallions of saints made in sets of acanthus leaves; on each side of this arch, the spaces are divided by two diagonal painted lines, formed with floral bands and geometric interlacing. The ocher framing of 12 quadrifoiled medallions of Apostles on the blue stand is reminiscent of the wooden frames of paintings decorating churches in Italy. All the decoration of the vault based on geometric or floral patterns shows how the painter was careful with details; the garlands are rows of green leaves topped with peaches, quince, pear, red ribbons, white flowers and can highlight the technical mastery of the artists giving the illusion of garlands in relief. THE MUSEUM, located in a special separate building inside the monastic complex, contains old and interesting icons. Most were painted during the thirteenth-fourteenth centuries but some of them are from a later period. The exhibited sanctuary doors are of special interest. Fig.70 Wall painting, Chapel of Akathyst Hymn, Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery, Kalopanagiotis 55 �trunk with branches; we notice the presence of many prophets holding scrolls where citations related to Mary are written. Very few scenes in Cypriot painting of the Renaissance depict so clearly literate culture. Further details are inspired by Italian painting, as on the two panels of Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law, and Moses before the burning bush, where landscapes lose the symbolic rigidity of Byzantine painting and acquire the traits of figurative Venetian painting. Fig.67 View of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery , Kalopanagiotis Fig.68 Inner yard , Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery, Kalopanagiotis Fig.69 Tree of Jesse, wall painting in the Chapel of Akathyst Hymn, Agios Ioannis Lampadistis, Kalopanagiotis 54 The roof, finally, deserves special attention because it incorporates several features of the decoration of Italian Renaissance churches; the arch that divides the vault carries 12 medallions of saints made in sets of acanthus leaves; on each side of this arch, the spaces are divided by two diagonal painted lines, formed with floral bands and geometric interlacing. The ocher framing of 12 quadrifoiled medallions of Apostles on the blue stand is reminiscent of the wooden frames of paintings decorating churches in Italy. All the decoration of the vault based on geometric or floral patterns shows how the painter was careful with details; the garlands are rows of green leaves topped with peaches, quince, pear, red ribbons, white flowers and can highlight the technical mastery of the artists giving the illusion of garlands in relief. THE MUSEUM, located in a special separate building inside the monastic complex, contains old and interesting icons. Most were painted during the thirteenth-fourteenth centuries but some of them are from a later period. The exhibited sanctuary doors are of special interest. Fig.70 Wall painting, Chapel of Akathyst Hymn, Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery, Kalopanagiotis 55 �Fig.71 Museum of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery, Kalopanagiotis Fig.72 Iconostasis, Museum of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery, Kalopanagiotis Fig.73 Chysokourdaliotissa Church, Kourdali THE CHURCH OF CHRYSOKOURDALIOTISSA, KOURDALI Along the winding road through the valley descending from the village of Spilia, one reaches Kourdali, built around the monastery dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. It was founded by the deacon Kourdalis and his wife at an unknown date during the sixteenth century. A large part of the frescoes have disappeared, but several panels on the bema and especially on the western wall remain, showing several interesting scenes. 56 There are compositions from the cycles of the New Testament, including two scenes of the Resurrection: one follows the canons of the Byzantine tradition, the other one draws its inspiration from the Italian tradition with Christ leaving the empty sarcophagus guarded by soldiers who have fallen asleep (as in the church of Agios Sozomenos at Galata). The Crucifixion presents also many similarities with the one in the church of Panagia Podithou at Galata. In both cases, the contribution of Renaissance painting is emphasised in the Virgin’s expression of physical pain, the rough attitude of characters and the presence of soldiers on horseback. In the Incredulity of Thomas, the architecture is also represented according to western style. The decoration of the church reveals the penetration of the Renaissance aesthetics in the deepest valleys of the Troodos in the middle of the sixteenth century. 57 �Fig.71 Museum of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery, Kalopanagiotis Fig.72 Iconostasis, Museum of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery, Kalopanagiotis Fig.73 Chysokourdaliotissa Church, Kourdali THE CHURCH OF CHRYSOKOURDALIOTISSA, KOURDALI Along the winding road through the valley descending from the village of Spilia, one reaches Kourdali, built around the monastery dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. It was founded by the deacon Kourdalis and his wife at an unknown date during the sixteenth century. A large part of the frescoes have disappeared, but several panels on the bema and especially on the western wall remain, showing several interesting scenes. 56 There are compositions from the cycles of the New Testament, including two scenes of the Resurrection: one follows the canons of the Byzantine tradition, the other one draws its inspiration from the Italian tradition with Christ leaving the empty sarcophagus guarded by soldiers who have fallen asleep (as in the church of Agios Sozomenos at Galata). The Crucifixion presents also many similarities with the one in the church of Panagia Podithou at Galata. In both cases, the contribution of Renaissance painting is emphasised in the Virgin’s expression of physical pain, the rough attitude of characters and the presence of soldiers on horseback. In the Incredulity of Thomas, the architecture is also represented according to western style. The decoration of the church reveals the penetration of the Renaissance aesthetics in the deepest valleys of the Troodos in the middle of the sixteenth century. 57 �THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGELOS MICHAEL AND THE BYZANTINE MUSEUM , PEDOULAS The small church of Archangelos Michael in Pedoulas contains one of the oldest iconostasis of Cyprus bearing the Lusignan coat-of-arms, indicating that the church was placed under royal patronage. The inscription on the west wall reports the construction and decoration of the building in 1474, that is to say the precise year when Venice established its power on the island through the Queen Caterina Cornaro. The donor, the priest Basil, is depicted over the door with his wife and their two daughters in a scene of great simplicity in which we note the elaborate costumes of the women which stand out in their rich embroidery. No detail in the clothes evokes western fashion, and there is no Italian influence, the artists following the Byzantine tradition. The Byzantine Museum next to the church, exhibits significant precious icons of the medieval period, as well as several liturgical books printed in Venice in the eighteenth century, reflecting the close ties that continued to link Cyprus to Venice during the Ottoman period. Fig.75 Iconostasis, Archangelos Michael Church, Pedoulas Fig.76 Scene with Donors, wall painting, Archangelos Michael Church, Pedoulas 58 Fig.74 Manuscript, Pedoulas Byzantine Museum 59 �THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGELOS MICHAEL AND THE BYZANTINE MUSEUM , PEDOULAS The small church of Archangelos Michael in Pedoulas contains one of the oldest iconostasis of Cyprus bearing the Lusignan coat-of-arms, indicating that the church was placed under royal patronage. The inscription on the west wall reports the construction and decoration of the building in 1474, that is to say the precise year when Venice established its power on the island through the Queen Caterina Cornaro. The donor, the priest Basil, is depicted over the door with his wife and their two daughters in a scene of great simplicity in which we note the elaborate costumes of the women which stand out in their rich embroidery. No detail in the clothes evokes western fashion, and there is no Italian influence, the artists following the Byzantine tradition. The Byzantine Museum next to the church, exhibits significant precious icons of the medieval period, as well as several liturgical books printed in Venice in the eighteenth century, reflecting the close ties that continued to link Cyprus to Venice during the Ottoman period. Fig.75 Iconostasis, Archangelos Michael Church, Pedoulas Fig.76 Scene with Donors, wall painting, Archangelos Michael Church, Pedoulas 58 Fig.74 Manuscript, Pedoulas Byzantine Museum 59 �THE KYKKOS MONASTERY AND MUSEUM The most important monastery of Cyprus, Our Lady of Kykkos, was founded during the twelfth century but the Byzantine foundation had no real economic or political influence during the Lusignan and the Venetian periods. Most of the actual buildings of the monastic complex were built during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as several fires damaged the original structures. Apart from its importance, the monastery houses one of the main museums of the island, where some objects are linked to the Renaissance period such as icons, dishes and the wood-carved ornamentation of the sixteenth century iconostasis. Among the most interesting pieces is a woodcarved cross, probably made in 1545 by George Lascaris, which can be considered as a masterpiece of microsculpture, including scenes from the Old and the New Testament inserted in Late Gothic - Early Renaissance archtecture. Engravings and liturgical books printed in Venice during the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries are displayed in other windows showing the strong cultural relationship that Kykkos maintened with Italy after the Ottoman conquest. It is, therefore, not surprising that the first book relating to the history of the monastery was published abroad in 1751, precisely by Venetian printers. 60 Fig.77 Kykkos Museum Fig.78 Wood carved cross,1545, ykkos Museum Fig.79 View of Kykkos Monastery 61 �THE KYKKOS MONASTERY AND MUSEUM The most important monastery of Cyprus, Our Lady of Kykkos, was founded during the twelfth century but the Byzantine foundation had no real economic or political influence during the Lusignan and the Venetian periods. Most of the actual buildings of the monastic complex were built during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as several fires damaged the original structures. Apart from its importance, the monastery houses one of the main museums of the island, where some objects are linked to the Renaissance period such as icons, dishes and the wood-carved ornamentation of the sixteenth century iconostasis. Among the most interesting pieces is a woodcarved cross, probably made in 1545 by George Lascaris, which can be considered as a masterpiece of microsculpture, including scenes from the Old and the New Testament inserted in Late Gothic - Early Renaissance archtecture. Engravings and liturgical books printed in Venice during the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries are displayed in other windows showing the strong cultural relationship that Kykkos maintened with Italy after the Ottoman conquest. It is, therefore, not surprising that the first book relating to the history of the monastery was published abroad in 1751, precisely by Venetian printers. 60 Fig.77 Kykkos Museum Fig.78 Wood carved cross,1545, ykkos Museum Fig.79 View of Kykkos Monastery 61 �Fig.80 Kelefos bridge BRIDGES: ELIA, KELEFOS, ROUDIAS Several bridges of medieval and modern periods survive, without being possible to determine precisely their dating; on the one hand, these monuments do not bear inscriptions with chronology and, on the other hand, they were built using techniques that little changed over the centuries. They are characterised by large pointed arches spanning the river courses. Three bridges are located in an attractive forested area on the south side of the Troodos mountains, away from modern highways. These are the bridges of Elia, south of Kaminaria and west of Foini, of Kelefos, about 4 kilometres west of the bridge of Elia, and that of Roudias, a further 8 km west of Kelefos. 62 Fig.81 Elia bridge 63 �Fig.80 Kelefos bridge BRIDGES: ELIA, KELEFOS, ROUDIAS Several bridges of medieval and modern periods survive, without being possible to determine precisely their dating; on the one hand, these monuments do not bear inscriptions with chronology and, on the other hand, they were built using techniques that little changed over the centuries. They are characterised by large pointed arches spanning the river courses. Three bridges are located in an attractive forested area on the south side of the Troodos mountains, away from modern highways. These are the bridges of Elia, south of Kaminaria and west of Foini, of Kelefos, about 4 kilometres west of the bridge of Elia, and that of Roudias, a further 8 km west of Kelefos. 62 Fig.81 Elia bridge 63 �VENICE Fig.83 Loggetta (detail), Saint Mark’s Square, Venice Fig.82 Loggetta, Saint Marks square, Venice 64 A major centre of Hellenism during the end of the Middle Ages and especially after 1453, Venice has attracted a large number of Cypriots for many centuries; it was often servants, simple soldiers, craftsmen and merchants whose names and specific activities are unknown. Most often, they were assimilated into the Greek community of the city and were not organised in a ‘national’ independent group. This institutional status explains the difficulty in tracing Cypriots who lived in Venice because most were integrated either into the Greek community (officially recognised by the Venetian State in 1528) in the case of individuals of modest social status, or in the Venetian society, in the case of the aristocratic elite. The first evidence is a code-of-arms engraved in stone commemorating the relationship between Venice and Cyprus is on the LOREDAN PALACE, located on the Grand Canal, which nowdays houses some offices of the municipality of the city (on the Riva del Carbon that is to say, on the right bank of the Grand Canal, south of the Rialto Bridge, 500 meters from the vaporetto stop). This palace, probably founded in the twelfth century, retains the look of very old veneto-byzantine palaces, in spite of the clumsy restorations that occurred 65 �VENICE Fig.83 Loggetta (detail), Saint Mark’s Square, Venice Fig.82 Loggetta, Saint Marks square, Venice 64 A major centre of Hellenism during the end of the Middle Ages and especially after 1453, Venice has attracted a large number of Cypriots for many centuries; it was often servants, simple soldiers, craftsmen and merchants whose names and specific activities are unknown. Most often, they were assimilated into the Greek community of the city and were not organised in a ‘national’ independent group. This institutional status explains the difficulty in tracing Cypriots who lived in Venice because most were integrated either into the Greek community (officially recognised by the Venetian State in 1528) in the case of individuals of modest social status, or in the Venetian society, in the case of the aristocratic elite. The first evidence is a code-of-arms engraved in stone commemorating the relationship between Venice and Cyprus is on the LOREDAN PALACE, located on the Grand Canal, which nowdays houses some offices of the municipality of the city (on the Riva del Carbon that is to say, on the right bank of the Grand Canal, south of the Rialto Bridge, 500 meters from the vaporetto stop). This palace, probably founded in the twelfth century, retains the look of very old veneto-byzantine palaces, in spite of the clumsy restorations that occurred 65 �in the nineteenth century and the construction of the two upper floors. Its portico on the canal and the loggia on the first floor have preserved their original columns and capitals, and the main door of the side entrance is always surmounted by the Coat of arms of one branch of the Cornaro family, who got from King Peter I of Lusignan the fief of Episkopi in 1363. In this emblem are engrared the arms of the Lusignan, those of the the Kingdom of Jerusalem and, in the middle, the sword and the scroll on which was usually engraved the motto of the Order of the Sword which was founded by Peter I. Fig.84 Loredan Palace, Venice Fig.85 Coat of Arms of the Lusignan family, Loredan Palace, Venice 66 Thanks to the privilege granted by the King of Cyprus, the family took the name of Cornaro-Piscopia, which is what allowed the distinction from the other branches of the family, particularly from the one to which Caterina Cornaro belonged. The palace belonged to the family until the early eighteenth century and Elena Lucrezia Corner-Piscopia (1646-1684), a woman of great erudition who became the first woman university graduate on 25th of June 1678, after studying philosophy at Padua. In the eighteenth century, the palace was in the possession of the Loredan family and was then acquired by the municipality of Venice in 1868. Caterina Cornaro is without any doubt the historical figure who embodies the closest relationship that Venice maintained with Cyprus. Caterina generated a particular pride in Venice. When she became Queen she achieved a status which no Venetian lady could dream of, at a time when the highest honour reserved for women was to become the wife of the Doge (Dogaressa). However, in spite of her royal title, Caterina has not left many tangible records in Venice. In the official history of the city, Caterina Cornaro is celebrated for having offered the Kingdom of Cyprus to Venice in 1489. This, which enabled Venice to expand its colonial domain, is recalled in two bas-reliefs. The first one is in the Dominican church of SAINTS JOHN AND PAUL (Giovanni e Paolo), included in the monument of Doge Pietro Mocenigo (d. 1476), which is on the back side of the front entrance (on the right side). This white marble monument is considered as one of the masterpieces of the sculptor Pietro Lombardo, for the balance of its architecture, the elegant proportions of the volumes and the fineness of the carving. This official tomb emphasises the military prowess of the Doge whose feature in ducal dress is reminiscent of warriors dressed in the manner of ancient Rome. On the sarcophagus, two scenes represent the most important events of the Doge’s reign: on the left side, the entry of the Venetians in Smyrna in 1471, and on the right side, Caterina Cornaro handing over the keys of Famagusta, where the city is represented in the background, under the form of classical architecture. The second relief associated with Caterina Cornaro represents the same event and is located on the centre of the funeral monument erected Fig.86 Doge Pietro Mocenigo Monument, Saint John and Paul Church, Venice Fig.87 Saint John and Paul Church, Venice 67 �in the nineteenth century and the construction of the two upper floors. Its portico on the canal and the loggia on the first floor have preserved their original columns and capitals, and the main door of the side entrance is always surmounted by the Coat of arms of one branch of the Cornaro family, who got from King Peter I of Lusignan the fief of Episkopi in 1363. In this emblem are engrared the arms of the Lusignan, those of the the Kingdom of Jerusalem and, in the middle, the sword and the scroll on which was usually engraved the motto of the Order of the Sword which was founded by Peter I. Fig.84 Loredan Palace, Venice Fig.85 Coat of Arms of the Lusignan family, Loredan Palace, Venice 66 Thanks to the privilege granted by the King of Cyprus, the family took the name of Cornaro-Piscopia, which is what allowed the distinction from the other branches of the family, particularly from the one to which Caterina Cornaro belonged. The palace belonged to the family until the early eighteenth century and Elena Lucrezia Corner-Piscopia (1646-1684), a woman of great erudition who became the first woman university graduate on 25th of June 1678, after studying philosophy at Padua. In the eighteenth century, the palace was in the possession of the Loredan family and was then acquired by the municipality of Venice in 1868. Caterina Cornaro is without any doubt the historical figure who embodies the closest relationship that Venice maintained with Cyprus. Caterina generated a particular pride in Venice. When she became Queen she achieved a status which no Venetian lady could dream of, at a time when the highest honour reserved for women was to become the wife of the Doge (Dogaressa). However, in spite of her royal title, Caterina has not left many tangible records in Venice. In the official history of the city, Caterina Cornaro is celebrated for having offered the Kingdom of Cyprus to Venice in 1489. This, which enabled Venice to expand its colonial domain, is recalled in two bas-reliefs. The first one is in the Dominican church of SAINTS JOHN AND PAUL (Giovanni e Paolo), included in the monument of Doge Pietro Mocenigo (d. 1476), which is on the back side of the front entrance (on the right side). This white marble monument is considered as one of the masterpieces of the sculptor Pietro Lombardo, for the balance of its architecture, the elegant proportions of the volumes and the fineness of the carving. This official tomb emphasises the military prowess of the Doge whose feature in ducal dress is reminiscent of warriors dressed in the manner of ancient Rome. On the sarcophagus, two scenes represent the most important events of the Doge’s reign: on the left side, the entry of the Venetians in Smyrna in 1471, and on the right side, Caterina Cornaro handing over the keys of Famagusta, where the city is represented in the background, under the form of classical architecture. The second relief associated with Caterina Cornaro represents the same event and is located on the centre of the funeral monument erected Fig.86 Doge Pietro Mocenigo Monument, Saint John and Paul Church, Venice Fig.87 Saint John and Paul Church, Venice 67 �in honour of the Queen of Cyprus, in the right transept of the church of SAN SALVATORE (central district of Rialto), above the entrance to the sacristy. This monument was erected in the early 1580s by architect Bernardino Contino, more than seventy years after the death of the Queen (10th of July, 1510), and Caterina is represented as a woman draped in the antique manner, granting to the Doge the model of a city, being accompanied by young women with voluptuous forms that evoke the island of Aphrodite. At the foot of the monument, a slab of white veined marble bears the inscription: Catarina Corneliae Cypri, Hierosolymorum, ac Armeniae Reginae Cineres (ashes of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia). This plaque marks in fact the second burial of the Queen because she was buried in the chapel of the family Cornaro attached to the church of SANTI APOSTOLI (district of Canareggio, 300 metres from Rialto Bridge going to the station). The chapel of the family has not preserved any memory of the Queen but houses the tombs of Caterina’s father, Marco Cornaro (who died in 1511) and of her brother Giorgio (died in 1540) who were consistent supporters of the Queen when she went through difficult years. The celebration of this unique queen related to the Republic of Venice Fig.88 Funeral Monument of Caterina Cornaro, San Salvatore Church, Venice 68 inspired considerable literature that contributed to building a myth around Caterina Cornaro. Several painters have represented her, including Gentile Bellini and Titian, the former’s portrait displayed in Budapest and the latter’s in Florence. In Venice, Caterina Cornaro appears in an idealised fashion in the Solemn landing in Venice of the Queen of Cyprus who came granting her kingdom to the Commune. This huge canvas painted by Antonio Vassilacchi, as said by Aliense (Milos ca 1556-Venice 1629), is hanging in Hall VI of the CORRER MUSEUM. Executed a long time after the death of the Queen, it depicts Caterina Cornaro arriving in Venice and hosted in the midst of festivities. There is speculation but no proof, that the Queen is amongst the ladies of the Venetian aristocracy attending the Miracle of the Cross fall into the canal of San Lorenzo, painted by Gentile Bellini in 1500, exhibited in the Hall XX of the GALLERY OF THE ACADEMY. Despite the reputation acquired by Caterina Cornaro after her death, the Queen of Cyprus did not attract much interest among artists during her lifetime. Her name was later given to the family palace, a building located on the Grand Canal and renovated from 1724. This is where Caterina was born in 1454, CORRER DELLA REGINA PALACE, on the left bank of the Grand Canal, at the corner of the Rio San Cassiano, opposite the Ca ‘d’Oro. Whatever the role of Caterina Cornaro was in granting Cyprus to Venice, the Signoria managed a very important political coup by integrating Fig.89 Tomb of Caterina Cornaro, Santi Apostoli Church, Venice Fig.90 Santi Apostoli Church, Venice 69 �in honour of the Queen of Cyprus, in the right transept of the church of SAN SALVATORE (central district of Rialto), above the entrance to the sacristy. This monument was erected in the early 1580s by architect Bernardino Contino, more than seventy years after the death of the Queen (10th of July, 1510), and Caterina is represented as a woman draped in the antique manner, granting to the Doge the model of a city, being accompanied by young women with voluptuous forms that evoke the island of Aphrodite. At the foot of the monument, a slab of white veined marble bears the inscription: Catarina Corneliae Cypri, Hierosolymorum, ac Armeniae Reginae Cineres (ashes of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia). This plaque marks in fact the second burial of the Queen because she was buried in the chapel of the family Cornaro attached to the church of SANTI APOSTOLI (district of Canareggio, 300 metres from Rialto Bridge going to the station). The chapel of the family has not preserved any memory of the Queen but houses the tombs of Caterina’s father, Marco Cornaro (who died in 1511) and of her brother Giorgio (died in 1540) who were consistent supporters of the Queen when she went through difficult years. The celebration of this unique queen related to the Republic of Venice Fig.88 Funeral Monument of Caterina Cornaro, San Salvatore Church, Venice 68 inspired considerable literature that contributed to building a myth around Caterina Cornaro. Several painters have represented her, including Gentile Bellini and Titian, the former’s portrait displayed in Budapest and the latter’s in Florence. In Venice, Caterina Cornaro appears in an idealised fashion in the Solemn landing in Venice of the Queen of Cyprus who came granting her kingdom to the Commune. This huge canvas painted by Antonio Vassilacchi, as said by Aliense (Milos ca 1556-Venice 1629), is hanging in Hall VI of the CORRER MUSEUM. Executed a long time after the death of the Queen, it depicts Caterina Cornaro arriving in Venice and hosted in the midst of festivities. There is speculation but no proof, that the Queen is amongst the ladies of the Venetian aristocracy attending the Miracle of the Cross fall into the canal of San Lorenzo, painted by Gentile Bellini in 1500, exhibited in the Hall XX of the GALLERY OF THE ACADEMY. Despite the reputation acquired by Caterina Cornaro after her death, the Queen of Cyprus did not attract much interest among artists during her lifetime. Her name was later given to the family palace, a building located on the Grand Canal and renovated from 1724. This is where Caterina was born in 1454, CORRER DELLA REGINA PALACE, on the left bank of the Grand Canal, at the corner of the Rio San Cassiano, opposite the Ca ‘d’Oro. Whatever the role of Caterina Cornaro was in granting Cyprus to Venice, the Signoria managed a very important political coup by integrating Fig.89 Tomb of Caterina Cornaro, Santi Apostoli Church, Venice Fig.90 Santi Apostoli Church, Venice 69 �Fig.91 Decorated arches, Loggetta, Venice Fig.92 Palace Correr della Regina, Venice 70 the Kingdom of Lusignan in its colonial domain. Accordingly, this peaceful conquest was celebrated in the urban setting where the Venetian power featured its potency, namely on the Piazza San Marco. The reconstruction of the LOGGETTA located at the foot of the campanile of St. Mark in the years 1537-1549, provided an opportunity to demonstrate publicly the political hegemony of Venice in the Mediterranean world. The Loggeta was designed by Jacopo Sansovino (14861570), the great Florentine architect to whom the Signoria had assigned the St. Mark Library building during the same years. Sansovino gave to the Loggetta the appearance of a small monument inspired by ancient architecture, with three profusely decorated arches. In the four niches Sansovino put up bronze statues of Minerva, Apollo, Mercury and Peace that he made between 1540 and 1545. On the upper register, he arranged three bas-reliefs in marble illustrating the official ideology. So, one finds in the middle an allegory of Venice as a woman dispensing justice with a sword in her right hand and a balance in her left, and flanked by two lions. The relief on the left is an allegory of the island of Crete, while the one on the right represents the island of Cyprus, personified by the goddess Aphrodite. In the heart of the city, Cyprus is seen closely associated with its patroness, the Signoria, offering it legendary beauty, a glorious past and an ancient culture. This allegorical representation was partially true because, near the Loggetta, the ST. MARK LIBRARY Fig.93 Portrait of Caterina Cornaro 71 �Fig.91 Decorated arches, Loggetta, Venice Fig.92 Palace Correr della Regina, Venice 70 the Kingdom of Lusignan in its colonial domain. Accordingly, this peaceful conquest was celebrated in the urban setting where the Venetian power featured its potency, namely on the Piazza San Marco. The reconstruction of the LOGGETTA located at the foot of the campanile of St. Mark in the years 1537-1549, provided an opportunity to demonstrate publicly the political hegemony of Venice in the Mediterranean world. The Loggeta was designed by Jacopo Sansovino (14861570), the great Florentine architect to whom the Signoria had assigned the St. Mark Library building during the same years. Sansovino gave to the Loggetta the appearance of a small monument inspired by ancient architecture, with three profusely decorated arches. In the four niches Sansovino put up bronze statues of Minerva, Apollo, Mercury and Peace that he made between 1540 and 1545. On the upper register, he arranged three bas-reliefs in marble illustrating the official ideology. So, one finds in the middle an allegory of Venice as a woman dispensing justice with a sword in her right hand and a balance in her left, and flanked by two lions. The relief on the left is an allegory of the island of Crete, while the one on the right represents the island of Cyprus, personified by the goddess Aphrodite. In the heart of the city, Cyprus is seen closely associated with its patroness, the Signoria, offering it legendary beauty, a glorious past and an ancient culture. This allegorical representation was partially true because, near the Loggetta, the ST. MARK LIBRARY Fig.93 Portrait of Caterina Cornaro 71 �Fig.94 Entrance of St. Mark Library, Venice Fig.95 San Sebastiano Church, Venice 72 deserves to be regarded as a repository of literary culture of Cyprus. The building, the construction of which was initiated in 1537 by Jacopo Sansovino (completed only in 1588), houses the collections of Greek manuscripts donated by Cardinal Bessarion, and also includes several valuable texts for the history of Cypriot culture. During the sixteenth century the manuscripts of George Bustron’s and Leontios Machaira’s chronicles, the collection of Petrarchist love poems and legal codes of feudal times were added. A tradition of scholarship has linked Venice to Cyprus and, not surprisingly, two scholars of Cypriot origin became curators of the St. Mark Library in the seventeenth century: Giovanni Sozomeno (16261632) and Giovanni Matteo Bustron (1659-1667). The St. Mark Library is not the only institution owning texts and documents essential to the cultural history of Cyprus: the State Archives (housed in the monastery buildings of the Frari church) and the collections of the Correr Museum contain priceless documents, such as the Museo Navale, where two wooden models of Famagusta from the midsixteenth century are exhibited. Another important figure in the Cypriot culture of the Renaissance was to Jacopo Sansovino who was assigned the task of creating the monument of Cardinal Livio Podocataro who died in 1555 and whose grave is located in the church of SAN SEBASTIANO (in the district of Dorsoduro, near the Zattere). In this church which owes its fame to the cycles of paintings by Paolo Veronese, the monument of Livio Podocataro, completed between 1557-1565, reveals itself as a minor work of Sansovino, with its massive proportions and too sober decoration (notice the arms of the Podocataro family in the lower register). However, it is worth recalling the essential role played by the cardinal who belonged to a powerful aristocratic family in Cyprus, whose members attended the University of Padua since the mid-fifteenth century and were often of Latin rite. Before his death, Cardinal Livio Podocataro instituted a foundation in order to allow three young students from Cyprus to study in Padua. This institution functioned until the late eighteenth century and offered a framework to maintain permanent relations between the elite of the island and Venice, throughout the period of Ottoman rule over Cyprus. A last major figure of Cypriot hellenism notable at a slightly later time is Thomas Flanghini (1579-1648). Cypriot by his mother, Corfiot by his father, Flanghini belonged to a merchant family whose social ascent was marked by its admission to the Venetian patrician during the seventeenth century. Two palaces are connected with the family. The first one, the FLANGHINI PALACE, was the family residence on the Grand Canal, next to the church of San Geremia, built during the last quarter of the seventeenth century, to which the architect Giuseppe Sardi gave a balanced facade; the other one is located in the Castello district, behind the Fig.96 Livio Podocataro monument, San Sebastiano Church, Venice Fig.97 Tomb of Livio Podocataro 73 �Fig.94 Entrance of St. Mark Library, Venice Fig.95 San Sebastiano Church, Venice 72 deserves to be regarded as a repository of literary culture of Cyprus. The building, the construction of which was initiated in 1537 by Jacopo Sansovino (completed only in 1588), houses the collections of Greek manuscripts donated by Cardinal Bessarion, and also includes several valuable texts for the history of Cypriot culture. During the sixteenth century the manuscripts of George Bustron’s and Leontios Machaira’s chronicles, the collection of Petrarchist love poems and legal codes of feudal times were added. A tradition of scholarship has linked Venice to Cyprus and, not surprisingly, two scholars of Cypriot origin became curators of the St. Mark Library in the seventeenth century: Giovanni Sozomeno (16261632) and Giovanni Matteo Bustron (1659-1667). The St. Mark Library is not the only institution owning texts and documents essential to the cultural history of Cyprus: the State Archives (housed in the monastery buildings of the Frari church) and the collections of the Correr Museum contain priceless documents, such as the Museo Navale, where two wooden models of Famagusta from the midsixteenth century are exhibited. Another important figure in the Cypriot culture of the Renaissance was to Jacopo Sansovino who was assigned the task of creating the monument of Cardinal Livio Podocataro who died in 1555 and whose grave is located in the church of SAN SEBASTIANO (in the district of Dorsoduro, near the Zattere). In this church which owes its fame to the cycles of paintings by Paolo Veronese, the monument of Livio Podocataro, completed between 1557-1565, reveals itself as a minor work of Sansovino, with its massive proportions and too sober decoration (notice the arms of the Podocataro family in the lower register). However, it is worth recalling the essential role played by the cardinal who belonged to a powerful aristocratic family in Cyprus, whose members attended the University of Padua since the mid-fifteenth century and were often of Latin rite. Before his death, Cardinal Livio Podocataro instituted a foundation in order to allow three young students from Cyprus to study in Padua. This institution functioned until the late eighteenth century and offered a framework to maintain permanent relations between the elite of the island and Venice, throughout the period of Ottoman rule over Cyprus. A last major figure of Cypriot hellenism notable at a slightly later time is Thomas Flanghini (1579-1648). Cypriot by his mother, Corfiot by his father, Flanghini belonged to a merchant family whose social ascent was marked by its admission to the Venetian patrician during the seventeenth century. Two palaces are connected with the family. The first one, the FLANGHINI PALACE, was the family residence on the Grand Canal, next to the church of San Geremia, built during the last quarter of the seventeenth century, to which the architect Giuseppe Sardi gave a balanced facade; the other one is located in the Castello district, behind the Fig.96 Livio Podocataro monument, San Sebastiano Church, Venice Fig.97 Tomb of Livio Podocataro 73 �church of San Zaccaria. Since 1953 it is seat of the ISTITUTO DI STUDI ELLENICO BIZANTINI E POSTBIZANTINI DI VENEZIA (Hellenic Institute of Venice of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies), an institution depending on the Greek State. A lawyer and wealthly merchant, Thomas Flanghini left in his will to the benefit of the Greek Community of Venice a huge sum of money (170.000 ducats) in order to create a school for educating the young Greeks, to give dowries to poor Greek girls, and to establish a Greek hospital. After his death, this amount was used to buy some estates near the Greek church of St. George, CHIESA DI SAN GIORGIO DI GRECI and to build two houses. One became the main building of the Greek Confraternity (Scoletta) and where the first level was organized as an hospital. The second building housed the Flanghinian College, now Hellenic Institute, which operated for 132 years, admitting about 600 students. Both constructions were designed by the famous Venetian architect Baldassare Longhena for an expense of 14.000 ducats. Fig.98 Flanghini Palace, Venice 74 Fig.99 The Greek Church of St. George and the Hellenic Institute of Venice, Venice 75 �church of San Zaccaria. Since 1953 it is seat of the ISTITUTO DI STUDI ELLENICO BIZANTINI E POSTBIZANTINI DI VENEZIA (Hellenic Institute of Venice of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies), an institution depending on the Greek State. A lawyer and wealthly merchant, Thomas Flanghini left in his will to the benefit of the Greek Community of Venice a huge sum of money (170.000 ducats) in order to create a school for educating the young Greeks, to give dowries to poor Greek girls, and to establish a Greek hospital. After his death, this amount was used to buy some estates near the Greek church of St. George, CHIESA DI SAN GIORGIO DI GRECI and to build two houses. One became the main building of the Greek Confraternity (Scoletta) and where the first level was organized as an hospital. The second building housed the Flanghinian College, now Hellenic Institute, which operated for 132 years, admitting about 600 students. Both constructions were designed by the famous Venetian architect Baldassare Longhena for an expense of 14.000 ducats. Fig.98 Flanghini Palace, Venice 74 Fig.99 The Greek Church of St. George and the Hellenic Institute of Venice, Venice 75 �This College was the second important achievement of the Greek Confraternity, after the construction of the church dedicated to St. George, the construction of which started in 1539. Among the various artists employed on the decoration of the church, we find famous Cretan painters as Michele Damaschino and Emanuele Zane, but also a Cypriot painter was associated with them, Ioannis o Kyprios, also called Giovanni Ciprioto, who made the frescoes inside the dome (1589-1590) and later the Ascension in the bema (1593). Fig.100 The dome of St. George in Venice by the painter Ioannis, the so-called Kyprios Fig.101 Portrait of Thomas Flanghini, 17th century Fig.102 Tombstone of Thomas Flanghini 76 Giovanni Ciprioto and Thomas Flanghini are not the only Cypriots connected to the Greek Confraternity as a number of merchants and immigrants settled in Venice. The archives of the Hellenic Institute hold rich collections of manuscripts, documents and icons that prove the major input made by the Cypriots to the Confraternity. Some died there and asked to be buried in the cemetery behind the church of St. George. For them, as for many Greeks, Venice was a second homeland where one could study the Greek classical heritage and, more generally, humanities. For this reason, Venice became the centre of the Greek learning during the Ottoman rule until the end of the 18th century. Most of the books printed in Greek were edited in Venice and then sent to the entire Greek world, including Cyprus. It is no wonder that the Abbot Ephraim came to Venice in order to print his Description of the Kykkos Monastery in 1751. A few years later, the Archimandrite Kyprianos followed the same path when he published his Chronologial History of Cyprus, in 1777. The last person demonstrating the close ties between Cyprus and Venice is MARC ANTONIO BRAGADINO, the officer who led the Venetian defence of Famagusta in 1570-1571 and became the symbol of the sacrifice of the Republic of Venice to save the Christian world from the Ottoman threat. After the surrender of the city, on the 1st of August 1571, Bragadino was executed by flaying and his skin was shipped as a trophy to Istanbul where it was kept in the arsenal. According to tradition, the skin was stolen and brought to Venice so that the hero of Famagusta received a proper burial. First stored in the church of San Gregorio, the urn was finally displayed on the 18th of May, 1596, in the church of SAINTS JOHN AND PAUL (first altar in the right aisle). We note, over the urn, Bragadino’s sculpted bust and a monochrome fresco depicting his martyrdom. The long history of Veneto-Cypriot relationships from the Middle Ages until our days contains also romantic and beautiful imagined memories. One of them, the REGATA STORICA, connects a major Venetian feast with the arrival of Caterina Cornaro in Venice in 1489, even if the origins of the naval feasts go further back to the thirteenth century. Every year, during the first Sunday of September, the most famous race takes place where the best rowers of the city compete on their boats 77 �This College was the second important achievement of the Greek Confraternity, after the construction of the church dedicated to St. George, the construction of which started in 1539. Among the various artists employed on the decoration of the church, we find famous Cretan painters as Michele Damaschino and Emanuele Zane, but also a Cypriot painter was associated with them, Ioannis o Kyprios, also called Giovanni Ciprioto, who made the frescoes inside the dome (1589-1590) and later the Ascension in the bema (1593). Fig.100 The dome of St. George in Venice by the painter Ioannis, the so-called Kyprios Fig.101 Portrait of Thomas Flanghini, 17th century Fig.102 Tombstone of Thomas Flanghini 76 Giovanni Ciprioto and Thomas Flanghini are not the only Cypriots connected to the Greek Confraternity as a number of merchants and immigrants settled in Venice. The archives of the Hellenic Institute hold rich collections of manuscripts, documents and icons that prove the major input made by the Cypriots to the Confraternity. Some died there and asked to be buried in the cemetery behind the church of St. George. For them, as for many Greeks, Venice was a second homeland where one could study the Greek classical heritage and, more generally, humanities. For this reason, Venice became the centre of the Greek learning during the Ottoman rule until the end of the 18th century. Most of the books printed in Greek were edited in Venice and then sent to the entire Greek world, including Cyprus. It is no wonder that the Abbot Ephraim came to Venice in order to print his Description of the Kykkos Monastery in 1751. A few years later, the Archimandrite Kyprianos followed the same path when he published his Chronologial History of Cyprus, in 1777. The last person demonstrating the close ties between Cyprus and Venice is MARC ANTONIO BRAGADINO, the officer who led the Venetian defence of Famagusta in 1570-1571 and became the symbol of the sacrifice of the Republic of Venice to save the Christian world from the Ottoman threat. After the surrender of the city, on the 1st of August 1571, Bragadino was executed by flaying and his skin was shipped as a trophy to Istanbul where it was kept in the arsenal. According to tradition, the skin was stolen and brought to Venice so that the hero of Famagusta received a proper burial. First stored in the church of San Gregorio, the urn was finally displayed on the 18th of May, 1596, in the church of SAINTS JOHN AND PAUL (first altar in the right aisle). We note, over the urn, Bragadino’s sculpted bust and a monochrome fresco depicting his martyrdom. The long history of Veneto-Cypriot relationships from the Middle Ages until our days contains also romantic and beautiful imagined memories. One of them, the REGATA STORICA, connects a major Venetian feast with the arrival of Caterina Cornaro in Venice in 1489, even if the origins of the naval feasts go further back to the thirteenth century. Every year, during the first Sunday of September, the most famous race takes place where the best rowers of the city compete on their boats 77 �decorated according to old traditions. This very popular event linked to the maritime history of Venice is also an occasion to organise a spectacular maritime procession recalling the former power of the Venetian fleet. On that special day, one can admire a reconstructed Bucintore and the ducal gondola with sailors and officials dressed in traditional costumes. 78 Fig.103 Marc Antonio Bragadino monument, Saints John and Paul Church, Venice Fig.104 Marc Antonio Bragadino monument, Saints John and Paul Church, Venice 79 �decorated according to old traditions. This very popular event linked to the maritime history of Venice is also an occasion to organise a spectacular maritime procession recalling the former power of the Venetian fleet. On that special day, one can admire a reconstructed Bucintore and the ducal gondola with sailors and officials dressed in traditional costumes. 78 Fig.103 Marc Antonio Bragadino monument, Saints John and Paul Church, Venice Fig.104 Marc Antonio Bragadino monument, Saints John and Paul Church, Venice 79 �Venice - Cyprus An ongoing relationship Municipalities, Cultural foundations as well as the Embassy of Italy in Cyprus organise events perpetuating the strong bonds between Cyprus and Venice. Scientists from Cyprus, especially architects and artists study in universities in Venice. Cyprus participates in the Art Biennale and Architecture Biennale in Venice as well as in other events of international reputation taking place in Venice. Influences of Venetian rule may be detected in the local dialect, design and gastronomy. The twinning of the city of Larnaka with Venice accentuates the will to continue the relationship between the two regions. Fig.107 Cyprus Pavilion in Venice Biennale, 2011 Fig.105,106 Ceremony for the twinning of Larnaka with Venice, May 2010 80 81 �Venice - Cyprus An ongoing relationship Municipalities, Cultural foundations as well as the Embassy of Italy in Cyprus organise events perpetuating the strong bonds between Cyprus and Venice. Scientists from Cyprus, especially architects and artists study in universities in Venice. Cyprus participates in the Art Biennale and Architecture Biennale in Venice as well as in other events of international reputation taking place in Venice. Influences of Venetian rule may be detected in the local dialect, design and gastronomy. The twinning of the city of Larnaka with Venice accentuates the will to continue the relationship between the two regions. Fig.107 Cyprus Pavilion in Venice Biennale, 2011 Fig.105,106 Ceremony for the twinning of Larnaka with Venice, May 2010 80 81 �and the great west door and several decorative elements of its portals, may be attributed to the Venetian period. Several coats-of-arms nevertheless bear the mark of their time since they belong to the type of winding armories, typical heraldic language of the Renaissance. Fig.108 Othello Tower in occupied Ammochostos (Famagusta) VENETIAN MONUMENTS IN OCCUPIED AREAS AND PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE As a result of the military invasion by Turkey in 1974 and the subsequent occupation of the northern part of the island, 36.2% of its territory, Cyprus’ cultural heritage has been severely affected despite existing internationally binding treaties regarding the protection of cultural heritage. The damage is grave and in many cases, irreversible. There are notable Venetian monuments in the area under occupation. The Republic of Cyprus is continuously striving for the protection of these monuments which are a valuable part of Cyprus’ and the world’s cultural heritage. 82 The occupied part of Lefkosia also retains vestiges reminiscent of the Venetian presence on the island. Besides the walls of Savorgnano and the Kyrenia Gate already mentioned, in Atatürk square there is the column that symbolised the power of Venice as can be found in the main square of every town located in the territories that were controlled by Venice. In Lefkosia it is a re-used 6 meters tall Roman column in grey granite. It is set on a hexagonal base on which are engraved six coats-of-arms of major Venetian families whose members occupied official positions in the colonial government (Dona, Contarini, Pesaro and Michiel are discernible). In September 1570 after the Fall of Nicosia, the column lost the statue of the lion of St. Mark which crowned it because it expressed the power and the protection of Venice. The monuments of the sixteenth century can be completed by the Bedestan which was the Greek cathedral in the sixteenth century and which adjoins St. Sophia church, now Selimiye mosque. The building has undergone several changes as one of the most perfect military masterpieces of the Renaissance. It bears the name of the count Hercole Martinengo, who initiated the works in 1559 and died there two years later. Some major Italian architects, as Gian Girolamo San Micheli, collaborated on this work. The bastion is celebrated for the ability Like Lefkosia, AMMOCHOSTOS, which of the Venetian military engineers is occupied by Turkey since 1974, has to adapt theoretical concepts retained its walls from the Venetian with the reality on the ground. period, but these have not been entirely rebuilt. The Venetians had Most of the main architectural reinforced some parts of the walls evidence of the Venetian official and their intervention is evident presence is concentrated around the at several places. Three points central square of the city. Opposite show the direct impact of Venice: the Gothic cathedral of St. Nicholas (converted into a mosque during the The Sea Gate, open on the port, Ottoman period), the former royal totally rebuilt by the Venetians before Lusignan palace was renovated the end of the fifteenth century, has and changed into the Palazzo del kept its bow and marble pilasters Proveditore. Of the monument decorated according to the criteria only the triple arched gate remains of the civil Renaissance architecture. which formed the public façade The door has at its top the bas- of the palace, on which the arms relief of the lion of St. Mark and, of Giovanni Renier are carved, below it, the inscription recording Captain of Famagusta in 1552. the restoration of the tower by the The decoration shows the direct proveditore Nicolò Priuli in 1496. influence of Renaissance style with the use of very large stone blocks The old Lusignan citadel was derived from military architecture reinforced. New round towers were but decorated with trigryphs and built over the former ones. The so-called guttae borrowed from ancient Greek “Tower of Othello” defends the main classical design, and combined with gate of the citadel which has above the use of four granite columns taken the entrance a huge marble relief from the Roman ruins of Salamis. of the lion of St. Mark, symbol of the The gateway was used as an official strength of Venice on land and sea. loggia for public audiences and Another important defensive work was a major point for meetings realised by the Venetians is the famous and ceremonies in everyday life. Martinengo bastion, at the northwest From this loggia, the Ottoman corner of the city walls, considered chief commander, Lala Mustafa 83 �and the great west door and several decorative elements of its portals, may be attributed to the Venetian period. Several coats-of-arms nevertheless bear the mark of their time since they belong to the type of winding armories, typical heraldic language of the Renaissance. Fig.108 Othello Tower in occupied Ammochostos (Famagusta) VENETIAN MONUMENTS IN OCCUPIED AREAS AND PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE As a result of the military invasion by Turkey in 1974 and the subsequent occupation of the northern part of the island, 36.2% of its territory, Cyprus’ cultural heritage has been severely affected despite existing internationally binding treaties regarding the protection of cultural heritage. The damage is grave and in many cases, irreversible. There are notable Venetian monuments in the area under occupation. The Republic of Cyprus is continuously striving for the protection of these monuments which are a valuable part of Cyprus’ and the world’s cultural heritage. 82 The occupied part of Lefkosia also retains vestiges reminiscent of the Venetian presence on the island. Besides the walls of Savorgnano and the Kyrenia Gate already mentioned, in Atatürk square there is the column that symbolised the power of Venice as can be found in the main square of every town located in the territories that were controlled by Venice. In Lefkosia it is a re-used 6 meters tall Roman column in grey granite. It is set on a hexagonal base on which are engraved six coats-of-arms of major Venetian families whose members occupied official positions in the colonial government (Dona, Contarini, Pesaro and Michiel are discernible). In September 1570 after the Fall of Nicosia, the column lost the statue of the lion of St. Mark which crowned it because it expressed the power and the protection of Venice. The monuments of the sixteenth century can be completed by the Bedestan which was the Greek cathedral in the sixteenth century and which adjoins St. Sophia church, now Selimiye mosque. The building has undergone several changes as one of the most perfect military masterpieces of the Renaissance. It bears the name of the count Hercole Martinengo, who initiated the works in 1559 and died there two years later. Some major Italian architects, as Gian Girolamo San Micheli, collaborated on this work. The bastion is celebrated for the ability Like Lefkosia, AMMOCHOSTOS, which of the Venetian military engineers is occupied by Turkey since 1974, has to adapt theoretical concepts retained its walls from the Venetian with the reality on the ground. period, but these have not been entirely rebuilt. The Venetians had Most of the main architectural reinforced some parts of the walls evidence of the Venetian official and their intervention is evident presence is concentrated around the at several places. Three points central square of the city. Opposite show the direct impact of Venice: the Gothic cathedral of St. Nicholas (converted into a mosque during the The Sea Gate, open on the port, Ottoman period), the former royal totally rebuilt by the Venetians before Lusignan palace was renovated the end of the fifteenth century, has and changed into the Palazzo del kept its bow and marble pilasters Proveditore. Of the monument decorated according to the criteria only the triple arched gate remains of the civil Renaissance architecture. which formed the public façade The door has at its top the bas- of the palace, on which the arms relief of the lion of St. Mark and, of Giovanni Renier are carved, below it, the inscription recording Captain of Famagusta in 1552. the restoration of the tower by the The decoration shows the direct proveditore Nicolò Priuli in 1496. influence of Renaissance style with the use of very large stone blocks The old Lusignan citadel was derived from military architecture reinforced. New round towers were but decorated with trigryphs and built over the former ones. The so-called guttae borrowed from ancient Greek “Tower of Othello” defends the main classical design, and combined with gate of the citadel which has above the use of four granite columns taken the entrance a huge marble relief from the Roman ruins of Salamis. of the lion of St. Mark, symbol of the The gateway was used as an official strength of Venice on land and sea. loggia for public audiences and Another important defensive work was a major point for meetings realised by the Venetians is the famous and ceremonies in everyday life. Martinengo bastion, at the northwest From this loggia, the Ottoman corner of the city walls, considered chief commander, Lala Mustafa 83 �Pasha, witnessed the martyrdom of the last Venetian Captain of Famagusta, Marc Antonio Bragadino, on the 15th of August 1571. In front of the Palazzo del Proveditore, and at a central place in the main square of the city, two colums were erected by the Venetian officers, as in most cities under Venetian domination, reproducing the model of the twin columns at the waterfront of Venice, which held aloft the statues of St. Theodore and the lion of St. Mark. In Ammochostos, as in Venice and elsewhere, those two colums had a ceremonial function for processions and punishment. At some time, the famous Sarcophagus of Venus, was displayed between the two columns which symbolised the close association of ancient myth with Venetian strengh. The sarcophagus is located behind the gateway of the Palazzo del Proveditore and the two columns in front of the building opposite, an Ottoman madrassa which incorporates part of the old bischop’s palace complex. Outside the walls and the main square of the city, few remains of Venetian civil architecture can be found. The ruins of the two palaces worth noting: the first one, is called the “Bedestan Palace” or the “Queen’s Palace” and underwent many restorations; only the portal remains in its original form and preserves the stones worked “alla diamante”. The second palace, called either “Bulwar’s Arch” or “Biddulph’s Gate”, has few remains of the façade but those are the most interesting and ostentatious of the whole city. Its masonry is similar to the one of 84 the gateway of the Palazzo del Proveditore with large blocks and rounded arches, but the entablature is rich in finely carved decoration with fine corbels, two of which with rampant lions holding up a shield with a cross. Finally, it should be noted that the Church of Agios Mamas in occupied Morfou was an important place of worship from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. It was the subject of extensive restoration in the Venetian period according to the mixed criteria of the Franco- Byzantine style, especially recognisable in the motifs of the arch above the sarcophagus of the Saint. The iconostasis of the church is faithful to the mixture of styles that are typical of this period. We notice four slender columns with Gothic capitals and finely carved marble panels with Venetian coatsof-arms, executed with care and elegance which refers directly to USEFUL INFORMATION models of the Italian Renaissance. The Republic of Cyprus cannot guarantee the safety of visitors in the occupied areas. The Government of the Republic of Cyprus, since it is prevented by the Turkish military forces to exercise effective control over the occupied part of the island, will be unable to offer any help in case of accident, injury, theft, illness etc, and thus foreign nationals may find themselves in a difficult situation in case of need. 85 �Pasha, witnessed the martyrdom of the last Venetian Captain of Famagusta, Marc Antonio Bragadino, on the 15th of August 1571. In front of the Palazzo del Proveditore, and at a central place in the main square of the city, two colums were erected by the Venetian officers, as in most cities under Venetian domination, reproducing the model of the twin columns at the waterfront of Venice, which held aloft the statues of St. Theodore and the lion of St. Mark. In Ammochostos, as in Venice and elsewhere, those two colums had a ceremonial function for processions and punishment. At some time, the famous Sarcophagus of Venus, was displayed between the two columns which symbolised the close association of ancient myth with Venetian strengh. The sarcophagus is located behind the gateway of the Palazzo del Proveditore and the two columns in front of the building opposite, an Ottoman madrassa which incorporates part of the old bischop’s palace complex. Outside the walls and the main square of the city, few remains of Venetian civil architecture can be found. The ruins of the two palaces worth noting: the first one, is called the “Bedestan Palace” or the “Queen’s Palace” and underwent many restorations; only the portal remains in its original form and preserves the stones worked “alla diamante”. The second palace, called either “Bulwar’s Arch” or “Biddulph’s Gate”, has few remains of the façade but those are the most interesting and ostentatious of the whole city. Its masonry is similar to the one of 84 the gateway of the Palazzo del Proveditore with large blocks and rounded arches, but the entablature is rich in finely carved decoration with fine corbels, two of which with rampant lions holding up a shield with a cross. Finally, it should be noted that the Church of Agios Mamas in occupied Morfou was an important place of worship from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. It was the subject of extensive restoration in the Venetian period according to the mixed criteria of the Franco- Byzantine style, especially recognisable in the motifs of the arch above the sarcophagus of the Saint. The iconostasis of the church is faithful to the mixture of styles that are typical of this period. We notice four slender columns with Gothic capitals and finely carved marble panels with Venetian coatsof-arms, executed with care and elegance which refers directly to USEFUL INFORMATION models of the Italian Renaissance. The Republic of Cyprus cannot guarantee the safety of visitors in the occupied areas. The Government of the Republic of Cyprus, since it is prevented by the Turkish military forces to exercise effective control over the occupied part of the island, will be unable to offer any help in case of accident, injury, theft, illness etc, and thus foreign nationals may find themselves in a difficult situation in case of need. 85 �Lefkosia FAMAGUSTA GATE Lefkosia Municipality Cultural Centre Tel: 22797660, 22797651 THE HOUSE OF CHATZIGEORGAKIS KORNESIOS Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 Patriarchou Grigoriou 20 Lefkosia Tel: 22305316 Open all year round (closed on Public Holidays) Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 08:30–15:30 Wednesday 08:30–17:00 Saturday 09:30–17:30 Sunday, Monday Closed THE BANK OF CYPRUS CULTURAL FOUNDATION The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation Phaneromenis 86-90 1011 Lefkosia Tel: 22677134, 22128157 Open all year round (closed on Public Holidays) Open daily: 10:00–19:00 THE LEVENTIS MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF LEFKOSIA A.G. Leventis Foundation and Lefkosia Municipality Ippokratous 17 Laiki Geitonia Lefkosia Tel: 22661475 Open all year round (closed on Public Holidays) OMERIYE MOSQUE Plateia Tyllirias Monday – Saturday 10:00–16:30 Sunday Closed PANAGIA CHRYSALINIOTISSA Chrysaliniotissis Street THE MANOR HOUSE AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM, POTAMIA Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 STAVROS TOU MISSIRIKOU Lefkonos Street BYZANTINE MUSEUM Cultural Centre of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation Archbishopric Grounds Plateia Archiepiskopou Kyprianou Lefkosia Tel: 22430008 Open all year round (closed on Public Holidays) Monday – Friday 09:00–16:30 Saturday 09:00–13:00 Sunday Closed 86 Via Dali village, just past the village of Potamia towards Agios Sozomenos, turn right and reach the Manor House. The remains of the irrigation systems can be seen off the road to Agios Sozomenos and Dali before crossing the river Yialias, coming from Lefkosia, and near the bridge across the Alykos. THE CHURCH OF AGIOS MAMAS, AGIOS SOZOMENOS Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 In the village of Agios Sozomenos, after Potamia. Larnaka Lemesos LARNAKA SALT LAKE Main road from Larnaka to the Airport. LEMESOS MEDIEVAL CASTLE AND MUSEUM Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 PIERIDES MUSEUM MARFIN LAIKI BANK The Pierides Museum Marfin Laiki Bank Foundation Zinonos Kitieos 4 Larnaka Tel: 24814555 Open all the year round (closed on Public Holidays), Monday – Thursday 09:00–16:00 Friday and Saturday 09:00–13:00 Sunday Closed KITI WATCHTOWER Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 Turn off the main road from Larnaka to Kiti towards Meneou village. The tower is off the road from Meneou to Cape Kiti on the right. Access also from the Kiti – Pervolia - Meneou road, between Pervolia and Meneou, off the road on the left. The site can be viewed from the outside. Agia Napa THE MONASTERY OF AGIA NAPA Bishopric of Constantias and Ammochostou 12 Agiou Georgiou Street, 5820 Paralimni, Tel: 23812456 Open during daylight hours At the centre of Agia Napa Richardou & Berengarias Lemesos Tel: 25305419 Open all the year round (closed on Public Holidays) Monday – Saturday 09:00–17:00 Sunday 10:00–13:00 SUGAR PRODUCTION, EPISKOPI Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 Turn off the old Lemesos to Pafos main road in the village of Episkopi, just before the Eco Petrol Station, in the direction of Pafos. Then immediately turn left and see the site from the street as it is fenced off. Pafos PAFOS DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 Leoforos Georgios Griva Digeni 43 Pafos Tel: 26306215 Open all year round (closed on Public Holidays) Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 08:00–15:00 Wednesday 08:00–17:00 Sunday and Monday Closed 87 �Lefkosia FAMAGUSTA GATE Lefkosia Municipality Cultural Centre Tel: 22797660, 22797651 THE HOUSE OF CHATZIGEORGAKIS KORNESIOS Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 Patriarchou Grigoriou 20 Lefkosia Tel: 22305316 Open all year round (closed on Public Holidays) Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 08:30–15:30 Wednesday 08:30–17:00 Saturday 09:30–17:30 Sunday, Monday Closed THE BANK OF CYPRUS CULTURAL FOUNDATION The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation Phaneromenis 86-90 1011 Lefkosia Tel: 22677134, 22128157 Open all year round (closed on Public Holidays) Open daily: 10:00–19:00 THE LEVENTIS MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF LEFKOSIA A.G. Leventis Foundation and Lefkosia Municipality Ippokratous 17 Laiki Geitonia Lefkosia Tel: 22661475 Open all year round (closed on Public Holidays) OMERIYE MOSQUE Plateia Tyllirias Monday – Saturday 10:00–16:30 Sunday Closed PANAGIA CHRYSALINIOTISSA Chrysaliniotissis Street THE MANOR HOUSE AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM, POTAMIA Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 STAVROS TOU MISSIRIKOU Lefkonos Street BYZANTINE MUSEUM Cultural Centre of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation Archbishopric Grounds Plateia Archiepiskopou Kyprianou Lefkosia Tel: 22430008 Open all year round (closed on Public Holidays) Monday – Friday 09:00–16:30 Saturday 09:00–13:00 Sunday Closed 86 Via Dali village, just past the village of Potamia towards Agios Sozomenos, turn right and reach the Manor House. The remains of the irrigation systems can be seen off the road to Agios Sozomenos and Dali before crossing the river Yialias, coming from Lefkosia, and near the bridge across the Alykos. THE CHURCH OF AGIOS MAMAS, AGIOS SOZOMENOS Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 In the village of Agios Sozomenos, after Potamia. Larnaka Lemesos LARNAKA SALT LAKE Main road from Larnaka to the Airport. LEMESOS MEDIEVAL CASTLE AND MUSEUM Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 PIERIDES MUSEUM MARFIN LAIKI BANK The Pierides Museum Marfin Laiki Bank Foundation Zinonos Kitieos 4 Larnaka Tel: 24814555 Open all the year round (closed on Public Holidays), Monday – Thursday 09:00–16:00 Friday and Saturday 09:00–13:00 Sunday Closed KITI WATCHTOWER Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 Turn off the main road from Larnaka to Kiti towards Meneou village. The tower is off the road from Meneou to Cape Kiti on the right. Access also from the Kiti – Pervolia - Meneou road, between Pervolia and Meneou, off the road on the left. The site can be viewed from the outside. Agia Napa THE MONASTERY OF AGIA NAPA Bishopric of Constantias and Ammochostou 12 Agiou Georgiou Street, 5820 Paralimni, Tel: 23812456 Open during daylight hours At the centre of Agia Napa Richardou & Berengarias Lemesos Tel: 25305419 Open all the year round (closed on Public Holidays) Monday – Saturday 09:00–17:00 Sunday 10:00–13:00 SUGAR PRODUCTION, EPISKOPI Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 Turn off the old Lemesos to Pafos main road in the village of Episkopi, just before the Eco Petrol Station, in the direction of Pafos. Then immediately turn left and see the site from the street as it is fenced off. Pafos PAFOS DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM Department of Antiquities 1 Museum Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22865864 Leoforos Georgios Griva Digeni 43 Pafos Tel: 26306215 Open all year round (closed on Public Holidays) Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 08:00–15:00 Wednesday 08:00–17:00 Sunday and Monday Closed 87 �PAFOS BYZANTINE MUSEUM Ilission Street, 8047 Pafos Tel: 26932092 Bishopric of Pafos Andrea Ioannou Street, 5 Pafos (Next to the Bishopric of Pafos) Tel: 26931393 Monday – Friday 09:00–17:00 Saturday 10:00–13:00 Sunday Closed Closed on Public Holiday THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA CHRYSELEOUSA, EMPA Bishopric of Pafos Ilission Street, 8047, Pafos Tel: 26932092 At the centre of Empa village which you reach by turning off inland from the Pafos to Chlorakas road. The key can be obtained from the coffee shop across the road from the church. The coffee shop is open daily until late. The key is also available from Father Marios, tel. 99578370. THE MONASTERY OF AGIOS NEOFYTOS NEAR TALA The Monastery of Agios Neofytos 8777, Tala Tel: 26652481 The Monastery can be reached from Pafos via Empa and Tala or by turning off the main Pafos to Polis road at Mesa Chorio, about 5km north of Pafos towards Polis. The church is open during the day. THE CHURCH OF AGIA EKATERINA NEAR KRITOU TERRA Bishopric of Pafos Ilission Street, 8047, Pafos Tel: 26932092 88 The church can be reached by turning off left from the main Pafos to Polis road when going in direction of Polis, between Giolou village and Skoulli towards “Agia Ekaterini”. It is the turning after the “Kato Akourdaleia, Pano Akourdaleia” turning. The features highlighted for this church can be viewed from the outside. THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGELOS MICHAEL ,CHOLI Bishopric of Pafos Ilission Street, 8047, Pafos Tel: 26932092 The village can be reached by turning off to the left towards Choli from the main Pafos to Polis road when going in the direction of Polis and following the signs to Choli. The key, if required, is with Mrs Vasiliki, Tel: 26321124, whose house is about 75m up towards the village on the right, opposite the public telephone box. Troodos area THE CHURCH OF METAMORFOSEOS TOU SOTIROS, PALAICHORI Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Deftera, Lefkosia Tel: 22465465 From the main Lefkosia – Palechori Agros road turn up towards Palaichori and then turn left, towards “Church of Sotiros 16th Century” and reach the church after about 500m. The key is with the priest, Father Kyriakos, Tel: 22642376, at the last house before you reach the church (outside staircase leading to first floor). THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA CHRYSOPANTANASSA, PALAICHORI Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Deftera, Lefkosia Tel: 22465465 At centre of village The key is with Mrs Dora, Tel: 22642217, 99974230 Open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10:00–13:00. Contact point the cafeteria across the road (Mrs Androulla) MUSEUM OF BYZANTINE HERITAGE, PALAICHORI Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Deftera, Lefkosia Tel: 22465465 At centre of village, about 50m across the street from the church, along the road leading out of the village. Open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10:00-13:00, Tel 22643012 THE CHURCH OF IOANNIS PRODROMOS, ASKAS Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Deftera, Lefkosia Tel: 22465465 Turn down, from the main street at centre of village (signposted in Greek). The church is likely to be closed. The keys are with Father Andreas, Tel 22642332 and Mr Kostakis Konstantinou, Tel: 99579369. One or the other is usually available. The house of Father Andreas is on the main village street, about 50m from the turning to the church, in the directing of Palechori, on the right. THE CHURCH OF AGIA CHRISTINA, ASKAS Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Deftera, Lefkosia Tel: 22465465 Turn, down, from the main road between Askas and Fterikoudi on a tarmac road signposted to “St Christina Chapel (St Paraskevi)” and follow this road for 1,5km to its end. The church is likely to be closed. The key is with Father Andreas, Tel: 22642332 and Mr Kostakis Konstantinou, Tel: 99579369. One or the other is usually available. THE CHURCH OF TIMIOS STAVROS, KYPEROUNTA AND THE MUSEUM Bishopric of Lemesos 306 Agiou Andreou, 3035 Lemesos Tel: 25864300 Near the centre of the village on a hill, past the village square and the church of Panagia Katholiki. The key is at the village council offices, about 75m before the church, Tel: 25813204, 99468168 open 08:00–14:00, 17:00–19:00, closed on Saturday and Sunday) and with Father Ioannis, Tel: 99409041, whose house is after the school on the right, on the road leading steeply down on the left when going in the direction of the church, just after the village council office and the co-op. THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA KATHOLIKI, PELENDRI Bishopric of Lemesos 306 Agiou Andreou, 3035 Lemesos Tel: 25864300 At the lower end of the village. Take the steep narrow turning, down, just before the co-op store on the main street, when coming from the direction of the Lemesos – Troodos road. 89 �PAFOS BYZANTINE MUSEUM Ilission Street, 8047 Pafos Tel: 26932092 Bishopric of Pafos Andrea Ioannou Street, 5 Pafos (Next to the Bishopric of Pafos) Tel: 26931393 Monday – Friday 09:00–17:00 Saturday 10:00–13:00 Sunday Closed Closed on Public Holiday THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA CHRYSELEOUSA, EMPA Bishopric of Pafos Ilission Street, 8047, Pafos Tel: 26932092 At the centre of Empa village which you reach by turning off inland from the Pafos to Chlorakas road. The key can be obtained from the coffee shop across the road from the church. The coffee shop is open daily until late. The key is also available from Father Marios, tel. 99578370. THE MONASTERY OF AGIOS NEOFYTOS NEAR TALA The Monastery of Agios Neofytos 8777, Tala Tel: 26652481 The Monastery can be reached from Pafos via Empa and Tala or by turning off the main Pafos to Polis road at Mesa Chorio, about 5km north of Pafos towards Polis. The church is open during the day. THE CHURCH OF AGIA EKATERINA NEAR KRITOU TERRA Bishopric of Pafos Ilission Street, 8047, Pafos Tel: 26932092 88 The church can be reached by turning off left from the main Pafos to Polis road when going in direction of Polis, between Giolou village and Skoulli towards “Agia Ekaterini”. It is the turning after the “Kato Akourdaleia, Pano Akourdaleia” turning. The features highlighted for this church can be viewed from the outside. THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGELOS MICHAEL ,CHOLI Bishopric of Pafos Ilission Street, 8047, Pafos Tel: 26932092 The village can be reached by turning off to the left towards Choli from the main Pafos to Polis road when going in the direction of Polis and following the signs to Choli. The key, if required, is with Mrs Vasiliki, Tel: 26321124, whose house is about 75m up towards the village on the right, opposite the public telephone box. Troodos area THE CHURCH OF METAMORFOSEOS TOU SOTIROS, PALAICHORI Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Deftera, Lefkosia Tel: 22465465 From the main Lefkosia – Palechori Agros road turn up towards Palaichori and then turn left, towards “Church of Sotiros 16th Century” and reach the church after about 500m. The key is with the priest, Father Kyriakos, Tel: 22642376, at the last house before you reach the church (outside staircase leading to first floor). THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA CHRYSOPANTANASSA, PALAICHORI Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Deftera, Lefkosia Tel: 22465465 At centre of village The key is with Mrs Dora, Tel: 22642217, 99974230 Open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10:00–13:00. Contact point the cafeteria across the road (Mrs Androulla) MUSEUM OF BYZANTINE HERITAGE, PALAICHORI Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Deftera, Lefkosia Tel: 22465465 At centre of village, about 50m across the street from the church, along the road leading out of the village. Open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10:00-13:00, Tel 22643012 THE CHURCH OF IOANNIS PRODROMOS, ASKAS Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Deftera, Lefkosia Tel: 22465465 Turn down, from the main street at centre of village (signposted in Greek). The church is likely to be closed. The keys are with Father Andreas, Tel 22642332 and Mr Kostakis Konstantinou, Tel: 99579369. One or the other is usually available. The house of Father Andreas is on the main village street, about 50m from the turning to the church, in the directing of Palechori, on the right. THE CHURCH OF AGIA CHRISTINA, ASKAS Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Deftera, Lefkosia Tel: 22465465 Turn, down, from the main road between Askas and Fterikoudi on a tarmac road signposted to “St Christina Chapel (St Paraskevi)” and follow this road for 1,5km to its end. The church is likely to be closed. The key is with Father Andreas, Tel: 22642332 and Mr Kostakis Konstantinou, Tel: 99579369. One or the other is usually available. THE CHURCH OF TIMIOS STAVROS, KYPEROUNTA AND THE MUSEUM Bishopric of Lemesos 306 Agiou Andreou, 3035 Lemesos Tel: 25864300 Near the centre of the village on a hill, past the village square and the church of Panagia Katholiki. The key is at the village council offices, about 75m before the church, Tel: 25813204, 99468168 open 08:00–14:00, 17:00–19:00, closed on Saturday and Sunday) and with Father Ioannis, Tel: 99409041, whose house is after the school on the right, on the road leading steeply down on the left when going in the direction of the church, just after the village council office and the co-op. THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA KATHOLIKI, PELENDRI Bishopric of Lemesos 306 Agiou Andreou, 3035 Lemesos Tel: 25864300 At the lower end of the village. Take the steep narrow turning, down, just before the co-op store on the main street, when coming from the direction of the Lemesos – Troodos road. 89 �The key is at the house next to the church’s courtyard (Mrs Panagiota, Tel: 99994932, 25552268. The key is with Mr Athos Savvides Tel: 99476149 and 22952580 09:00–12:00, 13:00-16:00 THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA IAMATIKI, ARAKAPAS Bishopric of Lemesos 306 Agiou Andreou, 3035 Lemesos Tel: 25864300 Meetng point: Coffee shop/post agency, opposite bridge. At the far end of the village when coming from Kalo Chorio along the Lemesos – Agros main road, above the main village church. The church is likely to be closed. Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 The keys are with Mrs Androulla, Tel: 96539606 and Mr Kostas Kalamaras, Tel: 99428957, 22622880. One or the other is usually available. THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA THEOTOKOS, KAKOPETRIA Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 On main street between Kakopetria and Galata just before the petrol station on the right coming from Kakopetria. The key is at the butcher’s shop opposite the petrol station. The shop is normally open 07:30 – 20:00 except Sunday all day and Wednesday afternoon. (The church light switch is in a box at the far end of the church from the door on the opposite side). THE CHURCH OF AGIOS SOZOMENOS, GALATA Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 90 Off the main Galata village road from the centre, by the bridge. Take the steep road, up, roughly opposite the bridge in the direction of Kakopetria. Go past the village church and take the second turning on the left. THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA PODITHOU, GALATA Off main Lefkosia – Troodos road at Galata village, signposted “Church of Archangel, Panagia Podithou”. Turn off, follow this side road past the cemetery and after 150m turn down, right, along an earth road. The church is straight ahead. The key is with Mr Athos Savvides Tel: 99476149 and 22952580 09:00–12:00, 13:00–16:00. Meeting point: Coffee shop/post agency opposite bridge. THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGELOS , GALATA Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 Off main Lefkosia – Troodos road at Galata village signposted “Church of Archangel, Panagia Podithou”. Turn off, follow this side road past the cemetery and after 150m turn down, right, along an earth road. Immediately turn left. The key is with Mr Athos Savvides Tel: 99476149 and 22952580 09:00–12:00, 13:00–16:00 Meeting point: Coffee shop/post agency opposite bridge. AGIOS IOANNIS LAMPADISTIS, KALOPANAGIOTIS Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 From the main road at the centre of the village take the turning down towards “Agios Ioannis Lampadistis” and after 500m cross bridge. The church is open: October – March 09:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00 April – September 09:00-18:30 The museum is open: October – February 10:00-15:00 March – May 09:30-17:00 June – August 09:30-19:00 September 09:30-17:00 On Sundays from 11:00 Closed on Easter Sunday Father Andreas, Tel: 99476149, 22952580 Father Artemios, Tel: 97629644 THE CHURCH OF CHRYSOKOURDALIOTISSA, KOURDALI Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 In the village of Kourdali, just below Spilia. The key is at the stone house across the tarmac road, with Sister Isidora. Tel: 22922212, 99779592. Closed 13:00-15:00 THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, PEDOULAS Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 At cul-de-sac at the lower end of the village, signposted. The key is with the Byzantine Museum caretaker, across the road, and at the house just before the church. The key is also available with Mr Andreas Pavlou, Tel: 99635584 THE PEDOULAS BYZANTINE MUSEUM Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 Across the road from the Church of Archangel Michael. Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00-16:00 Sunday, Monday Closed Closed on Public Holidays KYKKOS MONASTERY AND MUSEUM Bishopric of Kykkos and Tylliria Agiou Prokopiou Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22390000 About 18km from Pedoulas on the main road going west. Opening hours: November – May 10:00–16:00 June – October 10:00–17:00 Tel: 22942736 BRIDGES (a) ELIA, (b) KELEFOS, (c) ROUDIAS Along the route turning off the Pedoulas to Kykkos main road, turn off towards, and past, Kaminaria village, first reach Elia Bridge, then Kelefou, then Roudias, then, via Vretsia village, reach the Pafos side of Troodos mountains. The road after Kelefos to Roudias is not tarmac and is often unsuitable for driving. Access to the bridges is also possible from Agios Nikolaos village on the Pafos to Troodos main road and from Milikouri village, off the Pedoulas to Kykkos main road. Parts of the route after Milikouri can also become unsuitable for driving. 91 �The key is at the house next to the church’s courtyard (Mrs Panagiota, Tel: 99994932, 25552268. The key is with Mr Athos Savvides Tel: 99476149 and 22952580 09:00–12:00, 13:00-16:00 THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA IAMATIKI, ARAKAPAS Bishopric of Lemesos 306 Agiou Andreou, 3035 Lemesos Tel: 25864300 Meetng point: Coffee shop/post agency, opposite bridge. At the far end of the village when coming from Kalo Chorio along the Lemesos – Agros main road, above the main village church. The church is likely to be closed. Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 The keys are with Mrs Androulla, Tel: 96539606 and Mr Kostas Kalamaras, Tel: 99428957, 22622880. One or the other is usually available. THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA THEOTOKOS, KAKOPETRIA Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 On main street between Kakopetria and Galata just before the petrol station on the right coming from Kakopetria. The key is at the butcher’s shop opposite the petrol station. The shop is normally open 07:30 – 20:00 except Sunday all day and Wednesday afternoon. (The church light switch is in a box at the far end of the church from the door on the opposite side). THE CHURCH OF AGIOS SOZOMENOS, GALATA Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 90 Off the main Galata village road from the centre, by the bridge. Take the steep road, up, roughly opposite the bridge in the direction of Kakopetria. Go past the village church and take the second turning on the left. THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA PODITHOU, GALATA Off main Lefkosia – Troodos road at Galata village, signposted “Church of Archangel, Panagia Podithou”. Turn off, follow this side road past the cemetery and after 150m turn down, right, along an earth road. The church is straight ahead. The key is with Mr Athos Savvides Tel: 99476149 and 22952580 09:00–12:00, 13:00–16:00. Meeting point: Coffee shop/post agency opposite bridge. THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGELOS , GALATA Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 Off main Lefkosia – Troodos road at Galata village signposted “Church of Archangel, Panagia Podithou”. Turn off, follow this side road past the cemetery and after 150m turn down, right, along an earth road. Immediately turn left. The key is with Mr Athos Savvides Tel: 99476149 and 22952580 09:00–12:00, 13:00–16:00 Meeting point: Coffee shop/post agency opposite bridge. AGIOS IOANNIS LAMPADISTIS, KALOPANAGIOTIS Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 From the main road at the centre of the village take the turning down towards “Agios Ioannis Lampadistis” and after 500m cross bridge. The church is open: October – March 09:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00 April – September 09:00-18:30 The museum is open: October – February 10:00-15:00 March – May 09:30-17:00 June – August 09:30-19:00 September 09:30-17:00 On Sundays from 11:00 Closed on Easter Sunday Father Andreas, Tel: 99476149, 22952580 Father Artemios, Tel: 97629644 THE CHURCH OF CHRYSOKOURDALIOTISSA, KOURDALI Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 In the village of Kourdali, just below Spilia. The key is at the stone house across the tarmac road, with Sister Isidora. Tel: 22922212, 99779592. Closed 13:00-15:00 THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, PEDOULAS Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 At cul-de-sac at the lower end of the village, signposted. The key is with the Byzantine Museum caretaker, across the road, and at the house just before the church. The key is also available with Mr Andreas Pavlou, Tel: 99635584 THE PEDOULAS BYZANTINE MUSEUM Bishopric of Morfou 3 Mitropoleos Street, 2831, Evrychou Tel: 22932401 Across the road from the Church of Archangel Michael. Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00-16:00 Sunday, Monday Closed Closed on Public Holidays KYKKOS MONASTERY AND MUSEUM Bishopric of Kykkos and Tylliria Agiou Prokopiou Street, Lefkosia Tel: 22390000 About 18km from Pedoulas on the main road going west. Opening hours: November – May 10:00–16:00 June – October 10:00–17:00 Tel: 22942736 BRIDGES (a) ELIA, (b) KELEFOS, (c) ROUDIAS Along the route turning off the Pedoulas to Kykkos main road, turn off towards, and past, Kaminaria village, first reach Elia Bridge, then Kelefou, then Roudias, then, via Vretsia village, reach the Pafos side of Troodos mountains. The road after Kelefos to Roudias is not tarmac and is often unsuitable for driving. Access to the bridges is also possible from Agios Nikolaos village on the Pafos to Troodos main road and from Milikouri village, off the Pedoulas to Kykkos main road. Parts of the route after Milikouri can also become unsuitable for driving. 91 �Venice MUSEUMS DUCALE PALACE PALAZZO DUCALE San Marco 1, 30124 Venezia 1 November - 31 March : 09:00-17:00 1 April - 31 October : 09:00-19:00 Closed 25 December, 1 January Vaporetto stop : San Marco, San Zaccaria MUSEUM CORRER MUSEO CORRER San Marco 52, 30124 Venezia 1 November-31 March : 09:00-17:00 1 April-31 October : 09:00-19:00 closed 25 December, 1 January Vaporetto stop : San Marco, San Zaccaria GALERY OF THE ACCADEMY GALLERIA DELL’ACCADEMIA Campo de la Carità 1050, 30123 Venezia Tuesday-Sunday: 08:15-19:15 Monday : 08:15-14:00. Vaporetto stop : Accademia BYZANTINE MUSEUM (HELLENIC INSTITUTE) MUSEO DIPINTI SACRI BIZANTINI (ISTITUTO ELLENICO) Castello 3412, 30122 Venezia Tuesday-Saturday : 09:00-12:30, 13:30-16:30 ; Sunday : 10:00-17:00 Closed on Monday Vaporetto stop : San Zaccaria 92 CHURCHES THE GREEK CHURCH OF SAINT GEORGE CHIESA DI SAN GIORGIO DEI GRECI Castello 3412, 30122 Venezia Monday-Saturday : 09:00-12:30, 14:30-16:30 ; Sunday : 09:00-13:00 Closed on Monday Vaporetto stop : San Zaccaria SAINT JOHN AND PAUL CHURCH BASILICA SANTI GIOVANNI E PAOLO (SAN ZANIPOLO) Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Castello 6363, 30122 Venezia Every day : 07:30-12:30, 15:30-19:30 Vaporetto stop : Ospedale SAN SALVATORE CHURCH CHIESA SAN SALVADOR Campo San Salvador, San Marco 4826, 30122 Venezia Winter (September - May) Monday-Saturday 09:00-12:00, 15:00-19:00 Sunday : 15:00-19:00 Summer (June - August): Monday-Saturday 09:00-12:00, 16:00-19:00 Sunday: 16:00-19:00 Vaporetto stop : Rialto SAN SEBASTIANO CHURCH CHIESA SAN SEBASTIANO Campo di San Sebastiano, Dorsoduro 1686, 30123 Venezia Monday-Saturday : 10:00-17:00 Closed on Sunday, 24-25 and 31 December, 1 January, 15 August, Easter 93 �Venice MUSEUMS DUCALE PALACE PALAZZO DUCALE San Marco 1, 30124 Venezia 1 November - 31 March : 09:00-17:00 1 April - 31 October : 09:00-19:00 Closed 25 December, 1 January Vaporetto stop : San Marco, San Zaccaria MUSEUM CORRER MUSEO CORRER San Marco 52, 30124 Venezia 1 November-31 March : 09:00-17:00 1 April-31 October : 09:00-19:00 closed 25 December, 1 January Vaporetto stop : San Marco, San Zaccaria GALERY OF THE ACCADEMY GALLERIA DELL’ACCADEMIA Campo de la Carità 1050, 30123 Venezia Tuesday-Sunday: 08:15-19:15 Monday : 08:15-14:00. Vaporetto stop : Accademia BYZANTINE MUSEUM (HELLENIC INSTITUTE) MUSEO DIPINTI SACRI BIZANTINI (ISTITUTO ELLENICO) Castello 3412, 30122 Venezia Tuesday-Saturday : 09:00-12:30, 13:30-16:30 ; Sunday : 10:00-17:00 Closed on Monday Vaporetto stop : San Zaccaria 92 CHURCHES THE GREEK CHURCH OF SAINT GEORGE CHIESA DI SAN GIORGIO DEI GRECI Castello 3412, 30122 Venezia Monday-Saturday : 09:00-12:30, 14:30-16:30 ; Sunday : 09:00-13:00 Closed on Monday Vaporetto stop : San Zaccaria SAINT JOHN AND PAUL CHURCH BASILICA SANTI GIOVANNI E PAOLO (SAN ZANIPOLO) Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Castello 6363, 30122 Venezia Every day : 07:30-12:30, 15:30-19:30 Vaporetto stop : Ospedale SAN SALVATORE CHURCH CHIESA SAN SALVADOR Campo San Salvador, San Marco 4826, 30122 Venezia Winter (September - May) Monday-Saturday 09:00-12:00, 15:00-19:00 Sunday : 15:00-19:00 Summer (June - August): Monday-Saturday 09:00-12:00, 16:00-19:00 Sunday: 16:00-19:00 Vaporetto stop : Rialto SAN SEBASTIANO CHURCH CHIESA SAN SEBASTIANO Campo di San Sebastiano, Dorsoduro 1686, 30123 Venezia Monday-Saturday : 10:00-17:00 Closed on Sunday, 24-25 and 31 December, 1 January, 15 August, Easter 93 �! ( " ! SKARINOU LEFKARA ! KATO ( PANO LEFKARA ! ( ! ( ! ( ! ( ANAFOTIDA ! APLANTA ( AGIA ANNA LYMPIA ! ( ! KITI ( ! ( Cape Kiti 5 ! ( ! [ MENEOU SOFTADES ! ( PERIVOLIA ! ( ! ( Salt Lake International Airport TROULLOI ! ( ! ( Harbour ! ( LYSI ! ( PYLA ! ( VATILI ! ( VOROKLINI ! ( ARSOS ! ( ! ( MELOUSEIA ! ( KELLIA LIVADIA " ! ! ( ARADIPPOU !( [7 8 ! (! " LARNAKA! ñ Marina î!9 ! ( Salt Lake 6 ! 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( 1 A RIG KLEARXOU INIS U PRO VA SAV S EO AR IO AG SIS ON NT UA IOU Places of worship other than Greek Orthodox O TSERI ROUTE 1 Bank Of Cyprus Cultural Foundation Stavros tou Missirikou Omeriye Mosque Plateia Elefterias & Walls Leventis Municipal Museum 4 ! ( 5 ! ( Byzantine Museum Panagia Chrysaliniotissa Famagusta Gate Walls Main Road REFER NCE Main Road One Way Secondary Road Secondary Road One Way Pedestrian Zone Route1 Limit of area under Turkish occupation since 1974 Church 3 ! ( Museum Place of Interest M & School PostOffice î DIAG U EIA PO AT KO III PL PIS U IE RIO CH KA AR MA OS OR OF LE LE ME KL LY PO TIO U AL X TA ME AG OT PR OU EIT AK U ORO OU ID ON LE OF LE TH S NIA GE EV K EO KA IA ON NT OS OR AL IO U TH ZIN AS OU TH OU OR KA NT OU OP ISK IEP CH AR D KY ID HE MA R R KA IO U III OU RIT © STATE COPYRIGHT RESERVED Tourist Information Office ParkingPlace Aphrodite's Cultural Route ¹ + [ $ " ñ House of Chatzigeorgakis Kornesios 6 ! ( 7 ! ( 8 ! ( 9 ! ( 10 ! ( 1 ! ( 2 ! ( 3 ! 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( 97 �CTO OFFICES ABROAD UNITED KINGDOM CYPRUS TOURIST OFFICE 17, Hanover Street London W1S 1YP Tel. 0044-207-569 8800, Fax: 0044-207-499 4935 E-mail: informationcto@btconnect.com IRELAND CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION 71 Lower Leeson St., Dublin 2 Tel. 00 353-1-662 92 69 Fax: 00 353-1-662 92 70 E-mail: cyprusinfo@eircom.net GERMANY FREMDENVERKEHRSZENTRALE ZYPERN FRANKFURT Zeil 127, 60313 Frankfurt Tel. 0049-69-25 19 19, Fax: 0049-69-25 02 88 E-mail: info@cto–fra.de BERLIN Wallstr. 27, 10179 Berlin Tel. 0049-30–23 45–75 90, Fax: 0049-30–23 45–75 92 E-mail: cto_berlin@t—online.de SWITZERLAND FREMDENVERKEHRSZENTRALE ZYPERN Gottfried Keller – Strasse 7, CH-8001 Zürich Tel. 0041-44-262 3303 Fax: 0041-44-251 2417 Geneva: Tel: 0041-22-741 33 03 E-mail: ctozurich@bluewin.ch AUSTRIA ZYPERN TOURISMUS Parkring 20, A–1010 Wien Tel. 0043-1-513 18 70 Fax: 0043-1-513 18 72 E-mail: office@zyperntourismus.at 98 FRANCE OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE 15, Rue de la Paix, 75002 Paris Tel.0033-1-42.61.42.49 Fax: 0033-1-42.60.48.53 E-mail: cto.chypre.paris@wanadoo.fr BELGIUM OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE DIENST VOOR TOERISME VAN CYPRUS Avenue de Cortenbergh 61, Kortenberglaan B-1000 Bruxelles/Brussel Tel. 0032-2-735.06.21 Fax: 0032-2-735.66.07 E-mail: cyprus@skynet.be SWEDEN CYPERNS TURISTRÅD Sveavägen 66, 111 34 Stockholm Tel. 0046-8-10 50 25 Fax: 0046-8-10 64 14 E-mail: info@ctosweden.org GREECE CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION ATHENS Voukourestiou 38, Kolonaki, Athens 10673 Tel. 0030-210-36 10 178, 0030-210-36 10 057 Fax: 0030-210-36 44 798 E-mail: cto–athens@ath.forthnet.gr THESSALONIKI Nikis Ave. 37, Thessaloniki 54013, P.O.Box 50046 Tel. 0030-2310-242880 Fax: 0030-2310-286881 E-mail: kotthes@the.forthnet.gr FINLAND KYPROKSEN MATKAILUTOIMISTO Aleksanterinkatu 48B, 00100 Helsinki Tel. 00358-9–476 09 100, Fax: 00358-9–476 09 120 E-mail: info@ctofinland.org ITALY ENTE NAZIONALE PER IL TURISMO DI CIPRO Via Santa Sofia 6, 20122 Milano Tel. 0039-02-58 31 98 35, 0039-02-58 30 33 28 Fax: 0039-02-58 30 33 75 E-mail: info@turismocipro.it UNITED STATES CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANIZATION 13 East 40th Str. New York, NY 10016 Tel. 001-212-683–5280 Fax: 001-212-683–5282 E-mail: gocyprus@aol.com THE NETHERLANDS CYPRUS VERKEERSBUREAU Keizersgracht 424 II, 1016 GC Amsterdam Tel. 0031-020-624 4358 Fax: 0031-020-638 3369 E-mail: cyprus.sun@planet.nl ISRAEL CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Top Tower-14th floor, Dizengoff Centre 50 Dizengoff Str., - Tel-Aviv 64332 Tel. 00972-3-52 57 442 Fax: 00972-3-52 57 443 E-mail: cto@netvision.net.il RUSSIAN FEDERATION CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION MOSCOW Povarskaya 9, Building 2, 121069, Moscow Tel. 007-495-223-9684 Fax: 007-495-744-2955 E-mail: ctomoscow@visitcyprus.com ST. PETERSBURG 27, Furshtatskaya street, 191123 St. Petersburg Tel. 007-812-332-58-08 Fax: 007-812-332-58-09 E-mail: spbcto@yandex.ru HUNGARY CIPRUSI IDEGENFORGALMI HIVATAL H-1051 Budapest, Dorottya Str. 3. III floor Tel. 00-36-1-266 6044 Fax: 00-36-1-266 6043 E-mail: ciprusinfo@t-online.hu POLAND CYPRYJSKA ORGANIZACJA TURYSTYCZNA Ul Piekna 20, 00 549 Warsaw Tel. 0048-22-827 90 36 Fax: 0048-22-8279037 E-mail: cto@cypr.pl CZECH REPUBLIC KYPERSKÁ ORGANIZACE CESTOVNÍHO RUCHU Václavské námesti 1282/51, 110 00 Praha 1 Tel. 00–420-224–281 285 Fax: 00–420-224–281 286 E-mail: cto.prague@volny.cz MIDDLE EAST AND ARABIAN GULF CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Al Ghurair Center, Office Tower,No 436B, P.O.Box 94670, Deira, Dubai, UAE Tel. 00971-4-2277637 Fax: 00971-4-22 77 638 Email: tourism@cyprusme.com CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION IN CYPRUS Leoforos Lemesou 19, Lefkosia (Nicosia) P.O.Box 24535, CY 1390 Lefkosia (Nicosia) Cyprus Tel. 22 69 11 00 Fax: 22 33 16 44 E-mail: cytour@visitcyprus.com Web-site: www.visitcyprus.com 99 �CTO OFFICES ABROAD UNITED KINGDOM CYPRUS TOURIST OFFICE 17, Hanover Street London W1S 1YP Tel. 0044-207-569 8800, Fax: 0044-207-499 4935 E-mail: informationcto@btconnect.com IRELAND CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION 71 Lower Leeson St., Dublin 2 Tel. 00 353-1-662 92 69 Fax: 00 353-1-662 92 70 E-mail: cyprusinfo@eircom.net GERMANY FREMDENVERKEHRSZENTRALE ZYPERN FRANKFURT Zeil 127, 60313 Frankfurt Tel. 0049-69-25 19 19, Fax: 0049-69-25 02 88 E-mail: info@cto–fra.de BERLIN Wallstr. 27, 10179 Berlin Tel. 0049-30–23 45–75 90, Fax: 0049-30–23 45–75 92 E-mail: cto_berlin@t—online.de SWITZERLAND FREMDENVERKEHRSZENTRALE ZYPERN Gottfried Keller – Strasse 7, CH-8001 Zürich Tel. 0041-44-262 3303 Fax: 0041-44-251 2417 Geneva: Tel: 0041-22-741 33 03 E-mail: ctozurich@bluewin.ch AUSTRIA ZYPERN TOURISMUS Parkring 20, A–1010 Wien Tel. 0043-1-513 18 70 Fax: 0043-1-513 18 72 E-mail: office@zyperntourismus.at 98 FRANCE OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE 15, Rue de la Paix, 75002 Paris Tel.0033-1-42.61.42.49 Fax: 0033-1-42.60.48.53 E-mail: cto.chypre.paris@wanadoo.fr BELGIUM OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE DIENST VOOR TOERISME VAN CYPRUS Avenue de Cortenbergh 61, Kortenberglaan B-1000 Bruxelles/Brussel Tel. 0032-2-735.06.21 Fax: 0032-2-735.66.07 E-mail: cyprus@skynet.be SWEDEN CYPERNS TURISTRÅD Sveavägen 66, 111 34 Stockholm Tel. 0046-8-10 50 25 Fax: 0046-8-10 64 14 E-mail: info@ctosweden.org GREECE CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION ATHENS Voukourestiou 38, Kolonaki, Athens 10673 Tel. 0030-210-36 10 178, 0030-210-36 10 057 Fax: 0030-210-36 44 798 E-mail: cto–athens@ath.forthnet.gr THESSALONIKI Nikis Ave. 37, Thessaloniki 54013, P.O.Box 50046 Tel. 0030-2310-242880 Fax: 0030-2310-286881 E-mail: kotthes@the.forthnet.gr FINLAND KYPROKSEN MATKAILUTOIMISTO Aleksanterinkatu 48B, 00100 Helsinki Tel. 00358-9–476 09 100, Fax: 00358-9–476 09 120 E-mail: info@ctofinland.org ITALY ENTE NAZIONALE PER IL TURISMO DI CIPRO Via Santa Sofia 6, 20122 Milano Tel. 0039-02-58 31 98 35, 0039-02-58 30 33 28 Fax: 0039-02-58 30 33 75 E-mail: info@turismocipro.it UNITED STATES CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANIZATION 13 East 40th Str. New York, NY 10016 Tel. 001-212-683–5280 Fax: 001-212-683–5282 E-mail: gocyprus@aol.com THE NETHERLANDS CYPRUS VERKEERSBUREAU Keizersgracht 424 II, 1016 GC Amsterdam Tel. 0031-020-624 4358 Fax: 0031-020-638 3369 E-mail: cyprus.sun@planet.nl ISRAEL CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Top Tower-14th floor, Dizengoff Centre 50 Dizengoff Str., - Tel-Aviv 64332 Tel. 00972-3-52 57 442 Fax: 00972-3-52 57 443 E-mail: cto@netvision.net.il RUSSIAN FEDERATION CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION MOSCOW Povarskaya 9, Building 2, 121069, Moscow Tel. 007-495-223-9684 Fax: 007-495-744-2955 E-mail: ctomoscow@visitcyprus.com ST. PETERSBURG 27, Furshtatskaya street, 191123 St. Petersburg Tel. 007-812-332-58-08 Fax: 007-812-332-58-09 E-mail: spbcto@yandex.ru HUNGARY CIPRUSI IDEGENFORGALMI HIVATAL H-1051 Budapest, Dorottya Str. 3. III floor Tel. 00-36-1-266 6044 Fax: 00-36-1-266 6043 E-mail: ciprusinfo@t-online.hu POLAND CYPRYJSKA ORGANIZACJA TURYSTYCZNA Ul Piekna 20, 00 549 Warsaw Tel. 0048-22-827 90 36 Fax: 0048-22-8279037 E-mail: cto@cypr.pl CZECH REPUBLIC KYPERSKÁ ORGANIZACE CESTOVNÍHO RUCHU Václavské námesti 1282/51, 110 00 Praha 1 Tel. 00–420-224–281 285 Fax: 00–420-224–281 286 E-mail: cto.prague@volny.cz MIDDLE EAST AND ARABIAN GULF CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Al Ghurair Center, Office Tower,No 436B, P.O.Box 94670, Deira, Dubai, UAE Tel. 00971-4-2277637 Fax: 00971-4-22 77 638 Email: tourism@cyprusme.com CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION IN CYPRUS Leoforos Lemesou 19, Lefkosia (Nicosia) P.O.Box 24535, CY 1390 Lefkosia (Nicosia) Cyprus Tel. 22 69 11 00 Fax: 22 33 16 44 E-mail: cytour@visitcyprus.com Web-site: www.visitcyprus.com 99 �TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICES Open every morning except Sundays and on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons POLIS Vasileos Stasioikou A’ 2 CY 8820, Polis Chrysochous Tel. 26 32 24 68 Fax: 26 32 13 27 LEFKOSIA (NICOSIA) Aristokyprou 11, Laiki Geitonia (East of Plateia Eleftherias) CY 1011 Lefkosia Tel. 22 67 42 64 Fax: 22 66 07 78 AGIA NAPA Leoforos Kryou Nerou 12, CY 5330 Agia Napa Tel. 23 72 17 96 Fax: 23 72 45 07 LEMESOS (LIMASSOL) a) Agiou Andreou 142 CY 3036 Lemesos Tel. 25 36 27 56, Fax: 25 74 65 96 b) Georgiou A’ 22, CY 4047 Lemesos Potamos tis Germasogeias (eastern entrance of Dasoudi beach) Tel. 25 32 32 11 Fax: 25 31 34 51 c) Lemesos Harbour P.O.Box 55605, CY 3781 Lemesos Service to all passenger boats Tel. 25 57 18 68 Fax: 25 56 03 43 PARALIMNI - PROTARAS Protara 14 CY 5296 Paralimni Tel. 23 83 28 65 Fax: 23 83 28 64 Many thanks to: The Church of Cyprus, the Bishoprics of Pafos, Lemesos, Kykkou and Tyllirias, Tamassou and Oreinis, Morfou and Konstantias – Ammochostou, the Department of Antiquities, the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Cyprus, the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice, the Municipalities of Lefkosia, Larnaka and Ammochostos, the Leventis Municipal Museum, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, the Byzantine Museum of Makarios III Cultural Foundation, Kykkos Museum, Marfin Laiki Cultural Centre, Pedoulas Byzantine Museum, Palaichori Museum of Byzantine Heritage, Pierides Museum Marfin Laiki Bank Foundation and all those who worked for the preparation of the publication “Cyprus – Venice, Cultural Routes” PLATRES CY 4820 Platres Tel. 25 42 13 16 Fax: 25 81 30 80 LARNAKA a) Plateia Vasileos Pavlou CY 6023 Larnaka Tel. 24 65 43 22 Fax: 24 65 34 92 b) Larnaka International Airport CY 7130 Larnaka Tel. 24 00 83 68 Fax: 24 00 83 69 PAFOS a) Gladstonos 3, CY 8046 Pafos Tel. 26 93 28 41 Fax: 26 95 33 41 b) Poseidonos 63A, CY 8042, Kato Pafos Tel. 26 93 05 21 Fax: 26 93 05 19 c) Pafos International Airport, CY 8320 Pafos Tel. 26 00 73 68 (service to all flights) Fax: 26 00 73 69 100 101 �TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICES Open every morning except Sundays and on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons POLIS Vasileos Stasioikou A’ 2 CY 8820, Polis Chrysochous Tel. 26 32 24 68 Fax: 26 32 13 27 LEFKOSIA (NICOSIA) Aristokyprou 11, Laiki Geitonia (East of Plateia Eleftherias) CY 1011 Lefkosia Tel. 22 67 42 64 Fax: 22 66 07 78 AGIA NAPA Leoforos Kryou Nerou 12, CY 5330 Agia Napa Tel. 23 72 17 96 Fax: 23 72 45 07 LEMESOS (LIMASSOL) a) Agiou Andreou 142 CY 3036 Lemesos Tel. 25 36 27 56, Fax: 25 74 65 96 b) Georgiou A’ 22, CY 4047 Lemesos Potamos tis Germasogeias (eastern entrance of Dasoudi beach) Tel. 25 32 32 11 Fax: 25 31 34 51 c) Lemesos Harbour P.O.Box 55605, CY 3781 Lemesos Service to all passenger boats Tel. 25 57 18 68 Fax: 25 56 03 43 PARALIMNI - PROTARAS Protara 14 CY 5296 Paralimni Tel. 23 83 28 65 Fax: 23 83 28 64 Many thanks to: The Church of Cyprus, the Bishoprics of Pafos, Lemesos, Kykkou and Tyllirias, Tamassou and Oreinis, Morfou and Konstantias – Ammochostou, the Department of Antiquities, the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Cyprus, the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice, the Municipalities of Lefkosia, Larnaka and Ammochostos, the Leventis Municipal Museum, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, the Byzantine Museum of Makarios III Cultural Foundation, Kykkos Museum, Marfin Laiki Cultural Centre, Pedoulas Byzantine Museum, Palaichori Museum of Byzantine Heritage, Pierides Museum Marfin Laiki Bank Foundation and all those who worked for the preparation of the publication “Cyprus – Venice, Cultural Routes” PLATRES CY 4820 Platres Tel. 25 42 13 16 Fax: 25 81 30 80 LARNAKA a) Plateia Vasileos Pavlou CY 6023 Larnaka Tel. 24 65 43 22 Fax: 24 65 34 92 b) Larnaka International Airport CY 7130 Larnaka Tel. 24 00 83 68 Fax: 24 00 83 69 PAFOS a) Gladstonos 3, CY 8046 Pafos Tel. 26 93 28 41 Fax: 26 95 33 41 b) Poseidonos 63A, CY 8042, Kato Pafos Tel. 26 93 05 21 Fax: 26 93 05 19 c) Pafos International Airport, CY 8320 Pafos Tel. 26 00 73 68 (service to all flights) Fax: 26 00 73 69 100 101 ��� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource EN Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Cyprus_Venice_Cultural_Routes_EN_lrg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 35.151625, 33.375048 Cyprus--Culture--Guidebooks Cyprus--Tourism--Guidebooks Κύπρος--Πολιτισμός--Οδηγοί Κύπρος--Τουρισμός--Οδηγοί https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/files/original/19ef36fe5abed3de23dfd9611943cd18.pdf 475ba35587f7a0d69660b6ca7b487d73 PDF Text Text Cyprus, Your Sports Destination ��“I have no doubt we made the right decision to choose Cyprus as not just our training base for the Athens Olympic Games but also our warm weather training centre of operations for at least the next ten years. Cyprus now offers great training facilities for a huge range of sports, and is blessed with wonderful weather and a superb environment. Athletes and coaches from whatever the sport could not choose a better place.’’ Richard Simmons-British Olympic Performance Manager �Sports Tourism in Cyprus There are many reasons why athletes and sports lovers are drawn to this beautiful island… There’s the exceptional climate, the range of up-to-date sports facilities, the high-quality service industry, and the short travel times between city, sea and mountains. Cyprus offers a wide choice of sports facilities. From gyms to training grounds, from Olympic swimming pools to mountain biking routes, there’s everything the modern sportsman or woman could ask for. One of the world’s favourite holiday destinations, Cyprus also has an impressive choice of accommodation, from selfcatering apartments to luxury hotels. When considering where to stay, it’s worth remembering that many hotels provide fully equipped fitness centres and health spas with qualified personnel - the ideal way to train and relax. A gateway between Europe and the Middle East, Cyprus enjoys easy flight connectivity with all major European countries and beyond. Many international sports bodies have already recognized Cyprus as the ideal training destination. And it’s easy to see why National Olympic Committees from a number of countries chose Cyprus as their pre-games training destination ahead of the Athens Olympics. Medical care in Cyprus is of the highest standard, combining advanced equipment and facilities with the expertise of highly skilled practitioners. The safe and friendly atmosphere also encourages athletes to bring families for an enjoyable break in the sun. Great restaurants, friendly cafes and great beaches make Cyprus the perfect place to unwind and relax. �Cyprus... Your sports destination �Football Top-flight football teams from Europe and beyond choose to train in Cyprus every year. These teams have included Crystal Palace FC, FC Dinamo Moscow, AIK (Sweden) and many more. Cyprus boasts sixteen national stadiums (all located within a short distance of each other), grass football fields, athletics facilities, and training resources of the highest standard. Facilities incorporated within include first-aid and physiotherapy rooms, anti-doping control facilities, changing rooms, restrooms, showers, canteens, VIP rooms, conference spaces, telecommunications services, media rooms and more. �“The hotel has been outstanding, and all the staff have been very friendly and welcoming. The facilities are more than adequate, you are right on the beach to go for a walk or the boys can have a run. The atmosphere is very relaxing, and that is the idea of it.’’ Iain Dowie – Crystal Palace FC coach The infrastructure in place can easily meet the demands of the most rigorous professional training programme… and with so many football teams training here regularly, it’s never a problem to organise a friendly match. Cyprus is particularly well suited to pre-season training from November through April, a period offering plenty of sunshine, minimal rain, and temperatures ranging from 10 to 25 degrees celsius. Top football teams who have trained in Cyprus include such famous names as AC Sparta Praha (Czech Republic), AIK (Sweden), FC Dinamo Moscow (Russia), FC Steaua Bucuresti (Romania), Ipswich Town FC (England), Malmo FF (Sweden), and Crystal Palace FC (England). “We believe Cyprus offers excellent training facilities and a comfortable environment for British clubs… The advantage in Cyprus for clubs is they have the quality of competitive opposition which you do not necessarily get elsewhere in Europe.” Gary Hooper – Former Luton defender and current sports travel professional �Cycling The ideal Cyprus climate makes it possible to explore the island’s breathtaking countryside all year round, making for an unforgettable cycling experience. For professional or recreational mountain bikers looking to head off the beaten track, Cyprus offers an abundance of hidden trails along the coast or up in the mountains, all offering something new to discover. Whether exploring the winding dirt tracks of the Troodos mountains, the beautiful wild nature trails, or the rocky coastline of the Akamas, Cyprus is a haven for mountain bikers. �“Cyprus is the ideal place to train. I feel at home. The climatic conditions here are ideal.” Filip Meirhaerghe (Belgium) The local terrain varies within very short distances, making cycling in Cyprus both a great workout and a journey of discovery. Thanks to the excellent secondary roads winding through spectacular local countryside, Cyprus is also great for road cycling. The Cyprus Cycling Federation, a member of the International Cycling Union, organises a number of local road races, international MTB races and a host of other competitions, attracting world class cyclists from all over the world. International champions and top names from the world of cycling have all competed and trained in Cyprus, including Belgium’s Filip Meairhaeghe and Roel Paulisen, Bart Bretjens and Bas Peters of the Netherlands, as well as Austria’s Michael Weiss, Italy’s Massimo de Bertolis, Germany’s Karl Platt, and Switzerland’s Thomas Frischknecht. Teams that have chosen Cyprus as a training destination include the Belgian National Team, the British Olympic Association, the Netherlands Olympic Committee, and the Irish National Olympic Cycling Team. A number of local bicycle centres offer bike rental services, route information, guide assistance and support for organised groups. �Aquatics Swimmers can enjoy the best of both worlds in Cyprus as the island boasts excellent open waters, plus a number of swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor. The many top-class swimming pool facilities in Cyprus include 25m and 50m open-air, heated pools of 8-10 lanes, 1m diving boards, 3m spring boards, 5m, 7.5m and 10m platforms. Supplementary equipment, underwater viewing and filming windows are also available. Various national swimming teams have trained in Cyprus, including the Swedish and British Olympic Swimming Teams, as well as the Dutch, Finnish and Austrian national squads. The facilities have also attracted famous names, such as Peter VanDenHoogenband of Holland and Michael Klim of Australia. Local pools regularly host a number of different disciplines, including events such as synchronized swimming, diving, water polo, etc. �“ This is the fourth time in almost one year that we visit Cyprus for a training camp …the sport facilities and hotels are of course outstanding… the beautiful weather and hospitality of the Cyprus people have made these training camps the best we can have. Every time (we visit Cyprus) we bring new people and other top foreign swimmers because we want to share this perfect training spot. We are very proud and lucky to be able to train in Cyprus.” Jacco Verhearen – Royal Dutch Swimming Federation Team Performance Director & Head Coach �This is where we set the foundations for the gold medal in Sydney!” Bridgette McMahon (Switzerland) –Triathlon Gold Medalist, Sydney Olympic Games 2000 Athletics Well-equipped outdoor athletic facilities exist throughout Cyprus, ready to cater for your training whether you choose to exercise at dawn or dusk. Pay a visit to the island’s many training grounds and you’ll see for yourself that Cyprus is more than ready to welcome serious athletes. “The conditions are ideal; the facilities, the weather, the people… I would highly recommend Cyprus to my colleagues as a training destination. Once you go there, you will do it annually.” Costas Kenderis (Greece) – 200m Gold Medalist, Sydney Olympic Games 2000 �“What strikes you at the finish is how smoothly the Challenge runs… Kilometre markers and water stations pop up at metronomic regularity; the routes are clearly marked with enthusiastic marshals at every ambiguous point…” Steven Seaton (Editor of Runners World magazine) on the 4Day Challenge Marathon Running The climate, the wide diversity of terrain, the short distances between town, country and coast make Cyprus perfect for runners. Marathons and half-marathons regularly prove popular with local and international athletes, plus event organisers often offer athletes and spectators alike the chance to enjoy a spot of outdoor cultural entertainment after the race. Triathlon All year round warm weather conditions make Cyprus a paradise for triathlon enthusiasts looking for a comprehensive triathlon training destination. Swimming in one of the island’s 5 outdoor 50m pools or in one of the beautiful calm bays; cycling along picturesque routes, ranging from long straights to steep hills; running in one of the state-of-art newly constructed track areas or on a trail by the sea… All triathlon sports can easily be practiced on the island at facilities and areas close to a variety of accommodation options. Triathlon, running and cycling races are organised all year round and provide ideal opportunities to test your skills in a relaxed atmosphere. �Other Sporting Activities Cyprus is a dream destination for sports and adventure lovers. After all, along with those already mentioned, Cyprus offers a whole host of sports and activities guaranteed to make any visit to the island an exciting and invigorating experience. GOLF Many of today’s professional sportsmen and women will admit that they’re addicted to golf, and it’s a game rapidly growing in stature here in Cyprus. With 300 days of sunshine and several exceptional courses, golfers return to Cyprus time and time again. A number of international standard 18-hole courses are now in place and many international competitions have already been held. Players teeing off in Cyprus will find themselves playing amidst some of the island’s most beautiful scenery. From fairways overlooking the Mediterranean to peaceful secluded valleys, eighteen rounds in the sunshine has never been more enjoyable! An impressive infrastructure has grown to support the Cyprus golfing boom. Lively clubhouses, equipment rentals, luxurious hotels, and properties to buy or rent just yards from the fairway - there’s everything the modern golfer could need. �WATERSPORTS With the sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean always close at hand, Cyprus is the perfect watersports destination, summer or winter. Crystal clear with minimal tides, the waters off Cyprus are ideal for professionals and fun-seekers alike. Small wonder then that sportsmen and women head here to prepare for international competitions in windsurfing, sailing, swimming, canoeing and more. Cyprus is regarded as a top sailing centre and extensive sailing and windsurfing facilities enable athletes to save time by storing their sailing equipment without disassembling it. Trained professionals representing the island’s sailing associations can provide every assistance. DIVING For those looking to explore beneath the surface, everything from cave to wreck diving is available, with the sunken wreck of the Zenobia – lying on the seabed off Larnaka – rated as one of the world’s top dives. Many of the diving centres situated throughout the island are members of the Cyprus Federation of Underwater Activities. These centres provide quality diving equipment under the professional guidance of instructors. “There is no better place for high-level competitions. The only thing I can say is that Cyprus is the place to be…” Nicos Kaklamanakis (Greece) – 1996 Olympics Windsurfing Gold Medalist MOTORSPORT SHOOTING Every year, the island hosts the most exciting round of the FIA World Rally Championship - the Cyprus Rally. Considered by many to be the toughest event in the FIA World Rally Championship, this outstanding event sees the world’s best drivers do battle on the winding gravel tracks of the Troodos mountains. As well as the Cyprus Rally, several other rallying and sprint events are held throughout the year. Shooting is a popular sport in Cyprus and the Cyprus Shooting Sport Federation is very active, organising local, national and international events, as well as providing facilities in every town, covering the trap, skeet, double trap and sporting disciplines. Arms and ammunition are safely stored, while shooting centres also offer a number of facilities including cafeterias. OTHER ACTIVITIES Other popular activities in Cyprus include beach volleyball, tennis, squash, badminton, basketball, boxing, gymnastics, martial arts, bowling, karting, parachuting, hang-gliding and a variety of extreme sports. �Medical and re-habilitation facilities are of the highest standard in Cyprus, combining advanced medical equipment with the expertise of highly-skilled practitioners. Sports stadiums and venues offer first-aid equipment while regional medical centres and hospitals can cater for any eventuality. The Cyprus Association of Sports Medicine is responsible for such key aspects as physiotherapy, sports massage and antidoping procedures. Not only is Cyprus the ideal place to receive treatment for sports-related injuries, it’s also perfect for resting and recuperating afterwards. The island boasts an extensive range of health and wellness spas offering a broad range of traditional and alternative treatments and therapies which soothe, rejuvenate and inspire. Extensive facilities also exist for physiotherapy and rehabilitation. SPORTS CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS With visitors coming to Cyprus not just to train, but also for many other aspects of their sport, local professionals have set in place modern facilities which cater for a range of needs. Luxurious hotels dot the island, offering extensive conference and meeting facilities, and Cyprus is becoming an increasingly popular venue for sports meetings, with the island hosting many regional and European conferences. Local professionals have created flexible packages that can be adapted to suit delegations of any size. �Sports Events/Training ESTABLISHED SPORTS VISITORS TO CYPRUS A selection of teams that have already chosen Cyprus as their training destination National sports associations and teams: Belgian Olympic Athletics Team British Olympics Association & Team GB (Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Swimming, Taekwondo, Triathlon, Weightlifting) British Paralympic Association (Archery, Athletics, Cycling, Judo, Power lifting, Shooting, Swimming, Tennis) Cayman Islands Olympic Swimming Team German Boxing Team German Junior Triathlon Team National Irish Olympic Teams (Athletics, Boxing, Cycling, Judo, Shooting, Taekwondo) Netherlands Olympic Committee (Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Fencing, Mountain Biking, Road Cycling, Shooting) Scottish U19 Football Team Swedish Olympic Swimming Team Dutch, Finnish and Australian National Swimming Teams Udinese Calcio Footoball Team Women’s National Football Team of Scotland, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands. MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS FIBA Eurocup All Star Game 2005 – 2006 - 2007 ‘Race under the Sun’ cross country MTB race (UCI) 2006 - 2007 3rd World University Beach Volley Championship 2006 Antique Rally (Regulating and Sporting) 2006 - 2007 FIVB Challenger Beach Volley Tournament 2006 - 2007 - 2008 Balkan Youth Swimming Games 2006 Victory Cyprus Grand Prix (Shooting) 2006 - 2007 5th Amateur Men’s Open Tournament and 1st Amateur Women’s Open Golf Tournament 2006 - 2007 - 2008 Marathon MTB World Cup Cycling Race (UCI Marathon World Series) 2005 Mediterranean Junior Wrestling Tournament 2005 Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon (annually) Cyprus International 4-day Challenge Marathon Events (annually) Amathunta Half Marathon & 10km (annually) Ultra Sports Pafos Marathon (annually) International Cyprus Women’s Cup 2008 ISSF World Championships in Shotgun 2007 Cyprus Rally (Annually) Troodoos Rally ExtremeCy World 2006-2007 Championship for Extreme Sports European Masters Weightlifting Championship 2007 U23 European Beach Volleyball Championship 2007 INTERENATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS 2008 Cyprus Sunshine Cup 2008 (mountain biking) World Aquabike Cyprus Grand Prix 2008 & European Women’s Cyprus Grand Prix 2008 World Games Sporting 2008 (shooting) FIBA Eurocup Final Four 2008 CONFERENCES HELD IN CYPRUS Sporting conferences held in Cyprus in recent years include: European Sports Management Conference (2006) 8th UEFA Youth Conference (2005) 28th UEFA Ordinary Congress (2004) European Aquatics Federation Conference (2004) IOC Middle East Regional Forum on Peace and Sport (2004) CONFERENCES Meeting of the Executive Committee of the European University Sports Association 2007 Annual Conference of the European Motorcycle Federation 2007 8th General Assembly of the European Canoe Federation 2007 17th UEFA Referees Course 2008 Founding Assembly Meeting of the Mediterranean University Sports Association 2008 ��Mountain biking in the Troodos… Running beside the Mediterranean… Swimming off the beach… All Seasons… All Reasons… Cyprus... your sports destination �Useful Information Lefkosia Pafos The island’s capital city, Lefkosia (Nicosia) is located at the centre of the island and is a cosmopolitan mix of office blocks, pavement cafes, and modern shops. The headquarters of many of the island’s sports associations are located here. Pafos is a lively place boasting an impressive line up of luxury hotels, golf courses and natural attractions. It is also home to the island’s second international airport. Lemesos The island’s major port, Lemesos (Limassol) successfully combines its roles as a tourist resort and a modern international business centre. Many of the island’s best hotels are here, while local sports and training facilities are numerous. Larnaka This popular coastal resort also does double duty as a bustling working town. Home to the island’s major international airport, Larnaka is an effective base for further travel around the island. Troodos Mountains A cool escape from the heat of the summer or a skiing destination in winter, the Troodos mountains offer tracks, paths and trails for cycling, hiking and running. Athletes sometimes use Troodos for altitude training. Agia Napa / Protaras Agia Napa and Protaras are major holiday destinations with plenty of hotels and recreational facilities along with sports and fitness training venues. Villages The many villages dotted around the countryside often offer rural accommodation and are a great choice for those who enjoy running and cycling. �Cyprus... your sports destination Fast Facts: Time: Electricity Supply: Local time is GMT + 2hrs, except during daylight saving timewhen it is GMT + 3hrs. 220/240 Volts AC 50Hz. UK standard square pin sockets. Banks & Currency: Cyprus mains tap water is safe to drink. Given the hot climate, it is important not to waste water. Cyprus currency is the euro, which is divided into 100 cent. Banks accept and exchange all major currencies. Most restaurants, major shops, etc. accept credit cards. Public banking hours: Monday-Friday 08:30hrs to 13:30hrs Shopping / Business Hours: As an approximate guide, opening hours in Cyprus are 09:00hrs to 18:00hrs, with a one hour lunch break. In the hotter months (between mid-June and August 31) a siesta period (optional) comes into effect, Opening hours during this period are approximately 08:00hrs-13:00hrs and 16:00hrs-20:00hrs. Many shops close on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons throughout the year. Post Offices: Most post offices open from 08:00hrs to 13:00hrs, Mon-Fri. Main post offices also open from 15:00hrs-18:00hrs on weekdays and 09:00hrs-11:00hrs on Saturdays. Water: Driving: Driving is on the left. Hire cars are widely available and are easily identified by their red number plates featuring a "Z" prefix. Drivers under 25 years of age holding a driving licence for less than 3 years at the time of rental, must inform the car rental company so that under-age insurance coverage is provided. Seat belts must be worn front and rear in cars. Helmets must be worn when riding motorcycles. Drinking and driving is punishable by law. Emergency telephone numbers: Police / Fire / Ambulance Forest Department (Fires) Major Hospitals (enquiries) 112 1407 1400 Airports International airports are located at Larnaka and Pafos. For information, telephone 77778833 �Contact Details All major sports are represented in Cyprus by federations and associations who can help individuals and groups locate equipment, premises or anything they need to train in Cyprus. There are also a number of specialist sports- handling companies operating who can provide useful advice and professional assistance. The Cyprus Tourism Organisation is always happy to help with any enquiry: Cyprus Tourism Organisation P Box 24535 .O. CY 1390 Lefkosia Tel:(+357) 22691100 Fax: (+357) 22331644 E-mail: cytour@visitcyprus.com www.visitcyprus.com SPORTS BODIES Cyprus Sports Organisation, P Box 24804 .O. 1304 Lefkosia Cyprus Tel.: (+357) 22897000 Fax: (+357) 22358222 E-mail: info@sportskoa.org.cy www.sportskoa.org.cy Cyprus Olympic Committee P Box 23931 .O. Photos: CTO archives, Agisilaou and Spyrou, Leptos Calypso Hotels 1687 Lefkosia Text and Design: Action Global Communications Cyprus Printed by: J.G. Cassoulides & Son Ltd - September 2008 Tel: (+357) 22449880/81 ISSN: 9963-44-063-0 Fax: (+357) 2244989890 E-mail: cypnoc@cytanet.com.cy www.olympic.org.cy �CTO Offices abroad CYPRUS CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Leoforos Lemesou 19, Lefkosia (Nicosia) P.O.Box 24535, CY 1390 Lefkosia (Nicosia) Tel. (00357) 22 69 11 00 Fax: (00357) 22 33 16 44 E-mail: cytour@visitcyprus.com Web-site: www.visitcyprus.com UNITED KINGDOM CYPRUS TOURIST OFFICE 17, Hanover Street London W1S 1YP Tel. 0207 569 8800, Fax: 0207 499 4935 E-mail: informationcto@btconnect.com BELGIUM OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE DIENST VOOR TOERISME VAN CYPRUS Avenue de Cortenbergh 61, Kortenberglaan B-1000 Bruxelles/Brussel Tel. 02/735.06.21, Fax: 02/735.66.07 E-mail: cyprus@skynet.be THE NETHERLANDS CYPRUS VERKEERSBUREAU Keizersgracht 635, 1017 DS Amsterdam Tel. (020) 624 4358, Fax: (020) 638 3369 E-mail: cyprus.sun@planet.nl IRELAND CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION 71, Lower Leeson Str., Dublin 2 Tel. 00 353-1-6629269, Fax: 00 353-1-6629270 E-mail: cyprusinfo@eircom.net SWEDEN CYPERNS TURISTRÅD Sveavägen 66, 111 34 Stockholm Tel. (08) 10 50 25, Fax: (08) 10 64 14 E-mail: info@ctosweden.org GERMANY - FRANKFURT FREMDENVERKEHRSZENTRALE ZYPERN Zeil 127 - 60313 Frankfurt Tel. 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(01) 513 18 70 Fax: (01) 513 18 72 E-mail: office@zyperntourismus.at FRANCE OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE 15, Rue de la Paix, 75002 Paris Tel. (01) 42 61 42 49, Fax: (01) 42 61 65 13 E-mail: cto.chypre.paris@wanadoo.fr ITALY ENTE NAZIONALE PER IL TURISMO DI CIPRO Via Santa Sofia 6, 20122 Milano Tel. 02 58 31 98 35, 02 58 30 33 28 Fax: 02 58 30 33 75 E-mail: info@turismocipro.it UNITED STATES CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANIZATION 13 East 40th Str. New York, NY 10016 Tel. (00 1212) 683–5280 Fax: (00 1212) 683–5282 E-mail: gocyprus@aol.com ISRAEL CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Top Tower-14th floor, Dizengoff Centre 50 Dizengoff Str., - Tel-Aviv 64332 Tel. 00-972-3-52 57 442 Fax: 00-972-3-52 57 443 E-mail: cto@netvision.net.il RUSSIAN FEDERATION - MOSCOW CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Povarskaya 9, Building 2, 121069, Moscow Tel. 007 495 223 9684 Fax: 007 495 744 2955 E-mail: moscowcto@yandex.ru RUSSIAN FEDERATION - ST. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource EN Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Cyprus_your_sports_destination_en_lrg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 35.151625, 33.375048 Cyprus--Sports--Guidebooks Cyprus--Tourism--Guidebooks Kύπρος--Αθλητισμός--Οδηγοί Κύπρος--Τουρισμός--Οδηγοί https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/files/original/d2e8c3e7e4fc1f6138aad01cad09d742.pdf fdd717a99f198a093d95859c833266e1 PDF Text Text Information concerning the Zenobia Cyprus: Quick Facts During the summer months, many divers choose a shorty for their dives, however for extended and deeper dives a warmer wetsuit is recommended. Tanks can be filled onboard the catamaran and lunch is served after the second dive. The Zenobia is suitable for less experienced, since the railing lies at a shallow 17 metres. Due to the excellent visibility, divers can appreciate the majestic atmosphere of the ship even from this vantage point. For the more adventurous, the Zenobia is probably the best reason to consider a deep diver speciality course. All of the wrecks’ highlights can be reached thereafter, since 42 metres is the maximum depth. Capital: Lefkosia (Nicosia) Other towns: Lemesos (Limassol), Larnaka, Pafos, Paralimni, Ag. Napa Languages: Greek and Turkish are the official languages. English is widely spoken. French and German are also spoken within the tourism industry. Population (de jure): 865,900 (2012) International Airports: Larnaka & Pafos Currency: Euro (€) Diving at the Zenobia - World’s most amazing wreck dive Area under Turkish occupation since 1974 Journey to the Zenobia The Zenobia lies close to the shore in the bay of Larnaka, only a few (boat) minutes from the cosy marina, from which there is also a daily catamaran service. Almost all major diving centres on the island offer package deals, including day trips with two guided dives and lunch. If you arrive without a pre-arranged travelling plan, the marina with its large beach promenade in the centre of Larnaka is your first port of call. There is ample parking in the harbour area and push carts are available to transport equipment from your car to the catamaran. Contact us Address: Cyprus Tourism Organisation, 19, Limassol Avenue, P.O. Box 24535, CY 1390, Lefkosia Tel: +357 22 691 100 Fax: + 357 22 331 644 Email: cytour@visitcyprus.com / divingincyprus@visitcyprus.com Website: www.visitcyprus.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LoveCyprus http://www.facebook.com/Diving in Cyprus Twitter: http://twitter.com/visitcyprus Pictures and text by: (c) www.citydive.eu Giorgio Chronas, Chris Bernard Translated into English by Eric Lomas 414.01.14 www.visitcyprus.com �Life at the Zenobia What seems to be a massive reef from the surface, reveals itself to be the overgrown hull of the ship. Myriads of fish circle the wreck, with barracudas patrolling along the railing, ready to snap at any passing form of life. Seemingly tame groupers materialise out of the deep blue water only to descend along the multi-storey superstructures. The Zenobia magically lures its visitors to its most fascinating features: the light-flooded bridge, the unbelievable vastness of the bow, the elongated cargo bays with their many trucks and the two imposing propellers. And all this accompanied by a varied underwater fauna and flora. The Zenobia When divers think of Cyprus, the first thing that springs to mind is the sunken wreck of the Zenobia, which not only constitutes one of the three largest wrecks in the Mediterranean, but also ranks amongst the top 10 diveable wrecks worldwide. The huge hull of the Zenobia lies at a depth of between 16 and 42 metres and can be reached in a couple of minutes by boat from Larnaka harbour. With a length of some 172 metres, a width of 23 metres and its erstwhile cargo of 104 trucks, it makes the heart of any diving enthusiast miss a beat in anticipation. In June 1980, the Swedisch RoRo-ferry began her maiden voyage, with cargo bays full, in Greece enroute to Syria. Just off Cyprus, the ship banked. The Zenobia was equipped with a computer-assisted stabilising system, designed to compensate such banking by filling water tanks on the opposite side of the bays. A malfunction of this system caused the water tanks on the wrong side to be filled. In the course of the following days, the ship inclined further and further until it finally sank, on June 7th 1980, only 2 kilometres from the harbour of Larnaka. Due the vast size of the wreck, two dives are necessary to fully appreciate this marvel of the Mediterranean floor. The first dive leads towards the bow of the ship, along the railing, past the only remaining lifeboat and the mounting brackets of the missing ones to the easily accessible bridge and cafeteria. The second dive starts at the descent line and continues towards the stern and the unrivalled highlight of this dive: Over 100 trucks float in eerie suspension within the huge cargo bay. The two enormous propellers present the breath-taking final stage of this dive, before the return along the 16-metres long railing. Penetration of the wreck is possible at numerous access hatches but requires careful planning and guidance in order to prevent getting lost in the labyrinthine innards of the ship. The Zenobia for Non-Divers Non-divers need not do without the rich maritime life, which the Zenobia is home to. A spacious catamaran heads for the Zenobia, complete with sun deck and lots of room both in and out of the sun. Non-divers are welcome and can thus accompany their partners and friends on their diving trip. The catamaran stays moored at the Zenobia during the surfacing break between the two dives and affords the opportunity to relate the impressions from below first-hand. Glass-boats also regularly offer trips to the Zenobia. Good visibility in these waters ensures a perfect exploration of the immensity of the Zenobia and the riches of fish, even from above. Snorkellers can often catch a glimpse of divers at the Zenobia’s deco bar. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Cyprus Tourism Organisation Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Στη συγκέντρωση και την τεκμηρίωση του υλικού συνέβαλε η κα Μύρια Στασουλή Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource EN Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Diving_at_the_Zenobia_EN_lrg Description An account of the resource Οι καταδύσεις στην Κύπρο Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 35.151625, 33.375048 Cyprus--Diving--Guidebooks Cyprus--Tourism--Guidebooks Κύπρος--Κατάδυση--Οδηγοί Κύπρος--Τουρισμός--Οδηγοί https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/files/original/dda0800e150dc6a34723982e3c29b9c3.pdf cfcd88c1ed56cea04b8543d74298465f PDF Text Text EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS OF EXCELLENCE EDEN TROODOS AGROS VOUNI PANAGIAS KATO PYRGOS KALOPANAYIOTIS �4-5 EDEN 6-9 EDEN THEMES & DESTINATIONS CONTENTS 10-17 TROODOS 18-25 AGROS 26-31 VOUNI PANAGIAS 32-39 KATO PYRGOS 40-47 KALOPANAYIOTIS �CREDITS PRODUCTION: Cyprus Tourism Organisation ARTWORK: Orangeapple Creative Solutions Ltd PHOTOGRAPHY: Cyprus Tourism Organisation archive Nathaniel Andreou Socrates Michaelides TEXT: Cyprus Tourism Organisation European Commission EDEN PROJECT OFFICER: Elena Pericleous Cyprus Tourism Organisation elenapericleous@visitcyprus.com �EDEN EDEN is the acronym for European Destinations of Excellence, a project promoting sustainable tourism development models across the European Union. The project is based on national competitions that take place every year and result in the selection of a tourist “destination of excellence” for each participating country. Through the selection of destinations, EDEN effectively achieves the objective of drawing attention to the values, diversity and common features of European tourist destinations. It enhances the visibility of emerging European destinations, creates a platform for sharing good practices across Europe and promotes networking between awarded destinations. This European quest for excellence in tourism is developed around an annual theme, chosen by the Commission together with the relevant national tourism bodies. The key feature of the selected destinations is their commitment to social, cultural and environmental sustainability. The recipients of the award are emerging, little known European destinations located in the 27 Member States and candidate countries. The EDEN project helps to spread the sustainable practices used in the chosen destinations across the Union and to turn these places into all-year-round venues. The process thus aims to help de-congest over-visited tourist destinations. The development of this project is backed by the European Commission which launched the project in 2006 and still plays a crucial coordinating role. Its tasks include encouraging dialogue among stakeholders, co-financing the selection procedures, organising the award ceremony and coordinating a comprehensive communication campaign. The Cyprus Tourism Organisation is the responsible body for the EDEN program in Cyprus. 4 EDEN είναι το αρκτικόλεξο των λέξεων Ευρωπαϊκοί Προορισμοί Αριστείας στα αγγλικά, ενός έργου που προάγει τα μοντέλα ανάπτυξης βιώσιμου τουρισμού σε ολόκληρη την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση. Το έργο βασίζεται σε εθνικούς διαγωνισμούς που πραγματοποιούνται κάθε χρόνο και οδηγούν στην επιλογή ενός τουριστικού «προορισμού αριστείας» από κάθε συμμετέχουσα χώρα. Με την επιλογή των προορισμών το EDEN καταφέρνει να προσελκύσει την προσοχή στις αξίες, στην ποικιλομορφία και στα κοινά χαρακτηριστικά των ευρωπαϊκών τουριστικών προορισμών. Βελτιώνει την προβολή των αναδυόμενων ευρωπαϊκών προορισμών, δημιουργεί μια πλατφόρμα για τη διάδοση ορθών πρακτικών σε ολόκληρη την Ευρώπη και προάγει τη δικτύωση μεταξύ των βραβευμένων προορισμών. Αυτή η ευρωπαϊκή αναζήτηση της αριστείας στον τουρισμό αναπτύσσεται γύρω από ένα ετήσιο θέμα, το οποίο επιλέγεται από την Επιτροπή σε συνεργασία με τους φορείς τουρισμού σε κάθε συμμετέχουσα χώρα. Το βασικότερο χαρακτηριστικό των επιλεγμένων προορισμών είναι η δέσμευσή τους στην κοινωνική, πολιτιστική και περιβαλλοντική βιωσιμότητα. Βραβεύονται αναδυόμενοι, σχετικά άγνωστοι ευρωπαϊκοί προορισμοί που βρίσκονται στα 27 κράτη μέλη και στις υποψήφιες χώρες. Το πρόγραμμα EDEN βοηθά στην εξάπλωση των βιώσιμων πρακτικών που εφαρμόζονται στους επιλεγμένους προορισμούς σε ολόκληρη την Ένωση και στη μετατροπή αυτών των τοποθεσιών σε πόλους έλξης επισκεπτών ολόκληρο το χρόνο. Συνεπώς η διαδικασία έχει ως στόχο να βοηθήσει στην αποσυμφόρηση προορισμών που προσελκύουν υπερβολικό αριθμό τουριστών. Η ανάπτυξη αυτού του έργου υποστηρίζεται από την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή, που εγκαινίασε το έργο το 2006 και εξακολουθεί να παίζει ένα ζωτικής σημασίας συντονιστικό ρόλο. Στις αρμοδιότητές της περιλαμβάνονται η ενθάρρυνση του διαλόγου μεταξύ των ενδιαφερόμενων φορέων, η συγχρηματοδότηση των διαδικασιών επιλογής, η διοργάνωση της τελετής απονομής των βραβείων και ο συντονισμός μιας ολοκληρωμένης εκστρατείας επικοινωνίας. Ο Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού είναι ο υπεύθυνος οργανισμός για το πρόγραμμα EDEN στην Κύπρο. �EDEN steht für „European Destinations of Excellence“, herausragende europäische Reiseziele – ein Projekt zur Förderung von Modellen eines nachhaltigen Tourismus in der gesamten Europäischen Union. Das Projekt basiert auf nationalen Wettbewerben, die alljährlich stattfinden und eine Auswahl von „herausragenden Tourismuszielen” für jedes teilnehmende Land treffen. Mit der Auszeichnung der Reiseziele gelingt es EDEN in wirkungsvoller Weise, die Aufmerksamkeit auf die Werte, die Vielfalt und die Gemeinsamkeiten europäischer Tourismusziele zu lenken. Es schärft die Wahrnehmung neuer europäischer Reiseziele, schafft eine Plattform für den Austausch bewährter Praktiken in Europa und fördert die Vernetzung zwischen prämierten Reisezielen. L’acronyme EDEN («European Destinations of Excellence») désigne les destinations européennes d’excellence. Il s’agit d’un projet encourageant les modèles de développement d’un tourisme durable à travers l’Union européenne, dans le cadre duquel des concours nationaux sont organisés chaque année et débouchent sur la sélection d’une «destination d’excellence» touristique dans chaque pays participant. travers cette sélection de destinations, EDEN met en avant les valeurs, la diversité et les caractéristiques communes des destinations touristiques européennes. Ce projet améliore la visibilité des destinations européennes émergentes, crée une plateforme pour le partage des bonnes pratiques en Europe, et encourage la mise en réseau des destinations récompensées. Dieses europäische Streben nach Exzellenz im Bereich Tourismus rankt sich um ein jährliches Thema, das die Kommission gemeinsam mit den zuständigen nationalen Tourismusbehörden auswählt. Ce concours européen pour l’excellence dans le domaine touristique est développé autour d’un thème annuel, choisi par la Commission en collaboration avec les organismes touristiques nationaux compétents. Das Hauptmerkmal der ausgewählten Destinationen ist ihr Engagement für soziale, kulturelle und ökologische Nachhaltigkeit. Die Preisträger sind aufstrebende, wenig bekannte europäische Reiseziele in den 27 Mitgliedstaaten und in den Kandidatenländern. Das Projekt EDEN trägt dazu bei, nachhaltige, in den ausgewählten Reisezielen angewandte Praktiken in der gesamten Union zu verbreiten und diese Orte zu ganzjährigen Reisezielen zu machen, wodurch andere touristische Destinationen, die zu starken Besucherströmen ausgesetzt sind, entlastet werden. La caractéristique clé des destinations sélectionnées est leur engagement envers une viabilité sociale, culturelle et environnementale. Les lauréats de ce prix sont des destinations européennes émergentes et peu connues, qui se situent dans un des États membres ou un pays candidat. Le projet EDEN contribue à diffuser dans l’Union les pratiques durables appliquées dans les destinations choisies et à faire de ces endroits des lieux touristiques prisés. Ce processus vise aussi à désengorger les destinations touristiques trop fréquentées. Die Entwicklung dieses Projekts wird von der Europäischen Kommission unterstützt, die das Projekt 2006 auf den Weg gebracht hat und auch heute noch eine wichtige Koordinierungsfunktion ausübt. Ihre Aufgaben umfassen die Förderung des Dialogs zwischen den Interessenvertretern, die Ko-Finanzierung der Auswahlverfahren, die Organisation der Preisverleihung und die Koordinierung einer umfassenden Informationskampagne. Die Fremdenverkehrszentrale Zypern ist für das EDEN Programm in Zypern verantwortlich. Ce projet bénéficie du soutien de la Commission européenne, qui l’a lancé en 2006 et joue toujours le rôle fondamental de coordinatrice. Les tâches de la Commission consistent, entre autres, à encourager le dialogue entre les parties prenantes, à cofinancer les procédures de sélection, à organiser la cérémonie de remise des prix et à coordonner une campagne complète de communication. L’Office du Tourisme de Chypre est l’organisation responsable pour le programme EDEN à Chypre. �EDEN THEMES AND DESTINATIONS The principle of the EDEN process is simple: each year, one theme is chosen by the European Commission, in close cooperation with national tourism bodies, and one destination per participating country is selected. Each of the chosen topics serves to highlight different aspects of European regions’ assets and is related to sustainable development in one way or another, whether from a cultural, economic, local involvement or environmental point of view. Destinations taking part have to show that economically viable tourism has been developed based on each year’s EDEN theme. EDEN topics provide an opportunity for demonstrating the wealth of diversity Europe can offer, including its natural resources, historical heritage, traditional celebrations, local gastronomy, and so on. The eligible destinations, namely lesser known and less crowded ones, are thus able to show off what makes them unique and also show tourists that an unforgettable experience awaits them. The winning destinations are those that best reflect the chosen theme of the year and that offer a unique tourism experience, in line with sustainable patterns. 6 Θέματα και προορισμοί EDEN Η αρχή που διέπει τη διαδικασία EDEN είναι απλή: κάθε χρόνο επιλέγεται ένα θέμα από την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή, σε στενή συνεργασία με τους εθνικούς φορείς τουρισμού, καθώς και ένας προορισμός ανά συμμετέχουσα χώρα. Καθένα από τα επιλεγμένα θέματα χρησιμεύει ώστε να αναδειχθούν διάφορες πλευρές των συγκριτικών πλεονεκτημάτων των ευρωπαϊκών περιφερειών και σχετίζεται με κάποιον τρόπο με τη βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη, είτε από πολιτιστική, οικονομική ή περιβαλλοντική άποψη είτε από τη σκοπιά της τοπικής συμμετοχής. Οι προορισμοί που συμμετέχουν οφείλουν να δείξουν ότι έχει αναπτυχθεί οικονομικά βιώσιμος τουρισμός με βάση το θέμα EDEN της κάθε χρονιάς. Τα θέματα EDEN παρέχουν την ευκαιρία να καταστεί φανερός ο πλούτος της ποικιλομορφίας που μπορεί να προσφέρει η Ευρώπη, συμπεριλαμβάνοντας τους φυσικούς πόρους της, την ιστορική της κληρονομιά, τους παραδοσιακούς εορτασμούς της, την τοπική γαστρονομία κ.ο.κ. Οι επιλέξιμοι προορισμοί, δηλαδή οι λιγότερο γνωστοί και όσοι προσελκύουν λιγότερους επισκέπτες, έχουν έτσι τη δυνατότητα να αναδείξουν όσα τους καθιστούν μοναδικούς και επίσης να δώσουν στους τουρίστες μια γεύση από την αξέχαστη εμπειρία που τους περιμένει. Οι προορισμοί που αναδεικνύονται νικητές είναι αυτοί που αντανακλούν με τον καλύτερο τρόπο το επιλεγμένο θέμα της κάθε χρονιάς και οι οποίοι προσφέρουν μια μοναδική τουριστική εμπειρία, σύμφωνα με πρότυπα βιωσιμότητας. �EDEN-Themen und -Reiseziele Thèmes & destinations EDEN Das EDEN-Verfahren beruht auf einem einfachen Prinzip: Jedes Jahr wählt die Europäische Kommission in enger Zusammenarbeit mit den nationalen Tourismusbehörden ein Thema aus, und pro Teilnehmerland wird ein Reiseziel ausgewählt. Le principe d’EDEN est simple: chaque année, un thème est choisi par la Commission européenne, en proche collaboration avec les organismes nationaux de tourisme, et une destination par pays participant est sélectionnée. Jedes gewählte Thema dient dazu, verschiedene Aspekte der herausragenden Besonderheiten der europäischen Regionen hervorzuheben und steht in der einen oder anderen Weise in Zusammenhang mit nachhaltiger Entwicklung, sei es von einem kulturellen, wirtschaftlichen, lokal geprägten oder ökologischen Standpunkt aus. Chacun des thèmes choisis a pour but de mettre en valeur différents aspects des atouts des régions européennes et est lié, d’une façon ou d’une autre, au développement durable, que ce soit du point de vue culturel, économique, environnemental ou de l’engagement des acteurs locaux. Die Reiseziele, die sich bewerben, müssen die Entwicklung eines ökonomisch tragfähigen Tourismus entsprechend dem jährlichen EDEN-Thema nachweisen. EDEN-Themen bieten die Gelegenheit, dem Reichtum der europäischen Vielfalt, einschließlich der Naturressourcen, des historischen Erbes, traditioneller Feste, ortstypischer Gastronomie usw., Geltung zu verschaffen. Die förderwürdigen Reiseziele, insbesondere weniger bekannte und touristisch weniger erschlossene Reiseziele, erhalten die Gelegenheit, mit Stolz auf das zu verweisen, was sie einzigartig macht und Touristen mit dem Versprechen unvergesslicher Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse anzulocken. Die Preisträger sind Destinationen, die das gewählte Jahresthema am besten widerspiegeln und eine einzigartige Tourismuserfahrung im Sinne eines nachhaltigen Tourismus bieten. Les destinations participantes doivent prouver qu’elles ont développé un tourisme économiquement viable en relation avec le thème annuel choisi par EDEN. Les thèmes EDEN permettent donc de démontrer combien l’Europe est riche en diversité, notamment en ce qui concerne ses ressources naturelles, son patrimoine historique, ses célébrations traditionnelles, sa gastronomie locale, etc. Les destinations éligibles, moins connues et moins visitées, sont donc en mesure de mettre en évidence ce qui les rend uniques et de montrer aux touristes qu’une expérience inoubliable les attend. Les destinations récompensées sont celles qui reflètent le mieux le thème choisi pour l’année et qui offrent une expérience touristique unique, dans le respect de modes durables. �ΤROODOS AGROS VOUNI PANAGIAS 2007 – Best Emerging European Rural Destinations of Excellence For the very first award in 2007, Europe rediscovered itself in its rural dimension. The quest was directed towards destinations that supported the development of rural tourism by making the most of their heritage, offering new products and improving the spread of visitors over seasons. 2008 – Tourism and local intangible heritage In 2008, destinations were awarded, not for their monuments or facilities, but for the traditions they have inherited and preserved through the generations. This living or ‘intangible’ heritage serves to bring people closer to the communities they live in by giving them a sense of identity and continuity. It includes culinary traditions, handicrafts, local arts and rural life. 2009 – Tourism and protected areas The EDEN award 2009 focused on promoting sustainable tourism in protected areas. Eligible destinations are those protected areas and/or the areas bordering them where an economically viable tourism product has been developed using the protected area as an asset, all the while respecting its protected environment and meeting the needs of local residents and visitors. 2007 – Καλύτερος Αναδυόμενος Ευρωπαϊκός Αγροτουριστικός Προορισμός Αριστείας Με τα πρώτα βραβεία το 2007, η Ευρώπη ανακάλυψε εκ νέου την αγροτική της διάσταση. Αναζητήθηκαν προορισμοί που να υποστηρίζουν την ανάπτυξη του αγροτουρισμού αξιοποιώντας την κληρονομιά τους, προσφέροντας νέα προϊόντα και βελτιώνοντας την κατανομή των επισκεπτών σε διαφορετικές εποχές. 2008 – Τουρισμός και τοπική άυλη κληρονομιά Το 2008 οι προορισμοί δεν επιλέχθηκαν με βάση τα μνημεία ή τις εγκαταστάσεις τους, αλλά με βάση τις παραδόσεις που κληρονόμησαν και διατήρησαν από γενιά σε γενιά. Αυτή η ζωντανή ή «άυλη» κληρονομιά δημιουργεί στενούς δεσμούς ανάμεσα στους ανθρώπους και την κοινότητά τους δίνοντάς τους μια αίσθηση ταυτότητας και συνέχειας. Περιλαμβάνει τις μαγειρικές παραδόσεις, τη χειροτεχνία, τις τοπικές τέχνες και την αγροτική ζωή. 2009 – Τουρισμός και προστατευόμενες περιοχές Το βραβείο EDEN 2009 επικεντρώθηκε στην προώθηση του βιώσιμου τουρισμού σε προστατευόμενες περιοχές. Επιλέξιμοι προορισμοί είναι οι προστατευόμενες περιοχές ή/και οι περιοχές που συνορεύουν με αυτές όπου έχει αναπτυχθεί ένα οικονομικά βιώσιμο τουριστικό προϊόν που χρησιμοποιεί την προστατευόμενη περιοχή ως συγκριτικό πλεονέκτημα, ενώ παράλληλα σέβεται το προστατευόμενο περιβάλλον και καλύπτει τις ανάγκες των κατοίκων της περιοχής και των επισκεπτών. 2008 – Tourismus und lokales immaterielles Erbe 2008 wurden die Reiseziele nicht aufgrund ihrer Denkmäler oder Einrichtungen ausgezeichnet, sondern für ihre Traditionen gewürdigt, die sie über Generationen gepflegt und bewahrt hatten. Dieses lebendige bzw. immaterielle Kulturerbe bringt die Menschen den Gemeinschaften näher, in denen sie leben, indem es ihnen eine Identität verleiht und Kontinuität gewährleistet. Das immaterielle Kulturerbe umfasst kulinarische Traditionen, Kunsthandwerk, ortstypische Kunst und dörfliches Leben. 2009 – Tourismus und Schutzgebiete Der neue EDEN-Preis zielt auf die Förderung eines nachhaltigen Tourismus in geschützten Gebieten. Förderwürdige Destinationen sind Schutzgebiete und/ oder an sie grenzende Gebiete, in denen ein wirtschaftlich tragfähiges Tourismusprodukt entwickelt wurde, welches das Schutzgebiet als Vorteil nutzt und gleichzeitig die geschützte Umwelt respektiert und den Bedürfnissen der Bewohner und Besucher vor Ort Rechnung trägt. 2007 – Beste aufstrebende ländliche Destinationen Europas Bei der ersten Preisverleihung im Jahr 2007 entdeckte Europa sich selbst in seiner ländlichen Dimension. Die Suche nach herausragenden europäischen Reisezielen betraf Destinationen, die die Entwicklung von Agrotourismus förderten, indem sie das Potenzial ihres Erbes optimal ausschöpften, neue Produkte anboten und die Besucher besser über die Jahreszeiten verteilten. 2007 – Meilleures destinations rurales européennes d’excellence émergentes La première remise des prix en 2007 fut l’occasion pour l’Europe de redécouvrir sa dimension rurale. Le concours récompensait les destinations qui encourageaient le développement du tourisme rural en mettant en valeur leur héritage, en proposant de nouveaux produits et en augmentant chaque année le nombre de leurs visiteurs. 8 2008 – Tourisme et patrimoine immatériel local En 2008, certaines destinations se sont vu remettre un prix, non pour leurs monuments ou infrastructures, mais pour les traditions qu’elles ont héritées et conservées au fil des générations. Le patrimoine vivant ou «immatériel» sert à rapprocher les personnes des communautés dans lesquelles elles vivent en leur conférant un sens d’identité et de continuité. Il comprend les traditions culinaires, les artisanats, les arts locaux et la vie rurale. 2009 – Tourisme et zones protégées L’édition 2009 des prix EDEN s’est concentrée sur la promotion du tourisme durable dans les zones protégées. Les destinations éligibles sont donc les zones protégées et/ou les zones qui les bordent qui ont développé un produit touristique économiquement viable en recourant à la zone en tant qu’atout, tout en respectant son environnement protégé et en répondant aux besoins des habitants et des visiteurs. �KATO PYRGOS 2010 – Aquatic Tourism The 2010 quest has been addressed to those tourist coastal, lake and riverside destinations promoting innovative approaches for their aquatic tourism offer in such a way as to develop a more qualitative environment, to cope with the seasonality issue and to rebalance the tourist flows from the most famous and crowed tourist destinations. 2010 – Τουρισμός με βάση το υδάτινο στοιχείο Αυτή τη χρονιά αναζητούνται τουριστικοί προορισμοί σε ακτές, λίμνες και ποτάμια που προάγουν καινοτόμες προσεγγίσεις στην τουριστική προσφορά τους με βάση το υδάτινο στοιχείο με τρόπο τέτοιο ώστε να αναπτύσσεται ένα πιο ποιοτικό περιβάλλον, να αντιμετωπίζεται το θέμα των εποχιακών διακυμάνσεων και να επιτυγχάνεται νέα ισορροπία στις τουριστικές ροές από τους πιο διάσημους τουριστικούς προορισμούς που προσελκύουν περισσότερους επισκέπτες. 2010 – Wassertourismus Die diesjährige Suche konzentrierte sich auf Küsten-, See- und Fluss-Reiseziele, die innovative Konzepte für Wassertourismusangebote fördern, die darauf ausgerichtet sind, ein qualitativ besseres Umfeld zu entwickeln, dem Saisoncharakter Rechnung zu tragen und die Touristenströme in den beliebtesten und überfüllten Touristenzielen wieder ins Gleichgewicht zu bringen. 2010 – Tourisme aquatique Cette année, le concours a porté sur les destinations touristiques situées en bord de mer, de lac ou de fleuve, qui encouragent le recours à des approches innovantes pour leur offre touristique aquatique, de façon à développer un environnement de meilleure qualité, de réagir au problème de la saisonnalité et de rééquilibrer les flux touristiques des destinations touristiques les plus populaires et les plus fréquentées. KALOPANAYIOTIS 2011 - Tourism and Regeneration of physical sites The 2011 quest rewarded those destinations which have regenerated a physical site of their local heritage and converted it into a tourism attraction to be used as a catalyst for wider local regeneration. 2011 – Τουρισμός και Ανάπλαση χώρων-περιοχών Η αναζήτηση του 2011 επιβράβευσε εκείνους τους προορισμούς που έχουν αναπλάσει έναν χώρο-περιοχή από την τοπική τους κληρονομιά και τον έχουν μετατρέψει σε τουριστικό αξιοθέατο με τέτοιον τρόπο ώστε να χρησιμοποιηθεί ως καταλύτης για την ευρύτερη τοπική ανάπλαση. 2011 – Tourismus und Regeneration von physischen Stätten Im Rahmen des diesjährigen Wettbewerbs wurden Reiseziele ausgezeichnet, die ein zum lokalen Kulturerbe gehörendes Gebiet regeneriert und zu einer touristischen Attraktion gemacht haben, um so eine umfassende Regenerierung der Region voranzutreiben. 2011 – Tourisme et sites reconvertis Le concours 2011 a récompensé les destinations qui ont restauré puis reconverti un site de leur patrimoine local en une attraction touristique dans le cadre de la revitalisation urbaine locale. �TROODOS Troodos has five distinct regions, grouped around Mount Olympus, the highest mountain peak in Cyprus (1,952 meters): • Lemesos Mountain Resort region situated around the central higher elevations of the Troodos range, featuring pine covered village communities. • Pitsilia region (North and South) to the east of Mount Olympus, home to picturesque valleys covered with vineyards, almond, hazelnut, walnut and fruit trees. A good time to visit is in the spring, when the entire Valley is in full blossom. • Solea Valley to the north, situated along the main Lefkosia Troodos road, a charming area of tranquil villages set in beautiful natural surroundings. • Marathasa Valley located on the northwestern slopes of the Troodos range, a fertile cherry producing area of small village communities and crystal water springs. • Krassochoria and “Koumandaria” region, located on the southern slopes of the Troodos range, a region known for its wine production. In recent years a number of small enterprises specializing in the production of local wine have emerged, establishing wine varieties of international standard. 10 Το Τρόοδος περιλαμβάνει πέντε διαφορετικές περιοχές με κέντρο το όρος Όλυμπος, τη ψηλότερη κορυφή στην Κύπρο (1.952 μέτρα): • Την περιοχή ορεινών θερέτρων Λεμεσού, γύρω απ’ τα κεντρικά υψώματα της οροσειράς Τροόδους, με χωριά ανάμεσα στα πευκοδάση. • Την περιοχή Πιτσιλιά (Βόρεια και Νότια), στα ανατολικά του όρους Όλυμπος, με γραφικές κοιλάδες γεμάτες αμπέλια, αμυγδαλιές, φουντουκιές, καρυδιές και άλλα οπωροφόρα δέντρα. Καλύτερη εποχή να την επισκεφθείτε είναι η άνοιξη, όταν όλη η κοιλάδα είναι ανθισμένη. • Την κοιλάδα Σολιά στα βόρεια, κατά μήκος του κεντρικού δρόμου Λευκωσία-Τρόοδος, μια γοητευτική περιοχή με ήσυχα χωριά χτισμένα σε τοποθεσίες μεγάλης φυσικής ομορφιάς. • Την κοιλάδα Μαραθάσα, στις βορειοδυτικές πλαγιές της οροσειράς Τροόδους. Είναι μια εύφορη περιοχή με μικρά χωριά και πηγές με κρυστάλλινο νερό, γνωστή για τα κεράσια της. • Την περιοχή Κρασοχωριά και «Κουμανταρία», στις νότιες πλαγιές της οροσειράς Τροόδους, που είναι γνωστή για την παραγωγή κρασιού. Τα τελευταία χρόνια εμφανίστηκαν αρκετές μικρές επιχειρήσεις που ειδικεύονται στην παραγωγή τοπικού κρασιού, δημιουργώντας ποικιλίες κρασιού διεθνούς εμβέλειας. �Troodos besteht aus fünf Regionen, die sich rund um den höchsten Berg Zyperns (1.952 m), den Olympus Berg reihen: • Das Bergresort von Lemesos mit seinen, von Kiefernwäldern be deckten Dörfern in den zentralen, höheren Erhebungen des Troodos. • Die Region Pitsillia (Nord und Süd) im Osten des Olympus Berg ist die Heimat von malerischen Tälern, Weinbergen, Obstplantagen, Mandel– Hasel– und Wallnussbäumen. Die beste Jahreszeit für einen Besuch ist das Frühjahr, wenn das Tal in voller Blüte steht. • Das Tal von Solea im Norden, ein bezauberndes Gebiet mit friedvollen Dörfern entlang der Hauptstraße Lefkosia – Troodos und umgeben von einer herrlichen Natur. • Das Marathasa Tal an den nordwestlichen Hängen des Troodos Gebirges - ein fruchtbares Anbaugebiet für Kirschen mit kristallklaren Wasserquellen und kleinen Dörfern. • Die „Koumandaria- Region“ und „Krassochoria“ an den Südhängen des Troodos - bekannt für ihre Weinproduktion. In den letzten Jahren hat eine Reihe von kleinen Weinunternehmen es geschafft, die zypriotischen Weinsorten auf internationalem Niveau zu etablieren. Le Troodos couvre cinq régions distinctes autour du Mont Olympe, le plus haut sommet de Chypre (1952 mètres) : • La région touristique montagneuse de Lemesos (Limassol) qui comprend la partie centrale la plus élevée de la chaîne du Troodos, caractérisée par ses villages au milieu des bois de pins. • La région de Pitsilia (Nord et Sud) à l’est du Mont Olympe, avec ses pittoresques vallées aux pentes couvertes de vignobles, d’amandiers, de noisetiers, de noyers et d’arbres fruitiers. Il est recommandé de la visiter au printemps lorsque les arbres sont en fleurs. • La vallée de Solea au nord, que parcourt la route Lefkosia (Nicosie)-Troodos, région de villages tranquilles situés dans un magnifique environnement naturel. • La vallée de Marathasa, sur les pentes nord-ouest de la chaîne du Troodos, une région fertile réputée pour ses cerisiers, avec ses petits villages et ses sources d’eau cristalline. • La région de Krassochoria et Koumandaria, sur les pentes méridionales du massif, célèbre pour ses vignobles. Depuis quelques années, de petites propriétés y produisent différents vins appréciés à l’échelon inter national. DON’T FORGET ΜΗΝ ΞΕΧΆΣΕΤΕ Sample Koumantaria and other local wines at one of Troodos’ many wineries Να δοκιμάσετε την Κουμανταρία και άλλα Κυπριακά κρασιά σε ένα από τα οινοποιεία του Τροόδους Taste traditional Cypriot food and preserved sweets at local tavernas Hike through one of Troodos’ many nature paths Visit Kykkos Monastery Να δοκιμάσετε την παραδοσιακή Κυπριακή κουζίνα και γλυκά κουταλιού στις τοπικές ταβέρνες Να περπατήσετε στα Μονοπάτια τις Φύσης Να επισκεφτείτε το Μοναστήρι Κύκκου �Troodos provides a wide range of hotels, traditional houses and agrotourism establishments for accommodation. There is a supply of nearly 2000 beds in various types of licensed establishments, from basic village accommodation to 4 star hotels. The area offers an abundance of things to do and see: walking or cycling through forest nature trails, attending local village festivals, experiencing the local traditional cuisine and discovering the cultural treasures of UNESCO World Heritage sites are among the main pursuits. Birdwatchers, botanists, geologists, ramblers, bikers, photographers or nature lovers seeking a relaxing break away from the cosmopolitan coastal resorts will all be delighted! Troodos National Forest Park covers an area of 9,337 hectares around the Olympus Mountain. The highest point is Chionistra (1,952 m) and the lowest is the Moni forest (700m). 12 Το Τρόοδος διαθέτει πολλά ξενοδοχεία, παραδοσιακές οικίες και ξενώνες αγροτουρισμού. Υπάρχουν σχεδόν 2.000 κλίνες σε διάφορες εγκαταστάσεις, από στοιχειώδη καταλύματα στα χωριά, μέχρι ξενοδοχεία 4 αστέρων. Οι επισκέπτες έχουν πολλά να κάνουν και να δουν στην περιοχή. Κύριες δραστηριότητες είναι το περπάτημα ή η ποδηλασία μέσα στα δασικά φυσικά μονοπάτια, η παρακολούθηση μιας τοπικής γιορτής σε κάποιο χωριό, η δοκιμή της τοπικής παραδοσιακής κουζίνας και η ανακάλυψη των πολιτιστικών μνημείων που έχουν συμπεριληφθεί στις τοποθεσίες Παγκόσμιας Κληρονομιάς της UNESCO. Όσοι ασχολούνται με την παρατήρηση πουλιών, οι βοτανολόγοι, οι γεωλόγοι, οι πεζοπόροι, οι ποδηλάτες, οι φωτογράφοι και οι φυσιολάτρεις που αποζητούν ένα ήρεμο διάλειμμα από τα κοσμοπολίτικα θέρετρα των ακτών θα απολαύσουν τη διαμονή τους στην περιοχή! Το Εθνικό Δασικό Πάρκο του Τροόδους καλύπτει έκταση 9.337 εκταρίων γύρω από το όρος Όλυμπος. Η ψηλότερη κορυφή είναι η Χιονίστρα (1.952 μ.) και η χαμηλότερη το δάσος Μονή (700 μ.). �Troodos bietet eine große Auswahl an Hotels und traditionellen Ferienhäusern mit einer Kapazität von ungefähr 2000 Betten in verschiedenen Hotelkategorien. Die Region bietet eine Fülle von Sehenswürdigkeiten und Aktivitäten. Dazu gehört Wandern oder Rad fahren, Dorffeste besuchen, die einheimische traditionelle Küche ausprobieren und die Sehenswürdigkeiten des UNESCO Weltkulturerbes besuchen. Vogelbeobachter, Botaniker, Geologen, Wanderer, Radfahrer, Fotografen und Naturliebhaber, die nach einem entspannten Aufenthalt abseits der lebhaften Küstenorte suchen, werden begeistert sein. Der Troodos Nationalpark umfasst ein Gebiet von 9.337 Hektar rund um den Olympus Berg. Der höchste Punkt ist „Chionistra“ (1.952 m) - der niedrigste der Wald von Moni (700 m). Au chapitre de l’hébergement, le Troodos offre un vaste choix d’hôtels, de maisons traditionnelles et de gîtes ruraux. Des gîtes ruraux tout simples aux hôtels 4 étoiles, la région propose en tout près de 2000 lits dans des établissements dûment homologués. Elle offre, par ailleurs, beaucoup à voir et à faire : randonnées à pied ou à vélo en pleine nature sur les chemins, fêtes villageoises, gastronomie traditionnelle locale et découverte des trésors culturels que sont les sites inscrits sur la liste du Patrimoine mondial de l’Unesco. Les amateurs d’ornithologie, de promenades botaniques ou géologiques, de photographie ou, tout simplement, les simples amoureux de la nature y passeront d’agréables moments, loin de la vie trépidante des stations balnéaires de la côte. Le Parc national forestier du Troodos couvre une superficie de 9337 hectares autour du Mont Olympe, dont le point culminant est Chionistra (1952 mètres) et la partie la plus basse, la forêt de Moni (700m). �Machairas National Forest Park situated in the Pitsilia region contains over 600 plant species, including 27 indigenous to Cyprus. The predominant forest trees are the calabrian pine (Pinus brutia) and the golden oak (Quercus alnifolia). Fauna includes foxes, hares, hedgehogs, snakes, lizards and rare endemic species of butterfly. The two most important Cypriot rivers, Pediaios and Yialias, spring from the Park. Five nature protection area reserves are found within the Troodos region, all included in the European ‘NATURA 2000’ network. Cultivated vineyards cover a large percentage of Cyprus’ hilly and mountainous land, from sea level up to 1,500 metres. Most vineyards are located in the southern Troodos area predominantly on the slopes of the Krassochoria and “Koumandaria” region. Στο Εθνικό Δασικό Πάρκο Μαχαιρά στην περιοχή Πιτσιλιάς απαντώνται πάνω από 600 είδη φυτών, μεταξύ των οποίων είναι και 27 ενδημικά στην Κύπρο. Τα περισσότερα δέντρα δάσους είναι οι τραχείες πεύκες (Pinus brutia) και οι λατζιές (δρυς η κληθρόφυλλη, Quercus alnifolia). Η πανίδα περιλαμβάνει αλεπούδες, λαγούς, σκαντζόχοιρους, φίδια, σαύρες και σπάνια ενδημικά είδη πεταλούδας. Στα είδη πουλιών που ζουν στο πάρκο συγκαταλέγονται ο σπιζαετός, ο τρυποράσιης, η σκαλιφούρτα, η ελατοπαπαδίτσα, ο γκιώνης, η κίσσα, η νησοπέρδικα και η φάσα. Οι δύο σημαντικότεροι ποταμοί της Κύπρου, ο Πεδιαίος και ο Γιαλιάς, έχουν τις πηγές τους στο πάρκο. Στην περιοχή του Τροόδους υπάρχουν πέντε προστατευόμενες φυσικές περιοχές, που περιλαμβάνονται στο ευρωπαϊκό δίκτυο «NATURA 2000». Τα αμπέλια καλύπτουν μεγάλο ποσοστό της λοφώδους και ορεινής γης της Κύπρου, από το επίπεδο της θάλασσας μέχρι τα 1.500 μέτρα. Τα περισσότερα αμπέλια είναι συγκεντρωμένα στη νότια περιοχή του Τροόδους, κυρίως στις πλαγιές της περιοχής Κρασοχώρια και «Κουμανταρία». Από τα αμπέλια της περιοχής βγαίνει ένα γλυκό και γεμάτο κρασί για επιδόρπιο που είναι γνωστό ως κουμανταρία και αρχικά παραγόταν από την «Grand Commanderie» των Ιπποτών του Τάγματος του Αγίου Ιωάννη της Ιερουσαλήμ κατά το 14ο αιώνα. Θεωρείται το παλαιότερο κρασί του κόσμου με ονομασία προέλευσης. WIR EMPFEHLEN Verkostung von „Koumandaria“ und anderen lokalen Weinen in einer von Troodos Weinkellereien 14 Traditionelle zypriotische Küche und süß eingelegte Früchte in den einheimischen Tavernen �Der Nationalpark von Machairas befindet sich in der Region Pitsillia. Man findet dort über 600 Pflanzenarten, darunter 27 einheimische Arten. Kiefern (Pinius brutia) und Eichen (Quercus alnifolia) sind die vorherrschenden Baumarten. Zur Fauna gehören Füchse, Hasen, Igel, Schlangen, Eidechsen und seltene endemische Schmetterlingsarten. Die zwei wichtigsten zypriotischen Flüsse – der „Pediaios“ und der „Yialias“ entspringen in dem Nationalpark. In der Region Troodos befinden sich fünf Naturschutzgebiete, die alle ins „European Natura 2000 Network“ aufgenommen wurden. Vom Meeresspiegel bis zu einer Höhe von 1.500m bedecken gepflegte Weinberge einen großen Teil der bergigen Landschaft. Die meisten Weinberge liegen im Süden von Troodos - überwiegend an den Berghängen von Krassochoria und der Koumandaria Region. Le Parc national forestier de Machairas est situé dans la région de Pitsilia ; il y pousse plus de 600 espèces végétales, dont 27 sont endémiques à Chypre. Ses espèces les plus communes sont le pin calabrais (Pinus brutia) et le chêne doré (Quercus alnifolia). Côté faune, on peut y observer des renards, des lièvres, des hérissons, des serpents, des lézards et quelques espèces endémiques rares de papillons. Les deux plus grandes rivières de Chypre y ont leur source. Cinq réserves naturelles protégées sont recensées dans la région du Troodos, toutes faisant partie du réseau européen NATURA 2000. Auf einem der vielen Naturlehrpfaden von Troodos wandern Die Besichtigung vom Kykkos Kloster Les vignobles qui couvrent une bonne partie des collines et terres montagneuses de Chypre jusqu’à une altitude de 1500 mètres sont essentiellement concentrés sur les pentes sud du Troodos, dans la région de Krassochoria et Koumandaria. Cette région produit un vin de dessert doux et robuste connu sous l’appellation Koumandaria. Produit dès le XIVème siècle par la Grande Commanderie des Chevaliers de l’ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem, il est considéré comme étant la plus ancienne appellation au monde. �The region vineyards are the source of a sweet, robust dessert wine known as Koumandaria. Originally produced by the ‘Grand Commanderie’ of the Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem during the 14th century, it is considered to be the oldest named wine in the world. Tradition and heritage form an important part of daily life in the area. It is home to many small museums and centres dedicated to traditional skills, environment, iconography and rural life. Local festivals commemorating the patron saint of a village are an integral part of life in the region. Other festive events cover a wide variety of themes such as folk art and craft festivals, bread, preserved sweets, meat and other local produce exhibitions and wine tasting events. 16 Η παράδοση και η κληρονομιά αποτελούν σημαντικό τμήμα της ζωής στην περιοχή, όπου υπάρχουν πολλά μικρά μουσεία και κέντρα, αφιερωμένα σε παραδοσιακές τέχνες, στο περιβάλλον, στην εικονογραφία και στην αγροτική ζωή. Τα τοπικά πανηγύρια στη γιορτή του προστάτη αγίου κάθε χωριού είναι βασικό κομμάτι της ζωής στην περιοχή. Άλλες εκδηλώσεις καλύπτουν ευρεία γκάμα θεμάτων, όπως τα φεστιβάλ λαϊκής τέχνης, οι εκθέσεις ψωμιού, γλυκά κουταλιού, κρέατος και άλλων τοπικών προϊόντων και οι εκδηλώσεις δοκιμής κρασιών. �Der bekannte Dessertwein Zyperns, der „Koumandaria“, stammt aus dieser Region. Ursprünglich wurde er im 14. Jahrhundert in der „Grand Commanderie“ der Ritter des Johanniterordens hergestellt und gilt als einer der ältesten Markenweine der Welt. Tradition und Erbe bilden einen wichtigen Teil des Alltags in der Region. Sie ist die Heimat von zahlreichen kleinen Museen und Handarbeitszentren, der Ikonographie und ländliches Leben ist vorherrschend. Lokale Feste zum Gedenken an den Schutzpatron des Dorfes sind ein fester Bestandteil des Lebens in dieser Region. Im Rahmen von vielen Festlichkeiten entsteht Volkskunst. Zudem sind Weinverkostungen im Angebot, spezielles Brot, süß eingelegte Früchte und andere einheimische Produkte. La vie quotidienne dans cette région est restée très traditionnelle, d’où ses nombreux petits musées et centres d’artisanat, dédiés ou illustrant la vie rurale, ses fêtes votives, ses festivals d’art et ses dégustations de vins et produits régionaux. A NE PAS MANQUER Déguster le Koumandaria et d’autres vins locaux chez un producteur Découvrir la gastronomie traditionnelle chypriote dans les tavernes locales, et notamment ses pâtisseries et douceurs Randonner au milieu de la nature sur les innombrables chemins du Troodos Visiter le monastère de Kykkos. �AGROS On the slopes of Mount Troodos, centrally located, Agros village offers an authentic travel experience. Its close proximity to all cities and the international airports of Larnaca and Pafos provides short and easy access by car and bus. Agros village is situated in the heart of the Pitsilia region in a beautiful valley, where wild roses grow in the hills. It is home to many historical and cultural sites and natural walking and hiking trails for those who love nature and enjoy discovering flora and fauna. Its beautifully landscaped vineyards, almond blossoms, walnut trees, fruit orchards and perennial crystal clear water springs have earned Agros a very precious reputation as one of the island’s national treasures. Χτισμένο στις πλαγιές του όρους Τρόοδος, στην καρδιά της περιοχής Πιτσιλιά στο κέντρο της Κύπρου, μέσα σε μια όμορφη κοιλάδα, με τους γύρω λόφους γεμάτους άγριες τριανταφυλλιές, το χωριό Αγρός προσφέρει μια αυθεντική, παραδοσιακή ταξιδιωτική εμπειρία. Στο χωριό υπάρχουν πολλοί χώροι αρχαιολογικού και πολιτιστικού ενδιαφέροντος, καθώς και ειδικά μονοπάτια για περπάτημα και πεζοπορία για όσους αγαπούν τη φύση και τους αρέσει να ανακαλύπτουν την πανίδα και τη χλωρίδα του τόπου. Τα όμορφα διαμορφωμένα αμπέλια, οι αμυγδαλιές, οι καρυδιές, οι οπωρώνες και οι πηγές με κρυστάλλινο νερό που τρέχει όλο το χρόνο καθιστούν τον Αγρό ένα από τα πιο φημισμένα αξιοθέατα του νησιού. 18 �Das Dorf Agros bietet ein authentisches Reisererlebnis. Es ist zentral an den Hängen des Troodos Gebirges gelegen. Wegen seiner Nähe zu den Städten und den beiden internationalen Flughäfen von Larnaka und Pafos ist es mit dem Auto oder mit dem Bus gut zu erreichen. Agros liegt im Herzen der Region „Pitsillia“, in einem wunderschönen Tal, wo wilde Rosen auf den Hügeln wachsen. Es ist nicht nur die Heimat von vielen historischen und kulturellen Stätten, sondern auch von Wanderlehrpfaden für Naturliebhaber. Durch seine wunderschönen Weinberge, die blühenden Mandelbäume, Wallnussbäume, Obstplantagen und die kristallklaren Wasserquellen ist das Dorf eines der kostbarsten nationalen Schätze der Insel. Sur la partie centrale des pentes méridionales du Troodos, le village d’Agros offre une expérience intéressante et authentique, avec l’avantage d’être situé à proximité des grandes villes et des deux aéroports internationaux de Larnaca et de Pafos, donc facilement accessible. Au cœur de la région de Pitsilia, dans une splendide vallée où poussent des roses sauvages, Agros offre de nombreux sites historiques et culturels au milieu d’un environnement naturel propice aux balades et randonnées pour une découverte de la faune et de la flore. Ses paysages plantés de vignobles, d’amandiers, de noyers et de vergers, ainsi que ses sources d’eau pure, valent à Agros de compter parmi les trésors touristiques de l’île. DON’T FORGET Enjoy a walk through the village’s nature trails Visit the village during the Rose Festival in May Try rose related products such as rosewater and rose oil based liqueur, brandy, preserves and perfumes �Agros is an ideal year-round rural destination to visit not only for its great countryside, but also for its local traditions and cultural and religious sites. Named after a monastery of the 11th century, Agros was founded at the end of the 18th century and developed its well known rosewater industry with the introduction of the Mesopotamian Rosa Damascena in the early 20th century. Agros offers its visitors unique opportunities to participate in celebrations of local cultural heritage and natural beauty. One such celebration is the rose festival in May. Ο Αγρός αποτελεί ιδανικό αγροτικό προορισμό ολόκληρο το χρόνο όχι μόνο λόγω του πανέμορφου φυσικού περιβάλλοντος, αλλά και χάρη στις τοπικές παραδόσεις και τους χώρους πολιτιστικού και αρχαιολογικού ενδιαφέροντος. Το όνομα του χωριού, προέρχεται από ένα μοναστήρι του 11ου αιώνα. Ο Αγρός ιδρύθηκε στα τέλη του 18ου αιώνα και ανέπτυξε τη διάσημη βιομηχανία ροδοστάγματος με την εισαγωγή της Ροδής της Δαμασκηνής από τη Μεσοποταμία στις αρχές του 20ού αιώνα. Το χωριό προσφέρει λοιπόν στους επισκέπτες του μοναδικές ευκαιρίες να συμμετάσχουν στις γιορτές της τοπικής πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς και της ομορφιάς της φύσης, όπως η γιορτή του τριαντάφυλλου τον Μάιο. Agros ist nicht nur wegen seiner schönen Landschaft ein ideales Ganzjahresziel für Agrotourismus, sondern auch wegen seiner Traditionen, der kulturellen und religiösen Stätten. Benannt nach einem Kloster aus dem 11. Jahrhundert, wurde Agros im 18. Jahrhundert gegründet. Es entwickelte seine bekannte Rosenwasser- Herstellung Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts mit der Einfuhr von der Rosa Damascena aus Mesopotamien. Das Dorf bietet seinen Gästen die einzigartige Gelegenheit, an Kultur – und Naturfesten teilzunehmen, wie z.B. dem Rosenfestival im Mai. 20 �Agros est une destination agro-touristique fonctionnant toute l’année, non seulement en raison de son superbe environnement naturel, mais aussi pour ses sites culturels et religieux, comme pour riches traditions locales. Son nom lui vient d’e celui d’un monastère du XIème siècle, mais Agros n’a été fondé qu’à la fin du XVIIIème, tandis que sa réputation comme centre de production de l’eau de rose ne date que du début du XXème, avec l’introduction de la culture de la rose damascène de Mésopotamie. Agros offre aux visiteurs ses beautés naturelles et l’opportunité de découvrir son héritage culturel, notamment lors du Festival de la rose, en mai. ΜΗΝ ΞΕΧΆΣΕΤΕ Να περπατήσετε στα φυσικά μονοπάτια του χωριού Να επισκεφτείτε τον Αγρό για τη Γιορτή του Τριαντάφυλλου το Μάιο Να δοκιμάστε λικέρ, μπράντι, γλυκά και αρώματα με βάση το ροδόσταγμα και το έλαιο τριαντάφυλλου WIR EMPFEHLEN Auf den Naturlehrpfaden zu wandern Das Dorf während des Rosenfestivals im Mai zu besuchen Rosenprodukte, wie Rosenwasser, Likör, Brandy, Marmelade und Parfüm zu probieren. �Throughout the area there are three nature trails, ideal for walking in an idyllic setting. A walk through Agros village reveals important aspects of the tradition, history and culture of the region. Την περιοχή του Αγρού διασχίζουν τρία φυσικά μονοπάτια, ιδανικά για να απολαύσει ο επισκέπτης το ειδυλλιακό τοπίο. Μια βόλτα μέσα στο χωριό αποκαλύπτει σημαντικές πλευρές της παράδοσης, της ιστορίας και του πολιτισμού της περιοχής. The church of Panagia Eleousa erected on the ruins of the Agros monastery is an impressive piece of Byzantine architecture with a massive dome. The church also housed the icon of Panagia (Virgin Mary the Merciful) until 1990 when it was put in a nearby chapel. The church of Timios Prodromos (John the Baptist) is a 19th century basilica monument located in eastern Agros. Η εκκλησία της Παναγίας Ελεούσας, που ανεγέρθηκε στα ερείπια του μοναστηριού του Αγρού, είναι ένα εντυπωσιακό δείγμα βυζαντινής αρχιτεκτονικής και διαθέτει τεράστιο τρούλο. Στην εκκλησία φυλασσόταν επίσης η εικόνα της Παναγίας Ελεούσας μέχρι το 1990 οπότε και μεταφέρθηκε σ’ ένα κοντινό παρεκκλήσιο. Η εκκλησία του Τιμίου Προδρόμου (Αγίου Ιωάννη του Βαπτιστή) είναι μια βασιλική του 19ου αιώνα που βρίσκεται στον ανατολικό Αγρό. One of the most important museums of the island is the Frangoulidis museum. The folk art museum housed in a restored traditional building carries a selection of local arts and crafts. Its most interesting exhibits include a traditional olive mill. 22 Ένα από τα σημαντικότερα μουσεία του νησιού είναι το Μουσείο Φραγκουλίδη. Το μουσείο λαϊκής τέχνης, που στεγάζεται σ’ ένα ανακαινισμένο παραδοσιακό κτίριο, διαθέτει μια συλλογή από τοπικά τεχνουργήματα και αντικείμενα. Στα πλέον ενδιαφέροντα εκθέματά του συγκαταλέγεται ένας παραδοσιακός ελαιόμυλος. �Ideal zum Wandern sind die drei nahe gelegenen Naturlehrpfade. Ein Spaziergang durch Agros offenbart wichtige Elemente von Brauchtümern, der Geschichte und der Kultur der Region. Agros offre trois sentiers « nature » pour des balades dans un très bel environnement, tandis que le village lui-même révèle des aspects importants de l’histoire, de la culture et des traditions régionales. Die Kirche der „Panagia Eleousa“, errichtet auf den Ruinen des Agros- Klosters, ist mit ihrer massiven Kuppel ein beeindruckendes Beispiel byzantinischer Architektur. Seit 1990 beherbergte die Kirche auch die Ikone der Panagia (Jungfrau Maria der Barmherzigen), die später dann in eine nahe gelegene Kapelle gebracht wurde. Bei der Kirche des Timios Prodromos (Johannes der Täufer) aus dem 19. Jahrhundert handelt es sich um eine Basilika im Osten von Agros. L’église de la Panagia Eleousa, construite sur les ruines de l’ancien monastère d’Agros, est, avec son dôme impressionnant, un exemple majeur de l’architecture byzantine. Elle abritait jusqu’en 1990 une icône de la Panagia (Vierge Marie de la Miséricorde), aujourd’hui exposée dans une chapelle voisine. Dans la partie est du village se trouve l’église de Timios Prodromos (Jean-le-Baptiste), une basilique du XIXème siècle. Eines der wichtigsten Museen der Insel ist das Frangoulidis Museum. Das Volkskunstmuseum ist im traditionellen Stil restauriert worden und beherbergt eine Auswahl an einheimischem Kunstgewerbe. Zu seinen interessantesten Exponaten gehört eine traditionelle Ölmühle. L’un des plus importants musées de l’île est le Musée Frangoulidis, musée d’art populaire installé dans une maison traditionnelle restaurée. Il propose d’intéressantes collections d’objets d’art et d’artisanat locaux, ainsi qu’un moulin à huile d’olive traditionnel. �Agros is situated on the path of a wine route through pine trees and grapevines which grow freely on the slopes of the mountain. The route includes two wineries: Vasilikon winery Kyperounta, and Tsiakkas winery Pelendri. Ο Αγρός βρίσκεται πάνω σε μια διαδρομή του κρασιού που διασχίζει περιοχές με πεύκα και αμπέλια στις πλαγιές του βουνού. Η διαδρομή περιλαμβάνει δύο οινοποιεία: το οινοποιείο Βασιλικόν στην Κυπερούντα και το οινοποιείο Τσιάκκας στο Πελένδρι. Rose lovers will thoroughly enjoy a visit to Agros in May during the annual week-long rose festival, at the peak of rose blossoming. The festival is full of activities, exhibitions and demonstrations, celebrating nature’s beauty and local traditions. During the month of May rose-growers pick around half a million rose buds during the early morning hours while the leaves are still damp with morning dew. These flowers fill the whole region with a sensational fragrance. Local villagers and the surrounding communities use the rose extract to produce rose oil, rosewater, liqueur and brandy. Rosewater also has many uses in Cypriot cuisine. Οι λάτρεις των τριαντάφυλλων θα απολαύσουν μια επίσκεψη στον Αγρό στη διάρκεια του Μαΐου για την ετήσια γιορτή του τριαντάφυλλου, που διαρκεί μία εβδομάδα την εποχή που ανθίζουν τα τριαντάφυλλα. Η γιορτή περιλαμβάνει πολλές δραστηριότητες, εκθέσεις και επιδείξεις με αντικείμενο την ομορφιά της φύσης και τις τοπικές παραδόσεις. Στη διάρκεια του Μαΐου, οι καλλιεργητές τριαντάφυλλου μαζεύουν περίπου μισό εκατομμύριο μπουμπούκια πολύ νωρίς το πρωί, όσο τα φύλλα είναι ακόμα υγρά από την πρωινή πάχνη. Αυτά τα λουλούδια πλημμυρίζουν ολόκληρη την περιοχή μ’ ένα ευωδιαστό άρωμα. Οι χωρικοί του Αγρού και των γύρω κοινοτήτων χρησιμοποιούν αυτό το εκχύλισμα για να παραγάγουν έλαιο τριαντάφυλλου, ροδόσταγμα, λικέρ και μπράντι. Το ροδόσταγμα χρησιμοποιείται επίσης ευρέως στην κυπριακή κουζίνα. 24 �Das Dorf Agros befindet sich inmitten einer Weinroute, umgeben von Pinien und Weinreben, die frei an den Berghängen wachsen. Auf der Route befinden sich zwei Weingüter: Das Weingut Vasilikon in Kyperounta und das Tsiakkas Weingut in Pelendri. A NE PAS MANQUER Rosenliebhaber werden einen Besuch in Agros im Mai während des Rosenfestivals, wenn die Rosenblüte ihren Höhepunkt erreicht hat, sehr genießen. Während des Festivals finden viele Aktivitäten, Ausstellungen und Vorführungen statt. Ungefähr eine halbe Million Rosenknospen werden in diesem Monat abgepflückt, solange die Blätter noch feucht vom Morgentau sind. Die Blumen füllen die gesamte Region mit ihrem speziellen Duft. Die einheimischen Bauern und die umliegenden Gemeinden nutzen den Rosenextrakt für die Herstellung von Rosenöl, Rosenwasser, Likör und Brandy. Rosenwasser findet häufig Anwendung in der zypriotischen Küche. Visiter le village pendant le Festival de la rose Des randonnées sur les sentiers « nature » de la région Goûter ou tester les produits issus de la rose, tels que l’eau de rose, la liqueur de rose, l’eau-de-vie, les confitures et les parfums Agros est également une escale sur la route des vins qui sillonne sur les flancs de la montagne entre bois de pins et vignobles. Deux arrêts sont recommandés, les chais Kyperounta et ceux de Tsiakkas Pelendri. Les amoureux des roses viendront plutôt à Agros en mai, durant le Festival de la rose qui dure une semaine au moment de la floraison. Un festival riche en couleurs et en activités, assorti d’expositions et de manifestations célébrant la beauté de la nature et les traditions locales. Au cours du mois de mai, un demi-million de boutons de roses sont cueillis aux premières heures de la matinée, alors que les feuilles sont encore humides de rosée. Une moisson dont les délicates fragrances baignent toute la région. On utilise ici les extraits de rose pour produire de l’huile et de l’eau de rose, de la liqueur et de l’eau-de-vie. L’eau de rose est aussi une composante fréquente de la cuisine chypriote. �VOUNI PANAGIAS With its winding countryside and picturesque settings, the area is renowned for its walking and hiking trails. Vouni Panagias Nature Trail, with its varying altitude and rugged terrain, covers an area of about 10 kilometres. Hikers who reach the top are rewarded with stunning panoramic views of Panagia village and the Akamas Peninsula expanse as well as sunsets over the Troodos Mountains. Walking the wine routes is another “must do” in Vouni Panagias. The region hosts three vineyards which produce some of the Island’s most exotic wines. Pairing the wine with local cuisine like mezze (an assortment of traditional small dishes) is highly recommended. For a trip back in history, visit Agios Nikolaos Monastery. It was built in the 4th Century AD and is founded on top of the ruins of the ancient temple dedicated to the Goddess Hera. Με τα εναλλασσόμενα και γραφικά της τοπία, η περιοχή είναι γνωστή για τις περιπατητικές διαδρομές της. Το Μονοπάτι της Φύσης του χωριού Βουνί Παναγιάς, με το ποικίλο υψόμετρο και το κακοτράχαλο έδαφος, καλύπτει μια έκταση σχεδόν 10 χιλιομέτρων. Οι πεζοπόροι που φθάνουν στο ψηλότερο σημείο ανταμείβονται από την εκπληκτική πανοραμική θέα του χωριού Παναγιά, της χερσονήσου του Ακάμα, καθώς και τα ηλιοβασιλέματα επάνω από την οροσειρά του Τροόδους. Το περπάτημα στους δρόμους του κρασιού είναι άλλη μια εμπειρία που πρέπει οπωσδήποτε να ζήσει κανείς στο Βουνί Παναγιάς. Η περιοχή φιλοξενεί τρεις αμπελώνες που παράγουν ορισμένα από τα πιο εξωτικά κρασιά του νησιού. Ο συνδυασμός του κρασιού με μεζέδες της τοπικής κουζίνας (μια ποικιλία παραδοσιακών μικρών πιάτων) συνιστάται ανεπιφύλακτα. Για να γνωρίσετε την αρχαία ιστορία του τόπου, κάντε μια βόλτα έως τη Μονή του Αγίου Νικολάου. Χτίστηκε τον 4ο αιώνα μ.Χ., επάνω από τα ερείπια του αρχαίου ναού που ήταν αφιερωμένος στη Θεά Ήρα. 26 �Mit ihren Serpentinenstraßen und der malerischen Kulisse ist diese Region bekannt für ihre Wander –und Naturlehrpfade. Der Wanderweg „Vouni Panagias“ ist mit seiner variierenden Höhenlage in felsiger Landschaft ungefähr 10 Kilometer lang. Wanderer, die es bis zum Gipfel schaffen, werden mit einem atemberaubenden Panorama vom Dorf Panagia und der Akamas Halbinsel, sowie einem Sonnenuntergang über den Bergen von Troodos belohnt. Sie sollten unbedingt der Weinstraße in Vouni Panagias folgen. In der Region befinden sich drei Weingüter, die den einen oder anderen exotischen Wein herstellen. Wir empfehlen, diese köstlichen Weine zusammen mit der ausgezeichneten lokalen Küche, wie z.B. mit „Meze“ (einer Auswahl an kleinen, traditionellen Gerichten) zu genießen. Für eine Reise zurück in die Geschichte besuchen Sie das Kloster von Agios Nikolaos. Es wurde im 4. Jahrhundert gegründet und auf den Ruinen des antiken Tempels der Göttin Hera erbaut. Ses chemins sillonnant un paysage accidenté et pittoresque en font l’une des régions préférées des randonneurs. Sentier escarpé parcourant la montagne en pleine nature sur une dizaine de kilomètres, le Vouni Panagias NatureTrail récompense les randonneurs pour les vues panoramiques qu’il offre sur le village de Panagia et la péninsule d’Akamas, sans oublier, les superbes couchers de soleil sur le massif du Troodos. Parcourir les différentes routes des vins est un autre « must » de Vouni Panagias, région qui offre trois vignobles produisant quelques-uns des crus les plus originaux de l’île. Une autre expérience savoureuse que l’on recommandera est de les accorder avec des plats locaux, comme les mezze (assortiment de petits hors d’œuvre). Remontant l’histoire, une halte s’impose au monastère Agios Nikolaos. Datant du IVème siècle après J.C., il a été construit sur les ruines d’un ancien temple dédié à la déesse Hera. �Rare species of predator birds and wildlife inhabit the Vouni Panagias area. The four largest mammal species indigenous to Cyprus roam the mountain sides. One of them, the Cyprus Mouflon, is found only in the Paphos Forest. For nature lovers, there are over 650 plant species, including trees, shrubs and rare herbaceous plants. The natural splendor of vegetation is prominent all year around and is one of the main reasons for the magnificent landscape. Εξαιρετικά σπάνια είδη αρπακτικών πτηνών και άγριας ζωής κατοικούν στο Βουνί Παναγιάς. Τα τέσσερα μεγαλύτερα είδη ενδημικών θηλαστικών της Κύπρου περιφέρονται στις ορεινές πλαγιές. Ένα από αυτά, το Αγρινό ή Mouflon, ένα είδος αγριοπρόβατου, εμφανίζεται μόνο στο Δάσος της Πάφου. Για τους φυσιολάτρες, υπάρχουν περισσότερα από 650 είδη φυτών, όπως δέντρα, θάμνοι και σπάνια ποώδη φυτά. Η εκπληκτική φυσική βλάστηση κυριαρχεί ολόκληρο το χρόνο και είναι ένας από τους κύριους λόγους για τους οποίους το τοπίο είναι απαράμιλλο σε ομορφιά. Seltene Arten von Raubvögeln und wild lebenden Tieren halten sich in der Region auf. Die vier größten zypriotischen Säugetierarten durchstreifen die Berghänge. Eins davon, das Zypern – Mufflon findet man nur im Pafos – Wald. Für Naturliebhaber gibt es einschließlich der Bäume, Sträucher und seltenen Stauden über 650 Pflanzenarten. Die natürliche Pracht der Vegetation ist das ganze Jahr über präsent. La région de Vouni Panagias abrite également des espèces rares d’oiseaux de proie et une abondante vie sauvage, notamment les quatre espèces de mammifères endémiques à l’île, dont le mouflon de Chypre que l’on ne trouve que dans la forêt de Paphos. Côté flore, on y dénombre plus de 650 espèces d’arbres, arbustes et plantes herbacées, composant une magnifique couverture végétale toute l’année. 28 �DON’T FORGET Wining and dining at the Panagia Wine Festival Watch spectacular sunsets from high altitude vistas Savour the fresh air of the Paphos Forest Stroll back in history at old monasteries ΜΗΝ ΞΕΧΆΣΕΤΕ Να επισκεφτείτε το Φεστιβάλ Κρασιού της Παναγιάς Να θαυμάσετε υπέροχα ηλιοβασιλέματα από τα ψηλά σημεία θέας Να απολαύσετε καθαρό αέρα στο Δάσος της Πάφου Να διασχίσετε διαδρομές διαμέσου των αιώνων στα αρχαία μοναστήρια WIR EMPFEHLEN Einen Besuch des Weinfestivals von Panagia Den Sonnenuntergang über den Bergen von Troodos Die frische Bergluft des Pafos Waldes In alten Klöstern auf den Spuren der Geschichte zu wandeln �A NE PAS MANQUER Participer au Festival du Vin de Panagia Respirer l’air frais de la forêt de Paphos Assister au coucher du soleil depuis les sommets de la région Visiter les vieux monastères Panagia village is the birthplace of one of the most-prominent personalities in recent history, Archbishop Makarios III, the first President of the Republic of Cyprus. Το χωριό Παναγιά είναι επίσης η γενέτειρα ενός από τους πιο επιφανείς άνδρες της πρόσφατης ιστορίας, του Αρχιεπισκόπου Μακαρίου ΙΙΙ, του πρώτου Προέδρου της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας. And don’t forget about the hospitality of the people. Visitors rave about how receptive and friendly the locals are to tourists. Και ας μην ξεχνάμε τη φιλοξενία των ανθρώπων. Οι επισκέπτες επαινούν τη δεκτικότητα και τη φιλικότητα των ντόπιων απέναντι στους τουρίστες. The preservation of the area and its ecological value are significant factors to the region’s inhabitants. The locals understand and appreciate the cultural heritage and are committed to preserving its authenticity. Η μοναδικότητα της περιοχής και η οικολογική της αξία είναι εξαιρετικά σημαντικοί παράγοντες για τους κατοίκους της περιοχής. Το Βουνί Παναγιάς είναι μια αρχαία περιοχή που άκμασε επί σειρά ετών. Οι άνθρωποι κατανοούν την πολιτισμική κληρονομιά και καταβάλλουν προσπάθειες για τη διατήρηση της αυθεντικότητάς της. Προωθούνται συνεχώς αποτελεσματικές μέθοδοι ελέγχου του τουρισμού, βελτιώνοντας την ποιότητα ζωής των κατοίκων και το περιβάλλον. Effective methods to attract sustainable tourism, which raises the quality of life of the locals and at the same time improves the environment, are constantly being promoted. 30 �Das Dorf Panagia ist der Geburtsort vom ersten Präsidenten der Republik Zypern, Erzbischof Makarios III., eine der bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten der jüngeren Geschichte Zyperns. Le village de Panagia est le lieu de naissance d’une des plus éminentes personnalités de l’histoire récente, à savoir l’archevêque Makarios III, le premier Président de la République de Chypre. Nicht zu vergessen die Gastfreundlichkeit der Menschen, von der viele Besucher immer wieder schwärmen. Quant à l’accueil chaleureux et l’hospitalité des habitants de cette région, on s’accorde à dire qu’ils sont incomparables. Für die Bewohner der Region sind die Erhaltung der Umwelt und des ökologischen Gleichgewichts von großer Bedeutung. Sie wissen das kulturelle Erbe zu schätzen und setzen sich für den Erhalt seiner Authentizität ein. L’écologie et la protection de la nature sont un vrai credo pour les villageois, qui sont également très attachés à leur patrimoine culturel dont ils veulent préserver l’authenticité. Auch im Interesse der Einheimischen wird sanfter und nachhaltiger Tourismus gefördert. Enfin, la promotion d’un tourisme durable, qui engendre une meilleure qualité de la vie pour les habitants de ces régions et une bonne gouvernance environnementale, fait l’objet de toutes les attentions de la part des autorités. �KATO PYRGOS Kato Pyrgos is a small village of just 1500 people situated in the Tylliria area of West Cyprus. Nestled on the roots of Troodos mountain range, on the largest and most enchanting valley of the area, along a beach of unparalleled beauty and crystal clear blue waters, its natural environment remains virtually untouched and preserves its natural splendor. The name Kato Pyrgos originates from the local dialect word “troulli”, which describes a small, Venetian era, observation and signalling tower built on a nearby coast side hill, overlooking the area and whose ruins can still be seen today. “Troulli” stands for small tower or “Pyrgos” – the Greek word for tower - and thus the name of the village became “Kato Pyrgos” (Lower – Tower). Three winter season rivers run through the area. “Flevas”, “Potamoudes” and “Katouris”, which enter the village and wind up through it to reach the sea. For everyone who wants to marvel at the area’s sights on foot the Tylliria water dam just outside the village, is an ideal spot for fresh water fishing and a bit of hiking. Ο Κάτω Πύργος είναι ένα μικρό χωριό με περίπου 1500 κατοίκους στην περιοχή Τηλλυρία της δυτικής Κύπρου. Το χωριό είναι κτισμένο στους πρόποδες της οροσειράς του Τροόδους στη μεγαλύτερη κοιλάδα της περιοχής Τηλλυρίας, κατά μήκος παραλιών απαράμιλλης ομορφιάς και κρυστάλλινων νερών Πρόκειται για ένα μέρος πλούσιο σε ιστορία και πολιτιστική κληρονομιά. Ο Κάτω Πύργος είναι ένα από τα λίγα χωριά της Κύπρου όπου το φυσικό περιβάλλον παραμένει σχεδόν ανέγγιχτο και τα βουνά διατηρούν τη φυσική ομορφιά τους. Το όνομα του προέρχεται από τη λέξη «τρουλλί», λέξη της τοπικής διαλέκτου που περιγράφει ένα μικρό Ενετικό παρατηρητήριο κτισμένο σε ένα παρακείμενο παραθαλάσσιο λόφο. Η τοπικής διαλέκτου λέξη «τρουλλί» σημαίνει Πύργος και από αυτή θεωρείται ότι προέρχεται και το όνομα του χωριού. Τρείς χείμαρροι διασχίζουν τη περιοχή. Ο «Φλέβας», ο «Ποταμούδης» και ο «Κατούρης» διασχίζουν το χωριό και καταλήγουν στη θάλασσα. Όσοι επιθυμούν να θαυμάσουν τη θέα της περιοχής περπατώντας, το φράγμα της Τηλλυρίας λίγο έξω από το χωριό, είναι ιδανικό για ψάρεμα και πεζοπορία. 32 �Kato Pyrgos ist ein kleines Dorf mit gerade 1500 Einwohnern, das sich im Westen der Insel, in der Region Tylliria befindet. Es ist eingebettet in die Vorläufer des Troodos Gebirges, im größten und schönsten Tal der Gegend, mit einem Strand von unvergleichlicher Schönheit und kristallklarem Wasser dazu nahezu unberührt und naturbelassen. Der Name stammt aus dem Wort „troulli“, was im lokalen Dialekt soviel bedeutet, wie „kleiner Turm“. Gemeint ist damit der kleine Aussichtsturm aus der venezianischen Zeit, der sich auf einem nahe gelegenen Hügel an der Küste befand und dessen Ruinen noch heute zu sehen sind. „Pyrgos“ ist das griechische Wort für „Turm“, daher auch der Name des Dorfes „Kato Pyrgos“ (Unterer Turm). Die Flüsse „Flevas“, „Potamoudes“ und „Katouris“ fließen in den Wintermonaten durch das Gebiet. Die außerhalb des Dorfes gelegene Talsperre von Tylliria ist ein idealer Ort für Angler, Wanderer und alle, die einfach die Schönheit der Region bewundern möchten. Katos Pyrgos est un petit village de seulement 1500 habitants, situé dans la région de Tylliria à l’ouest de Chypre. Blotti au pied du Mont Troodos, dans l’une des plus larges et plus enchanteresses vallées de la région, le long d’une plage superbe baignant dans une mer transparente, son environnement naturel d’une exceptionnelle splendeur est resté intact. Son nom lui vient du dialecte local « troulli » qui désigne une petite tour d’observation de la période vénitienne construite sur une colline voisine dominant la côte, dont les ruines sont encore visibles. «Troulli» pour petite tour, soit Pyrgos en grec, qui est donc celui du village «Kato Pyrgos» (tour basse). Trois rivières, «Flevas», «Potamoudes» et «Katouris» ne coulant qu’en hiver, traversent en méandres le village avant de se jeter dans la mer. Pour une balade, le barrage de Tylliria offre à proximité ses paysages, en même temps qu’il est un bon endroit pour la pêche en eau vive. �Begin your journey to the village in the early morning and take in a deep breath of the mountain’s fresh air. Expose your senses to all the aromas of the herbs and the trees accentuated by the morning dew, listen to the running streams, the leaves rustling and the birds singing the most beautiful of songs. One of the most beautiful and exciting moments of your journey may be a meeting with the Mouflon, Cyprus’ wildlife protected indigenous wild sheep. Living gregariously in their family group, so sweet and graceful in their presence and naturally curious, they will stop to look at you and pose for only a second for a photo to be taken and then gallop with unmatched agility back into the safety the forest provides them. Ξεκινήστε για το ταξίδι σας προς τον Κάτω Πύργο μέσα από το Τρόοδος με την αυγή. Αφήστε τις αισθήσεις σας να απολαύσουν τις μυρωδιές και τα αρώματα των βοτάνων και των δέντρων του βουνού, τους ήχους του νερού στα ρυάκια, το κελάηδισμα των πουλιών και το θρόισμα των φύλλων. Μια από τις πιο όμορφες και συναρπαστικές εμπειρίες της διαδρομής σας είναι η συνάντηση με Αγρινά ή Mouflon, το προστατευόμενο είδος αγριοπρόβατου, ενδημικό στην Κύπρο. Beginnen Sie Ihre Reise zum Dorf am frühen Morgen, atmen Sie die frische Bergluft und den Duft der Wildkräuter im Morgentau und lauschen Sie dem Fließen der Bächlein, dem Rauschen der Blätter und dem Zwitschern der Vögel. Eines der schönsten und spannendsten Momente könnte die Begegnung mit einem Moufflon, dem einheimischen Wildschaf Zyperns, sein. Das Moufflon, ein anmutiges, graziles und wildes Bergschaf lebt in der Herde und ist von Natur aus neugierig. Es könnte vielleicht für einen Moment innehalten und Ihnen die Möglichkeit bieten, diesen wunderbaren Augenblick schnell mit einem Foto festzuhalten, um danach wieder im Schutz des Waldes zu verschwinden. 34 �Commencez votre balade tôt le matin par un bol d’air frais de la montagne en respirant le parfum des herbes sauvages et des arbres magnifié par la rosée, tout en écoutant le murmure de l’eau, le bruissement des feuilles et le chant des oiseaux. Vous aurez peut-être la chance de croiser un mouflon, le mouton sauvage endémique (et protégé) de Chypre. Vivant en troupeaux, ces gracieux animaux sont naturellement curieux et vous aurez peut-être l’occasion de les prendre en photo avant qu’ils ne s’abritent prestement sous le couvert de la forêt. DON’T FORGET Visit the Chapel of Virgin Mary “Galoktisti” Visit the village square and spare a moment to admire the century old oak tree adorning it Taste local fresh fish and figs ΜΗΝ ΞΕΧΆΣΕΤΕ Επισκεφθείτε το Παρεκκλήσι της Παρθένου Μαρίας «Γαλόκτιστη». Επισκεφθείτε την πλατεία του χωριού και να θαυμάσετε την υπεραιωνόβια βελανιδιά που βρίσκεται στο κέντρο της Δοκιμάστε φρέσκο ψάρι και τα σύκα της περιοχής WIR EMPFEHLEN Die Kapelle der Jungfrau Maria „Galoktisti“ zu besichtigen Den Dorfplatz mit seiner alten Eiche zu besuchen Den einheimischen, frischen Fisch und die Feigen zu kosten �The nature and climate in Kato Pyrgos are generous and ideal for many cultivations and orchards. Fragrant lemons, soft peaches, oranges, spring gardens and so many other fruits and vegetables find the ideal environment to grow and tempt everyone with their unparallel flavours! The village is particularly famous for its delicious and plentiful figs, either fresh in season, or dried to be consumed throughout the year. Η φύση και το κλίμα της περιοχής είναι ιδανικά για πολλές καλλιέργειες. Μυρωδάτα λεμόνια, ζουμερά ροδάκινα, πορτοκάλια, λαχανόκηποι και πολλά άλλα φρούτα και λαχανικά βρίσκουν το ιδανικό περιβάλλον για να μεγαλώσουν και να δελεάσουν τον κάθε ένα με τις απαράμιλλες γεύσεις τους. Το χωριό είναι ιδιαίτερα γνωστό για τα υπέροχα σύκα του, τα οποία καταναλώνονται κατά τη διάρκεια του χρόνου είτε φρέσκα, είτε παστά. The village small and picturesque fishing port is a promising shortest distance landfall for most of the tired sailors from the Aegean. The port’s tranquil environment surrounded by mountain hills and a small archaic type theatre offer unparalleled sunsets behind the shade of the Limnitis rock and the ancient kingdom of Soloi which tend to underline the long and mystifying history of the island. Visitors can choose between both sandy and pebbled beaches for some sunbathing, romantic leisurely strolls or simply to relax and enjoy the spectacular sunsets. The beaches in the area are some of the cleanest on the island and if you are lucky you might spot a pod of dolphins playing far out in the sea! A handful of tavernas and hotel restaurants offer freshly caught local fish. Το μικρό και γραφικό λιμανάκι του Κάτω Πύργου προσφέρει χώρο προστασίας και ξεκούρασης για πολλούς ναυτικούς και ψαράδες. Το ήρεμο περιβάλλον του, περιτριγυρισμένο από τους πρόποδες του Τρόοδους προσφέρει ασύγκριτα ηλιοβασιλέματα πίσω από τη σκιά της πέτρας του Λιμνίτη και το αρχαίο βασίλειο των Σόλων. Οι παραλίες του Κάτω Πύργου είναι διάσημες για τα δροσερά και διαυγή νερά, ιδανικά για τους ζεστούς καλοκαιρινούς μήνες. Οι επισκέπτες μπορούν να διαλέξουν μεταξύ αμμώδη ή με βότσαλα παραλίες, για λίγη ηλιοθεραπεία, ρομαντικούς περιπάτους ή απλά για να απολαύσουν το υπέροχο ηλιοβασίλεμα. Οι παραλίες είναι από τις καθαρότερες στο νησί και αν είστε τυχεροί, μπορεί να δείτε κάποιο κοπάδι δελφινιών να παίζει μακριά μέσα στη θάλασσα. 36 �Die Natur und das Klima von Kato Pyrgos bieten ideale Voraussetzungen für den Anbau von duftenden Zitronen, zarten Pfirsichen, Orangen und vielen anderen leckeren Obst –und Gemüsesorten. Das Dorf ist besonders bekannt für seine schmackhaften Feigen, die man entweder frisch oder auch als Dörrobst verzehren kann. Der kleine, malerische Fischerhafen des Dorfes ist ein einladender Anlegeplatz für müde Segler aus der Ägäis. Die ruhige Umgebung des Hafens inmitten von Berghügeln und einem kleinen, im antiken Stil gebauten Theater bietet unvergleichliche Sonnenuntergänge im Schatten des Felsen von Limnitis und des Königreiches von Soloi. Hier spürt man förmlich die antike Geschichte der Insel. Sonnenbaden, entspannen, flanieren oder einfach nur den Sonnenuntergang genießen können die Besucher an den zauberhaften Sand– oder Kieselstränden. Die Strände gehören zu den saubersten der ganzen Insel. Wenn Sie Glück haben, können Sie spielende Delphine im Meer beobachten. Eine Handvoll Tavernen und Restaurants bieten frisch gefangenen Fisch. Le climat et la nature sont généreux à Kato Pyrgos, d’où ses nombreuses cultures et vergers. Citrons parfumés, pèches, oranges et bien d’autres fruits ou légumes y poussent en abondance. Le village est notamment célèbre pour ses délicieuses figues, soit fraîches en saison, soit séchées, à déguster tout au long de l’année. Le petit et pittoresque port de pêche de Kato Pyrgos est un mouillage proche et bien connu des marins souhaitant s’évader de la mer Egée. Son cadre est tranquille, surplombé par les collines et un petit théâtre antique d’où l’on peut contempler de magnifiques couchers de soleil ; l’ombre du rocher Limnitis y évoque l’ancien royaume de Soloi, rappelant l’histoire plusieurs fois millénaire de l’île. De sable ou de galets, les plages y invitent au farniente, avant d’admirer les plus beaux crépuscules qui soient. La mer y est limpide et il n’est pas rare d’y voir des groupes de dauphins croisant au large. Côté gastronomie, quelques tavernes et restaurants d’hôtels vous proposent les excellents poissons du jour. �38 �Walking up and nearing the pine tree forest, the tiny chapel of Virgin Mary “Galoktisti” can be visited. Another small chapel in the area is the one dedicated to Prophet Elias and visitors there can also view the archaeological finds adjacent to it. Kato Pyrgos is also renowned for its characteristic traditional charcoal production process which in another era used to supply the entire island with charcoal. Πλούσιο σε ιστορία και πολιτισμό, το χωριό Κάτω Πύργος διαθέτει μνημεία, παρεκκλήσια και εκκλησίες. Ευρήματα του 14ου αιώνα και τάφοι της Ελληνιστικής και Ρωμαϊκής περιόδου εντοπίστηκαν σε μια περιοχή κοντά στο χωριό. Επιπλέον, οι επισκέπτες μπορούν να επισκεφθούν το Παρεκκλήσι της Παρθένου Μαρίας «Γαλόκτιστη», που χτίστηκε με γάλα αντί για νερό, γύρω στον 12ο με 14ο αιώνα καθώς και το εκκλησάκι του Προφήτη Ηλία για τα παρακείμενα αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα. Ο Κάτω Πύργος είναι επίσης γνωστός για το χαρακτηριστικό παραδοσιακό τρόπο παρασκευής κάρβουνου με το οποίο κάποια άλλη εποχή προμήθευε ολόκληρο το νησί. In der Nähe des etwas höher gelegenen Pinienwaldes kann die kleine Kapelle „Galoktisti“, die der Jungfrau Maria geweiht ist, besichtigt werden. Ebenso können Sie die Kapelle des Propheten Elias und die angrenzenden archäologischen Funde besichtigen. Kato Pyrgos ist ebenfalls bekannt für den speziellen Herstellungsprozess von Holzkohle, mit der die gesamte Insel in früheren Zeiten versorgt wurde. Près de la forêt de pins vous attend la minuscule chapelle de la Vierge Marie « Galoktisti » et dans les alentours, celle du Prophète Elias, ainsi que les objets trouvés sur le site archéologique qui est à côté. Kato Pyrgos est aussi connu pour être un centre de production traditionnelle de charbon de bois, lequel autrefois fournissait toute l’île. A NE PAS MANQUER La visite de la chapelle de la Vierge Marie « Galoktisti » Flâner sur la place du village à l’ombre de son chêne centenaire Se régaler de la pêche du jour et de figues �KALOPANAYIOTIS The picturesque village of Kalopanayiotis, with its restored traditional architecture, cobbled streets and footpaths, numerous chapels and churches and healing sulphur rich thermal springs, is an example of a genuine traditional community unaffected by modern day civilization. Houses with tiled rooftops, picturesque balconies, courtyards with vine trees climbing on the walls offering visitors their shade, are the main characteristics of the village. All these, are stunningly framed by the mesmerising flora of the Setrachos Valley and the water sounds of the year-round running Setrachos River. 40 Το γραφικό χωριό Καλοπαναγιώτης, με την αναπαλαιωμένη παραδοσιακή αρχιτεκτονική, τους πέτρινους δρόμους και μονοπάτια, τα πολυάριθμα εκκλησάκια και τα θεραπευτικά θειούχα νερά, είναι ένα παράδειγμα παραδοσιακής κοινότητας που έχει μείνει ανεπηρέαστη από τον μοντέρνο πολιτισμό. Οι κεραμιδένιες σκεπές, τα θαυμάσια μπαλκόνια, οι ήσυχες αυλές με τις κληματαριές, τα πλακόστρωτα δρομάκια και οι παλιές εκκλησίες είναι τα κύρια χαρακτηριστικά του χωριού. Όλα αυτά πλαισιώνονται υπέροχα από την εντυπωσιακή χλωρίδα της κοιλάδας του Σέτραχου και τους ήχους του Σέτραχου ποταμού που διασχίζει ολόχρονα το χωριό. �Das malerische Dorf Kalopanayiotis ist mit seinen im traditionellen Stil restaurierten Häusern, den gepflasterten Wegen, den zahlreichen Kapellen und Kirchen und den Thermalquellen ein Beispiel für authentisches, traditionelles Dorfleben. Zu den charakteristischen Merkmalen gehören Häuser mit Ziegeldächern und malerischen Balkonen, Innenhöfe mit Weinreben, die sich an den Hausmauern emporranken und so den Besuchern Schatten spenden. Dazu kommt noch die zauberhafte Pflanzenwelt des „Setrachos – Tal“, in dem der Setrachos – Fluss das ganze Jahr über fließt. Le pittoresque village de Kalopanayiotis, avec son architecture traditionnelle joliment restaurée, ses rues et ruelles pavées, ses nombreuses chapelles et églises et ses sources thermales sulfureuses bienfaisantes, offre l’image parfaite d’une communauté traditionnelle préservée de la vie moderne. Ses maisons aux toits de tuile, avec leurs vieux balcons et leurs cours ombragées de treilles de vigne, renforcent encore cette impression, d’autant qu’il est campé dans le cadre végétal luxuriant de la vallée de l’impétueuse rivière Setrachos. DON’T FORGET Visit the Byzantine museum Try soutzouko, a local sweet made of grape juice and almonds. Visit the local trout fishing farm next to Kalopanayiotis water dam Enjoy a walk through the Nature Path leading to the 17th century Kykkos Watermill �Kalopanayiotis’ most important monument which stands since the Byzantine era, is the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis. The Byzantine Museum next to the Monastery, along with the Museum of the National Martyr Bishop Lavrentios, the new and the old Venetian bridge, the six Byzantine era chapels, the restored traditional architecture houses in the old neighbourhood of the village and the abundant surrounding natural beauty of the village, combine a most beautiful destination for a visitor seeking a unique and unparalleled experience. The village of Kalopanayiotis, one of 14 villages of Marathasa valley area, is located in the midst of the Setrachos River’s Valley, on the North side of Troodos Mountain range at an altitude of 700m. At a distance of about 70km from either city of Lefkosia (Nicosia) or Lemessos (Limassol), the visitor can easily reach the village through a modern and well maintained road system. 42 Το πιο σημαντικό μνημείο στο χωριό θεωρείται το Βυζαντινό Μοναστήρι του Αγίου Ιωάννη Λαμπαδιστή. Το Βυζαντινό Μουσείο το οποίο βρίσκεται δίπλα από το Μοναστήρι, το μουσείο του Εθνομάρτυρα Επισκόπου Λαυρέντιου, το καινούργιο αλλά και το παλιό Ενετικό γεφύρι, τα έξι Βυζαντινά εκκλησάκια, τα αναπαλαιωμένα σπίτια στην παλιά γειτονιά και η φυσική ομορφιά του χωριού, συνδυάζουν ένα υπέροχο προορισμό για τον επισκέπτη που ψάχνει μια μοναδική και ασύγκριτη εμπειρία. Ο Καλοπαναγιώτης είναι ένα από τα 14 χωριά που συγκαταλέγονται στη περιοχή Μαραθάσας και βρίσκεται στη κοιλάδα του Σέτραχου ποταμού, στις βόρειες πλαγιές της οροσειράς Τροόδους, 700 μέτρα πάνω από το επίπεδο της θάλασσας. Σε απόσταση 70km τόσο από τη Λευκωσία όσο και από τη Λεμεσό, ο επισκέπτης μπορεί εύκολα να επισκεφτεί το χωριό χρησιμοποιώντας ένα σύγχρονο και καλοδιατηρημένο οδικό δίκτυο. �Die wichtigste Sehenswürdigkeit in Kalopanayiotis ist das Kloster von Agios Ioannis Lambadistis aus der byzantinischen Zeit und das Museum für den Märtyrer von Zypern - Bischof Lavrentios. Zu weiteren Sehenswürdigkeiten gehören die neue und die alte venezianische Brücke, die sechs byzantinischen Kapellen, die restaurierten Häuser im alten Viertel des Dorfes und natürlich die Schönheit der umliegenden Natur. Das Dorf liegt in einer Höhe von 700 m - mitten im Setrachos Tal auf der Nordseite des Troodos Gebirges und ist eins von 14 Dörfern des Marathasa Tals. Die Entfernung zu den Städten Lefkosia und Lemesos beträgt je ungefähr 70 km. Besucher können das Dorf über ein gut ausgebautes Straßennetz erreichen. Kalopanayiotis s’enorgueillit de posséder un monument de l’époque byzantine, le monastère d’Agios Ioannis Lambadistis, que complète le Musée Byzantin voisin. A cela s’ajoute le Musée de l’Evêque et martyr Lavrentios, héros national, le vieux et le nouveau ponts vénitiens, ses six chapelles byzantines, sans oublier, bien sûr, ses maisons d’architecture traditionnelle et les beautés naturelles de son environnement. Pas étonnant dans ces conditions qu’il soit devenu une destination particulièrement appréciée des visiteurs à Chypre! Kalopanayiotis, l’un des 14 villages de la vallée de Marathasa, qui est aussi celle de la rivière Setrachos, est situé sur le versant nord du Troodos a l’altitude de 700 mètres. Distant de 70 kilomètres de Lefkosia (Nicosie) comme de Lemessos (Limassol), le village est accessible par une très bonne et moderne route goudronnée. ΜΗΝ ΞΕΧΆΣΕΤΕ Δοκιμάστε σουτζούκο, ένα τοπικό γλυκό από σταφύλια και αμύγδαλα. Αρκετά καταστήματα στον Καλοπαναγιώτη πουλούν αυτή την τοπική λιχουδιά Επισκεφθείτε τη φάρμα πέστροφας δίπλα στο φράγμα του Καλοπαναγιώτη, όπου επιτρέπεται το ψάρεμα Απολαύστε έναν περίπατο ακολουθώντας το μονοπάτι που περνάει μέσα από τη φύση και οδηγεί στον Νερόμυλο του Κύκκου, ένα μνημείο του 17ου αιώνα που ανακαινίστηκε πρόσφατα �There are many churches and chapels in the village, including the Chapel of Agia Marina which dates since the late 10th century, the chapel of Panagia Theoskepasti built under the shade of a 700 year old Quercus type tree and the chapel itself dates since the 12th century, the Chapel of Agios Andronikos and Agia Athanassia built around the 11th Century and where parts of its 16th Century frescos can still be viewed today, the Church of Panagia (Our Lady) Theotokos and the Chapels of Agios Kyriakos, Archangelos Michael, Agios Georgios and Agios Sergios and Bachos. Most religious sites are considered of great archeological importance and are protected by the Department of Antiquities. Holy icons and ecclesiastical relics from these chapels and churches dating as far back as the 11th Century are hosted in the Byzantine Museum in the village. Στις πολυάριθμες εκκλησίες και παρεκκλήσια του χωριού περιλαμβάνονται το παρεκκλήσι της Αγίας Μαρίνας που χρονολογείτε περί τα τέλη του 10ου αιώνα, το παρεκκλήσι της Παναγίας της Θεοσκέπαστης του 12ου αιώνα που κρύβεται κάτω από τη σκιά ενός δέντρου τύπου περνιάς ηλικίας 700 ετών, το παρεκκλήσι των Αγίου Ανδρονίκου και Αγίας Αθανασίας που χρονολογείτε γύρω στον 11ο αιώνα και όπου τοιχογραφίες του 16ου αιώνα είναι ορατές μέχρι σήμερα, η εκκλησία της Παναγίας Θεοτόκου και τα παρεκκλήσια των Αγίου Κυριάκου, Αρχαγγέλου Μιχαήλ, Άγιου Γεωργίου και Άγιου Σέργιου και Βάκχου. Τα περισσότερα από αυτά θεωρούνται υψηλής αρχαιολογικής σημασίας και προστατεύονται από το Τμήμα Αρχαιοτήτων. Εικόνες και εκκλησιαστικά κειμήλια από τα παρακκλήσια αυτά, ορισμένα από τα οποία χρονολογούνται του 11ου αιώνα, φιλοξενούνται στο Βυζαντινό Μουσείο του χωριού. WIR EMPFEHLEN Den Besuch des Byzantinischen Museums 44 Die Verkostung von „Soutzouko“ – einer einheimischen Süßigkeit aus Traubensaft und Mandeln �Es befinden sich dort zahlreiche Kirchen und Kapellen, darunter die Agia- Marina- Kapelle aus dem 10. Jahrhundert, die im Schatten einer 700 Jahre alten Eiche erbaute Kapelle der Panagia Theoskepasti aus dem 12. Jahrhundert, die teilweise mit Wandmalereien aus dem 16. Jahrhundert geschmückte Agios- Andronikos- und Agia- Athanasia- Kapelle aus dem 11. Jahrhundert, die Kirche der Heiligen Jungfrau (Panagia) und viele andere Kapellen, die den Heiligen Agios Kyriakos, Archangelos Michail, Agios Georgios, Agios Sergios und Bachos geweiht sind. Die meisten religiösen Stätten sind von großer archäologischer Bedeutung und stehen unter dem Schutz des „Department of Antiquities“. Heilige Ikonen und Kirchenreliquien aus dem 11. Jahrhundert, die aus diesen Kirchen stammen, befinden sich im Byzantinischen Museum des Dorfes. Kalopanayiotis possède de nombreuses églises et chapelles dignes d’intérêt, telles la chapelle d’Agia Marina qui date de la fin du Xème siècle, la chapelle de la Panagia Theoskepasti, construite au XIIème siècle et blottie à l’ombre d’un vieux chêne doré de 700 ans, la chapelle d’Agios Andronikos et d’Agia Athanassia ,qui date du 11ème siècle et où l’on peut admirer des vestiges de fresques du XVIème, l’église de la Panagia (Notre-Dame) Theotokos et les chapelles d’Agios Kyriakos, de l’Archange Michel, d’Agios Georgios et d’Agios Sergios et Bachos. La plupart des sites religieux sont d’une grande importance archéologique et, à ce titre, protégés par le Département des Antiquités. De saintes icônes et des reliques ecclésiastiques provenant de ces chapelles et églises sont abritées dans le Musée Byzantin du village. Den Besuch der Forellenzucht an der Talsperre von Kalopanayiotis Einen Spaziergang zur Kykkos Wassermühle durch den Naturpfad �In recent years, the local authorities with the support of the Government and the European Union have initiated several regeneration projects in order to revive the village. Perceiving its rich architectural and cultural identity and potential was a core aspect of the programme, and this is reflected in all the initiatives executed. For example the Byzantine Museum next to the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis is housed in the village’s old school which has been renovated and transformed into a museum. The house of National Martyr Bisthop Lavrentios is another example of sustainable regeneration at its best. This glorious building has been restored and converted into a cultural and conference centre for community use. A number of houses have been renovated into agri-tourism accommodation. For the local community, it is also important that the village regains its old reputation as a great therapeutic center with healing springs. Today, the village of Kalopanayiotis is a regenerated and rejuvenated destination, ready to welcome guests from Cyprus and beyond. It is a place that combines sightseeing, nature, health and tradition, in a truly beautiful way. 46 Πρόσφατα, οι τοπικές αρχές με την υποστήριξη της κυβέρνησης και της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης ξεκίνησαν αρκετά έργα ανάπλασης ούτως ώστε να αναζωογονήσουν το χωριό. Για τις αρχές, η σύλληψη της αρχιτεκτονικής και πολιτιστικής ταυτότητας του χωριού αποτελούσε τον βασικό πυρήνα του προγράμματος και αυτό φαίνεται σε όλες τις πρωτοβουλίες που έχουν πραγματοποιηθεί. Για παράδειγμα, το Βυζαντινό Μουσείο δίπλα από το Μοναστήρι του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Λαμπαδιστή, στεγάζεται στο παλιό σχολείο του χωριού το οποίο ανακαινίστηκε και μεταμορφώθηκε σε μουσείο. Το σπίτι του Εθνομάρτυρα Λαυρεντίου αποτελεί ένα ακόμη παράδειγμα βιώσιμης ανάπλασης με τον καλύτερο δυνατό τρόπο. Αυτό το μεγαλοπρεπές κτίριο έχει ανακαινιστεί και μετατραπεί σε πολιτιστικό και συνεδριακό κέντρο για την κοινότητα. Επίσης, αρκετά σπίτια έχουν ανακαινιστεί και έχουν γίνει αγροτουριστικά καταλύματα. Για τις τοπικές αρχές, ήταν επίσης σημαντικό το χωριό να ανακτήσει τη φήμη του ως σημαντικό θεραπευτικό κέντρο με ιαματικές πηγές. Σήμερα, ο Καλοπαναγιώτης είναι ένας προορισμός που έχει αναπλαστεί και είναι έτοιμος να καλωσορίσει επισκέπτες από την Κύπρο αλλά και από πιο μακριά. Είναι ένα μέρος που συνδυάζει αξιοθέατα, φύση, υγεία και παράδοση, με έναν πραγματικά όμορφο τρόπο. �In den letzten Jahren haben die Regierung und die örtlichen Behörden mit Unterstützung der Europäischen Union mehrere Projekte gestartet, um das Dorf für die Besucher noch attraktiver zu machen. Einer der Kernpunkte des Projekts war die Bewahrung der architektonischen und kulturellen Identität des Dorfes. Ein Beispiel dafür ist das Byzantinische Museum neben dem Kloster von Agios Ioannis Lambadistis, das in der alten Schule des Dorfes untergebracht wurde. Sie wurde zum Museum umgebaut. Das prächtige Haus des Märtyrers Bischof Lavrentios wurde ebenfalls restauriert und kann jetzt von der Gemeinde als Kultur –und Konferenzzentrum benutzt werden. Mehrere Häuser wurden zu agrotouristischen Unterkünften umgewandelt. Für die Dorfgemeinde ist es ebenfalls sehr wichtig, dass der Ort seinen alten Status als therapeutisches Zentrum mit Heilquellen wieder erlangt hat. Sowohl für Zyprioten als auch für ausländische Gäste ist Kalopanayiotis heute ein Reiseziel, das Tradition, Sehenswürdigkeiten, Natur und Wohlbefinden kombiniert. A NE PAS MANQUER Visiter le Musée Byzantin Déguster le soutzouko, une friandise faite à partir de jus de raisin et d’amandes Visiter la ferme d’élevage de truites proche du barrage de Kalopanayiotis Faire une balade sur le sentier « nature » jusqu’au moulin à eau de Kykkos, qui date du XVIIème siècle Depuis quelques années, les autorités locales, avec le support du Gouvernement et celui de l’Union Européenne, ont entrepris différents travaux de restauration avec l’ambition de faire revivre le village en mettant en avant la richesse de son architecture et de son identité culturelle par des projets de développement durable. C’est ainsi que le Musée Byzantin a trouvé refuge dans l’ancienne école du village, que celui de l’Evêque et martyr Lavrentios occupe désormais une maison restaurée devenu un centre culturel et de conférence, ou encore, que bon nombre de vieilles maisons on été transformées en chambre d’hôtes et gîtes ruraux. Il était aussi important pour la communauté locale que le village redevienne un centre thérapeutique de balnéothérapie. Mission accomplie puisque, aujourd’hui, Kalopanayiotis, destination combinant parfaitement découverte, visites historiques, nature, santé et traditions, a renouvelé sa vocation touristique et accueille Chypriotes et visiteurs étrangers. �19 Lemesos Avenue P.O. Box 24535 CY 1390 Lefkosia, Cyprus This brochure is developed under the European Commission co-financed 13/G/ENT/CIP/11/B/N02S001 action entitled “Promotion of EDEN destinations and awareness raising”, Grant Programme 2011 www.cyprus-eden.com � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource EN Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDEN_Cyprus_Brochure_lrg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 35.151625, 33.375048 Cyprus--Tourism--Guidebooks Κύπρος--Τουρισμός--Οδηγοί https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/files/original/76e417ae92a549eb84e214fbc0922a3f.pdf 9706cc191d0275e37cc1a07ec155ae7a PDF Text Text Cyprus. Conferences & Incentives ��Top meeting place Lying in the sparkling blue waters of the Eastern Mediterranean and at the crossroads between Europe, Africa and Asia, Cyprus has always had an important strategic position throughout history. Nowadays, as the Easternmost member of the European Union, the island is a perfect meeting place for decision-makers from all over the world. An ideal all year round climate, beautiful scenery, a traditionally hospitable people and a civilisation that goes back 10,000 years. The island has everything to offer to make your next meeting, convention, incentive or other corporate event a tremendous success. Having hosted meetings of heads of government in the past and with over 600 top companies and organisations holding conferences here every year, Cyprus has all the facilities that even the most valued VIPs would need. With a reputation for quality and professionalism, as well as top class facilities and service, you'll find there's no more distinctive venue than Cyprus. 1 �Accommodation Comfort and service for all your needs When it’s time for business you’ll find everything you need. Whether you are planning a full-scale conference of over a thousand participants, or an innovative incentives programme, Cyprus can provide it. There’s an abundance of quality hotels in all towns and holiday resorts with high standards of service to choose from, allowing you the convenience of staying in the same location as your corporate event. The excellent amenities offer fully equipped conference rooms with varying capacities, the latest audio, visual and video conferencing equipment, flexible meeting rooms, break-out rooms and technical equipment, as well as simultaneous translation facilities. Secretarial services are also widely available. Hire the executive boardroom for a small group meeting, host a product launch in the foyer, or hold a reception around the pool or on the terrace, and let the professionals accommodate you. After a day of tough decision-making, put your feet up in your wellappointed air-conditioned room or suite. Cyprus hotels provide every amenity the modern business traveller has come to expect and more, from swimming pools, tennis courts, sauna rooms, and beachfronts, to salt-water pools, exotic gardens, thalassotherapy and health spas. Buffet style dining is popular and presents your participants with a bountiful array of market fresh local and international cuisine. Benefit from special off-season discounts that are usually on offer between mid-November and mid-March, excluding the Christmas period. 2 1 ��Infrastructure keeping in touch Cyprus has a well developed physical and social infrastructure. Efficient dual carriage motorways link all towns and resorts, keeping travel time low and allowing you the freedom to indulge in your pursuits. Many international airlines operate regular flights to Larnaka airport. Transfer times to the capital Lefkosia (Nicosia) and Lemesos (Limassol) are less than one hour. Pafos is served by its own international airport. Within thirty minutes of leaving the arrivals lounge you may find yourself enjoying a drink at your venue hotel. The island’s geographic proximity to other popular destinations means you can add an extra dimension to your event by combining it with a short, value-for-money cruise to a neighbouring country such as Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Greece and the Greek islands. A sophisticated communications system including tele-conferencing, video-conferencing, and widely accessible internet and e-mail facilities will link you anywhere in the world and help you maintain contact with your corporate base at home. On the social side, Cyprus can offer the coporate events organiser a stable economy and a safe and secure European country that respects law and order. 2 �Incentives a bonus worth working for Providing incentives through travel can be very effective and rewarding. Turn experiences into motivation and motivation into returns. A successful incentives program not only increases profits by motivating employees to work harder and customers to buy more, but it also builds loyalty, dedication and camaraderie. Offer your staff the chance to hone their golfing or tennis skills at one of the island’s purpose-built resorts set in peaceful surroundings with spectacular views. Make them feel like millionaires for a day experiencing the comfort of a private yacht, or let them be pampered at one of the island’s luxury spa resorts. Cyprus has an abundance of added-value amenities such as archaeological sites, museums, galleries, sporting and leisure activities, nightlife and entertainment. The culture and heritage of Cyprus is unique, with a 10,000 year history as a meeting place for continents and peoples. This cosmopolitan element gives Cyprus its distinctive flavour, a feature in the choice of destination by corporate clients. Jeep safaris into the countryside, wine tours round picturesque mountain villages, a themed cruise around the attractive coastline, are just some of the possibilities which Cyprus has to offer. 5 �Destination Management Companies leave it to us... Whether you need a live band to play for your soirée, someone to organise games, gimmicks or other entertainment for your pre and post event tours or for escorting members, let the experts do it for you. Numerous professional destination management companies with experienced, efficient and multilingual staff will draw up a complete tailor-made programme to suit your needs and be on hand at all times to supervise every stage of the event. Their portfolio of original, innovative and creative ideas can include anything from an afternoon experiencing village life - sipping coffee and playing backgammon, or baking home-made olive or ‘halloumi cheese’ pies - to a day following in the footsteps of Aphrodite, the legendary goddess of love and beauty, protectress of Cyprus. From the place where she rose from the waves, to dedicated sites where she was worshipped. Having one of the oldest civilisations in the world, there is so much in Cyprus to see, from ancient prehistoric sites, Greco-Roman theatres, exquisite mosaics, to skilfully painted Byzantine churches on the UNESCO world heritage list. Cyprus’ rich cultural heritage, in combination with the beauty and tranquility of its mountainous hinterland vastly enhance the drama and memorability of group events. 6 3 �4 5 6 �LA C A O CE N EUROPE AT N TI ASIA M ED IT E R RA AFRICA NEA N CYPRUS SE A Cape Apostolos Andreas † Apostolos Andreas Rizokarpaso Aigialousa Karpasia Davlos Kantara Cape Kormakitis Livera KERYNEIA Lambousa Agios Amvrosios Karavas Agios Ilarion Cape Elaia Agios Epiktitos Bellapais Myrtou Trikomo Voufaventon Pentadaktylos Y O M ORF Pyrgos KEY Cape Arnaoutis C H R YS O † Church, Monastery Akamas Archaeological site O CH Village Kathikas Maa † Agios Neofytos Kedares Lempa Kyperounta † Mandria Agios Nikolaos Nisou Tamassos Liopetri Agios Irakleidios Trooditissa Pelendri Agros Palaichori † Cape Gkreko Kornos Machairas Platres LARNAKA † Pano Lefkara Kato Lefkara Vavla Hala Sultan Tekkesi Salt Lake Kiti † Agios Raindays Humidity (%) MARCH 19,4 10,0 8,0 16,9 68 8,9 APRIL 26,6 16,5 11,2 19,0 69 2,6 JUNE 30,7 20,1 12,8 21,8 70 0,3 JULY 33,0 22,2 12,6 24,1 71 0,0 AUGUST 33,2 22,6 11,9 25,4 73 0,3 Alassa Kouklia Palaipafos Aphrodite’s Sanctuary Germasogeia Amathous Polemidia Sanctuary of Apollon Ylatis Kolossi Kourion Pissouri Petra tou Romiou (Aphrodite’s birthplace) Salt Lake 22,6 12,7 9,2 17,4 67 5,0 MAY SEPTEMBER 31,3 20,4 10,6 25,8 67 0,3 28,6 17,7 8,9 23,2 68 3,4 OCTOBER NOVEMBER 23,5 13,4 7,2 20,2 73 7,3 DECEMBER 19,0 10,0 5,8 18,6 81 10,0 Cape Kiti Cape Aspron E P I S K O PI B AY Zygi Kalymnos Beach LEMESOS (Governors Beach) (Limassol) IR I B A Y Harbour ROT AK Cr ete Ha Al ,R ifa ex ho an dr Cape Gata ia DISTANCE CHART (Km) Cape Zevgari LEFKOSIA LEMESOS rut Bei 17,5 8,1 7,2 16,6 73 9,1 Larnaka International Airport Kofinou Minas Choirokoitia s eu ira s, P 17,3 8,4 6,1 16,5 77 11,4 FEBRUARY AK A B A Y L de JANUARY Timi Marina ARN Cape Pyla Tenta Geroskipou Pafos International Airport Harbour Stavrovouni Omodos Arsos Koilani Laneia Vasa Vouni Lofou Protaras Agia Napa Xylofagou Fikardou Gourri Sotira Lymbia Kakopetria Pedoulas Pano Panagia Panagia Stroumpi Chrysorrogiatissa Paralimni Mazotos PAFOS Sea temperature in oC Mean daily Sunshine (Hours) Maximum daily coastal temperature in oC Minimum night coastal temperature in oC Troodos Lasa † Galata Moutoulas † Coral Bay AMMOCHOSTOS (Famagusta) Latsia Pera Klirou † Fyti TEMPERATURES MONTHS Panagia Gerakies tou Kykkou Peristerona Lysos Y Deryneia Asinou Cedar Valley Pegeia Peristerona Stavros tis Psokas Polis Main Road Limit of area under Turkish occupation Karavostasi BA Apostolos Varnavas † Salamis Egkomi LEFKOSIA (Nicosia) Nikitari Argaka Drouseia Motorway MORFOU Deftera Baths of Aphrodite Lakki Neon Chorion Town AREA UNDER TURKISH OCCUPATION SINCE 1974 Astromeritis Soloi B U BA Vouni AY Pomos U A FA M A GUS T Lefkonoiko PAFOS 80 LEMESOS 152 72 PAFOS LARNAKA 20km 70 142 LARNAKA TROODOS 0 47 80 51 123 121 TROODOS AGIA NAPA 81 107 184 POLIS 188 108 41 163 AGIA NAPA 37 177 160 220 POLIS PARALIMNI 85 111 178 44 158 5 219 �Cyprus international conference centre flexibility and efficiency Only a short distance from the centre of town in the capital of the island, Lefkosia (Nicosia), the Cyprus International Conference Centre is a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose venue equipped with the latest technological facilities and flexible spaces to host meetings of various size, from large scale conventions of 1,200 delegates to seminars, receptions, exhibitions, banquets, fashion shows and product launches. 7 Facilities available include wireless projection equipment, recording equipment, sound control booths, CCTV, facilities for live TV and radio broadcasting, simultaneous interpretation for 14 languages, satellite TV reception and a projection room. Foyer services include banking and travel facilities, post office, secretarial services, shops, a VIP lounge and a cafeteria. �8 Cyprus state fair authority exhibit with confidence The Cyprus State Fairs Authority, with its many years of experience, has the know-how that is needed to guarantee the organisation and coordination of successful local and international exhibitions, conferences and other events. Its Multipurpose Hall Complex situated within the International Fair grounds in Lefkosia (Nicosia) can meet the growing demand for high standard exhibition centres, combining functionality and flexibility. 9 It offers both a conference facility as well as an exhibition area accommodating up to 1,200 participants, a foyer, pavilions, audiovisual equipment, restaurants and cafeterias, as well a technical and administrative support. 11 �Useful information Passports and Visas Getting Around Cyprus is a member of the European Union since May 2004. No visas are required for entry into Cyprus by nationals of most European countries. Nationals of other countries should contact their nearest Cyprus consulate, or if none, the nearest British consulate. For more information visit the website: http: //www.mfa.gov.cy. There are no vaccination requirements for visitors to Cyprus. The best way to travel around Cyprus is by car. Self-drive car rental firms have offices in all towns, as well as at Larnaka International Airport. Modern air-conditioned tourist coaches as well as minibuses are also available for hire. Cyprus has a modern road network with dual lane motorways linking the main towns of Lefkosia (Nicosia), Lemesos (Limassol), Larnaka and Pafos. Approximate journey times from the capital Lefkosia (Nicosia) are 30 minutes to Larnaka, 45 minutes to Lemesos (Limassol), 1 hour to Agia Napa and 1hr 30 minutes to Pafos. Driving is on the left, as in the United Kingdom, and all signposting is in both English and Greek. The speed limit on motorways is 100 kilometres per hour. Both front and rear seatbelt wear is mandatory. The use of mobile phones at any time while driving is strictly prohibited, unless hands-free equipment is used. Communal "service taxis" provide connections between all major towns every half hour. Regular taxis are reasonably priced and are a good option for airport transfers. Petrol stations in all seaside areas and major towns are equipped with automatic pumps, accepting bank notes or credit cards and operating on a 24-hour basis. Banks The currency of the Republic is the Cyprus Pound (CYí) which is divided into 100 cents. Notes are issued in í20, í10, í5 and í1 denominations. Bank opening hours are from 08:30 to 13:30. Certain banks in tourist areas open during the afternoon. Automatic Exchange Machines and ATM Machines operate on a 24-hour basis and most currencies and denominations are accepted. As of 1.1.08 the Cyprus Republic is expected to enter the euro zone and employ the euro as its currency. The prices listed in the contents of this publication (í) are converted into euros (e) based on the exchange rate of the Cyprus pound against the euro which was set on 10.7.07, i.e í1 = e1.71 or e1=í0.58 Business Hours Shop opening hours vary according to the season. In the summer they are usually open between 09:00-14:00 and 17:00-20:00 and at other times of the year from 09:00-3:00 and 14:30-18:00. On Wednesdays and Saturdays morning opening hours are observed. Medical Medical needs in Cyprus are met through government hospitals and private clinics and specialised doctors in private practice. Medical standards in Cyprus are high, as most practitioners are trained in European countries and the USA, while medical diagnostic centres are modern and wellequipped. Almost all brands of pharmaceuticals are available in Cyprus. Pharmacies are open during normal shopping hours. Late night chemists are listed in the daily papers. Weather Cyprus enjoys an intense Mediterranean climate, with long dry summers from mid-May to mid-October and mild winters with some rain and snow on the Troodos range from December to February, separated by short autumn and spring seasons. Extremes of temperature are rare. There is abundant sunshine all the year round, even in December and January when there is an average of six hours of bright sunshine per day. Electricity The Cyprus electricity supply operates on 240 volts a.c 50 H.z with normal 13 amp square pin plugs. Adaptor plugs are widely available from hotel receptions or shops. Water Tap water is safe to drink. It is a precious commodity on the island, especially during the summer months. Telecommunications Cyprus prides itself on having one of the most sophisticated telecommunications systems in the world. High quality value added services such as advanced data transmission systems, facsimile, mobile telephony, cardphones, paging, videoconferencing, private leased circuits, audiotex, and high-speed internet access, make the island an ideal location for businesses depending on fast, reliable telecommunications. �Services 10 Business needs can be catered for by companies that offer office and secretarial services such as typing, photocopying, printing and bookbinding. Translation and interpreter services are readily available, as are tourist guides in many languages. The island offers excellent postal, messenger and courier services. Cyprus’ Department of Postal Services provides a universal, rapid, safe and low-cost service. All major international courier services have offices on the island, while local companies offer messenger services between towns. Specialised forwarding companies and customs clearing agencies can undertake any shipping, packing, insurance and delivery needs and are able to receive any type of goods either for final importation or for re-export TV, Radio and Press There are seven national television channels with many programmes including news reports broadcast in English. Most hotels have satellite television broadcasting major network channels CNN, BBC, SKY, NBC, etc. There are numerous radio stations broadcasting both locally and nationally. CyBC 2 has regular programmes for visitors in several languages and one can also pick up the BBC World Service and the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) in Cyprus. There are three English language newspapers; the Cyprus Weekly and the Financial Mirror are weeklies, while the Cyprus Mail is a daily. Daily newspapers from other European countries are also available. Languages 11 English is widely spoken, while French and German are spoken in tourist resorts. Food and drink The various foreign influences on Cyprus over the centuries have left their mark on the island’s cuisine. On the whole Cyprus follows a Mediterranean diet, similar to that of Greece but with some additional influences. The traditional fast food of Cyprus is a pitta bread filled with souvlakia (kebab) and salad. Tavernas specialise in meze, which is an array of several dishes that enable one to taste everything at one sitting. Local delicacies include ‘halloumi’ cheese, a semi-hard cheese prepared from sheep's milk with the addition of mint, eaten grilled, fried or on its own. Other culinary influences have come from neighbouring Eastern Mediterranean countries. Italian, British and American fast food chains are also in evidence. Cyprus has a long tradition of winemaking that goes back over 4,000 years. One characteristic old wine, Commandaria, is acknowledged to be the oldest in the world. 13 �Cyprus Tourism Organisation Worldwide Offices CYPRUS CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Leoforos Lemesou 19 P.O.Box 24535, CY 1390, Lefkosia Tel: +357 22691100, Fax: +357 22331644 E-mail: cytour@cto.org.cy www.visitcyprus.com BELGIUM OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE DIENST VOOR TOERISME VAN CYPRUS Avenue de Cortenbergh 61, Kortenberglaan B-1000 Bruxelles/Brussel Tel. 02/735.06.21, Fax: 02/735.66.07 E-mail: cyprus@skynet.be IRELAND CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION 71 Lower Leeson Str., Dublin 2 Tel. 00 353-1-662 9269, Fax: 00 353-1-662 9270 E-mail: cyprusinfo@eircom.net SWEDEN CYPERNS TURISTRÅD Norrlandsgatan 20, 111 43 Stockholm Tel. (08) 10 50 25, Fax: (08) 10 64 14 103 86 Stockholm, E-mail: info@ctosweden.org UNITED KINGDOM CYPRUS TOURIST OFFICE 17, Hanover Street London W1S 1YP Tel. 0207 569 8800, Fax: 0207 499 4935 E-mail: informationcto@btconnect.com GERMANY FREMDENVERKEHRSZENTRALE ZYPERN FRANKFURT Zeil 127, 60313 Frankfurt Tel. (069) 25 19 19, Fax: (069) 25 02 88 E-mail: info@cto–fra.de BERLIN Wallstr. 27, 10179 Berlin Tel. 0 30-23 45-75 90, Fax: 0 30–23 45-75 92 E-mail: cto_berlin@t—online.de SWITZERLAND FREMDENVERKEHRSZENTRALE ZYPERN Gottfried Keller – Strasse 7, 8001 Zürich Tel. +4144 262 3303, Fax: +4144 251 2417 Geneva: Tel: +4122 741 33 03 E-mail: ctozurich@bluewin.ch AUSTRIA ZYPERN TOURISMUS Parkring 20, A-1010 Wien Tel. (01) 513 18 70, Fax: (01) 513 18 72 E-mail: zyperntourism@aon.at FRANCE OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE 15, Rue de la Paix, 75002 Paris Tel. 01. 42.61.42.49, Fax: 01. 42.61.65.13 E-mail: cto.chypre.paris@wanadoo.fr THE NETHERLANDS CYPRUS VERKEERSBUREAU Keizersgracht 635, 1017 DS Amsterdam Tel. (020) 624 4358, Fax: (020) 638 3369 E-mail: cyprus.sun@wxs.nl FINLAND KYPROKSEN MATKAILUTOIMISTO Aleksanterinkatu 48B, 00100 Helsinki Tel. (0) 9-476 09 100, Fax: (0) 9-476 09 120 E-mail: info@ctofinland.org GREECE CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION ATHENS Voukourestiou 38, Kolonaki, Athens 10673 Tel. 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Conferences & Incentives Subject The topic of the resource Cyprus--Conferences--Guidebooks Κύπρος--Συνέδρια--Οδηγοί Cyprus--Tourism--Guidebooks Κύπρος--Τουρισμός--Οδηγοί Description An account of the resource Lying in the sparkling blue waters of the Eastern Mediterranean and at the crossroads between Europe, Africa and Asia, Cyprus has always had an important strategic position throughout history. Nowadays, as the Easternmost member of the European Union, the island is a perfect meeting place for decision-makers from all over the world. An ideal all year round climate, beautiful scenery, a traditionally hospitable people and a civilization that goes back 10,000 years. The island has everything to offer to make your next meeting, convention, incentive or other corporate event a tremendous success. Having hosted meetings of heads of government in the past and with over 600 top companies and organisations holding conferences here every year, Cyprus has all the facilities that even the most valued VIPs would need. With a reputation for quality and professionalism, as well as top class facilities and service, you'll find there's no more distinctive venue than Cyprus. 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Nowadays, as the Easternmost member of the European Union, the island is a perfect meeting place for decision-makers from all over the world. An ideal all year round climate, beautiful scenery, a traditionally hospitable people and a civilisation that goes back 10,000 years. The island has everything to offer to make your next meeting, convention, incentive or other corporate event a tremendous success. Having hosted meetings of heads of government in the past and with over 600 top companies and organisations holding conferences here every year, Cyprus has all the facilities that even the most valued VIPs would need. With a reputation for quality and professionalism, as well as top class facilities and service, you'll find there's no more distinctive venue than Cyprus. 1 �Accommodation Comfort and service for all your needs When it’s time for business you’ll find everything you need. Whether you are planning a full-scale conference of over a thousand participants, or an innovative incentives programme, Cyprus can provide it. There’s an abundance of quality hotels in all towns and holiday resorts with high standards of service to choose from, allowing you the convenience of staying in the same location as your corporate event. The excellent amenities offer fully equipped conference rooms with varying capacities, the latest audio, visual and video conferencing equipment, flexible meeting rooms, break-out rooms and technical equipment, as well as simultaneous translation facilities. Secretarial services are also widely available. Hire the executive boardroom for a small group meeting, host a product launch in the foyer, or hold a reception around the pool or on the terrace, and let the professionals accommodate you. After a day of tough decision-making, put your feet up in your wellappointed air-conditioned room or suite. Cyprus hotels provide every amenity the modern business traveller has come to expect and more, from swimming pools, tennis courts, sauna rooms, and beachfronts, to salt-water pools, exotic gardens, thalassotherapy and health spas. Buffet style dining is popular and presents your participants with a bountiful array of market fresh local and international cuisine. Benefit from special off-season discounts that are usually on offer between mid-November and mid-March, excluding the Christmas period. 2 1 ��Infrastructure keeping in touch Cyprus has a well developed physical and social infrastructure. Efficient dual carriage motorways link all towns and resorts, keeping travel time low and allowing you the freedom to indulge in your pursuits. Many international airlines operate regular flights to Larnaka airport. Transfer times to the capital Lefkosia (Nicosia) and Lemesos (Limassol) are less than one hour. Pafos is served by its own international airport. Within thirty minutes of leaving the arrivals lounge you may find yourself enjoying a drink at your venue hotel. The island’s geographic proximity to other popular destinations means you can add an extra dimension to your event by combining it with a short, value-for-money cruise to a neighbouring country such as Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Greece and the Greek islands. A sophisticated communications system including tele-conferencing, video-conferencing, and widely accessible internet and e-mail facilities will link you anywhere in the world and help you maintain contact with your corporate base at home. On the social side, Cyprus can offer the coporate events organiser a stable economy and a safe and secure European country that respects law and order. 2 �Incentives a bonus worth working for Providing incentives through travel can be very effective and rewarding. Turn experiences into motivation and motivation into returns. A successful incentives program not only increases profits by motivating employees to work harder and customers to buy more, but it also builds loyalty, dedication and camaraderie. Offer your staff the chance to hone their golfing or tennis skills at one of the island’s purpose-built resorts set in peaceful surroundings with spectacular views. Make them feel like millionaires for a day experiencing the comfort of a private yacht, or let them be pampered at one of the island’s luxury spa resorts. Cyprus has an abundance of added-value amenities such as archaeological sites, museums, galleries, sporting and leisure activities, nightlife and entertainment. The culture and heritage of Cyprus is unique, with a 10,000 year history as a meeting place for continents and peoples. This cosmopolitan element gives Cyprus its distinctive flavour, a feature in the choice of destination by corporate clients. Jeep safaris into the countryside, wine tours round picturesque mountain villages, a themed cruise around the attractive coastline, are just some of the possibilities which Cyprus has to offer. 5 �Destination Management Companies leave it to us... Whether you need a live band to play for your soirée, someone to organise games, gimmicks or other entertainment for your pre and post event tours or for escorting members, let the experts do it for you. Numerous professional destination management companies with experienced, efficient and multilingual staff will draw up a complete tailor-made programme to suit your needs and be on hand at all times to supervise every stage of the event. Their portfolio of original, innovative and creative ideas can include anything from an afternoon experiencing village life - sipping coffee and playing backgammon, or baking home-made olive or ‘halloumi cheese’ pies - to a day following in the footsteps of Aphrodite, the legendary goddess of love and beauty, protectress of Cyprus. From the place where she rose from the waves, to dedicated sites where she was worshipped. Having one of the oldest civilisations in the world, there is so much in Cyprus to see, from ancient prehistoric sites, Greco-Roman theatres, exquisite mosaics, to skilfully painted Byzantine churches on the UNESCO world heritage list. Cyprus’ rich cultural heritage, in combination with the beauty and tranquility of its mountainous hinterland vastly enhance the drama and memorability of group events. 6 3 �4 5 6 �LA C A O CE N EUROPE AT N TI ASIA M ED IT E R RA AFRICA NEA N CYPRUS SE A Cape Apostolos Andreas † Apostolos Andreas Rizokarpaso Aigialousa Karpasia Davlos Kantara Cape Kormakitis Livera KERYNEIA Lambousa Agios Amvrosios Karavas Agios Ilarion Cape Elaia Agios Epiktitos Bellapais Myrtou Trikomo Voufaventon Pentadaktylos Y O M ORF Pyrgos KEY Cape Arnaoutis C H R YS O † Church, Monastery Akamas Archaeological site O CH Village Kathikas Maa † Agios Neofytos Kedares Lempa Kyperounta † Mandria Agios Nikolaos Nisou Tamassos Liopetri Agios Irakleidios Trooditissa Pelendri Agros Palaichori † Cape Gkreko Kornos Machairas Platres LARNAKA † Pano Lefkara Kato Lefkara Vavla Hala Sultan Tekkesi Salt Lake Kiti † Agios Raindays Humidity (%) MARCH 19,4 10,0 8,0 16,9 68 8,9 APRIL 26,6 16,5 11,2 19,0 69 2,6 JUNE 30,7 20,1 12,8 21,8 70 0,3 JULY 33,0 22,2 12,6 24,1 71 0,0 AUGUST 33,2 22,6 11,9 25,4 73 0,3 Alassa Kouklia Palaipafos Aphrodite’s Sanctuary Germasogeia Amathous Polemidia Sanctuary of Apollon Ylatis Kolossi Kourion Pissouri Petra tou Romiou (Aphrodite’s birthplace) Salt Lake 22,6 12,7 9,2 17,4 67 5,0 MAY SEPTEMBER 31,3 20,4 10,6 25,8 67 0,3 28,6 17,7 8,9 23,2 68 3,4 OCTOBER NOVEMBER 23,5 13,4 7,2 20,2 73 7,3 DECEMBER 19,0 10,0 5,8 18,6 81 10,0 Cape Kiti Cape Aspron E P I S K O PI B AY Zygi Kalymnos Beach LEMESOS (Governors Beach) (Limassol) IR I B A Y Harbour ROT AK Cr ete Ha Al ,R ifa ex ho an dr Cape Gata ia DISTANCE CHART (Km) Cape Zevgari LEFKOSIA LEMESOS rut Bei 17,5 8,1 7,2 16,6 73 9,1 Larnaka International Airport Kofinou Minas Choirokoitia s eu ira s, P 17,3 8,4 6,1 16,5 77 11,4 FEBRUARY AK A B A Y L de JANUARY Timi Marina ARN Cape Pyla Tenta Geroskipou Pafos International Airport Harbour Stavrovouni Omodos Arsos Koilani Laneia Vasa Vouni Lofou Protaras Agia Napa Xylofagou Fikardou Gourri Sotira Lymbia Kakopetria Pedoulas Pano Panagia Panagia Stroumpi Chrysorrogiatissa Paralimni Mazotos PAFOS Sea temperature in oC Mean daily Sunshine (Hours) Maximum daily coastal temperature in oC Minimum night coastal temperature in oC Troodos Lasa † Galata Moutoulas † Coral Bay AMMOCHOSTOS (Famagusta) Latsia Pera Klirou † Fyti TEMPERATURES MONTHS Panagia Gerakies tou Kykkou Peristerona Lysos Y Deryneia Asinou Cedar Valley Pegeia Peristerona Stavros tis Psokas Polis Main Road Limit of area under Turkish occupation Karavostasi BA Apostolos Varnavas † Salamis Egkomi LEFKOSIA (Nicosia) Nikitari Argaka Drouseia Motorway MORFOU Deftera Baths of Aphrodite Lakki Neon Chorion Town AREA UNDER TURKISH OCCUPATION SINCE 1974 Astromeritis Soloi B U BA Vouni AY Pomos U A FA M A GUS T Lefkonoiko PAFOS 80 LEMESOS 152 72 PAFOS LARNAKA 20km 70 142 LARNAKA TROODOS 0 47 80 51 123 121 TROODOS AGIA NAPA 81 107 184 POLIS 188 108 41 163 AGIA NAPA 37 177 160 220 POLIS PARALIMNI 85 111 178 44 158 5 219 �Cyprus international conference centre flexibility and efficiency Only a short distance from the centre of town in the capital of the island, Lefkosia (Nicosia), the Cyprus International Conference Centre is a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose venue equipped with the latest technological facilities and flexible spaces to host meetings of various size, from large scale conventions of 1,200 delegates to seminars, receptions, exhibitions, banquets, fashion shows and product launches. 7 Facilities available include wireless projection equipment, recording equipment, sound control booths, CCTV, facilities for live TV and radio broadcasting, simultaneous interpretation for 14 languages, satellite TV reception and a projection room. Foyer services include banking and travel facilities, post office, secretarial services, shops, a VIP lounge and a cafeteria. �8 Cyprus state fair authority exhibit with confidence The Cyprus State Fairs Authority, with its many years of experience, has the know-how that is needed to guarantee the organisation and coordination of successful local and international exhibitions, conferences and other events. Its Multipurpose Hall Complex situated within the International Fair grounds in Lefkosia (Nicosia) can meet the growing demand for high standard exhibition centres, combining functionality and flexibility. 9 It offers both a conference facility as well as an exhibition area accommodating up to 1,200 participants, a foyer, pavilions, audiovisual equipment, restaurants and cafeterias, as well a technical and administrative support. 11 �Useful information Passports and Visas Getting Around Cyprus is a member of the European Union since May 2004. No visas are required for entry into Cyprus by nationals of most European countries. Nationals of other countries should contact their nearest Cyprus consulate, or if none, the nearest British consulate. For more information visit the website: http: //www.mfa.gov.cy. There are no vaccination requirements for visitors to Cyprus. The best way to travel around Cyprus is by car. Self-drive car rental firms have offices in all towns, as well as at Larnaka International Airport. Modern air-conditioned tourist coaches as well as minibuses are also available for hire. Cyprus has a modern road network with dual lane motorways linking the main towns of Lefkosia (Nicosia), Lemesos (Limassol), Larnaka and Pafos. Approximate journey times from the capital Lefkosia (Nicosia) are 30 minutes to Larnaka, 45 minutes to Lemesos (Limassol), 1 hour to Agia Napa and 1hr 30 minutes to Pafos. Driving is on the left, as in the United Kingdom, and all signposting is in both English and Greek. The speed limit on motorways is 100 kilometres per hour. Both front and rear seatbelt wear is mandatory. The use of mobile phones at any time while driving is strictly prohibited, unless hands-free equipment is used. Communal "service taxis" provide connections between all major towns every half hour. Regular taxis are reasonably priced and are a good option for airport transfers. Petrol stations in all seaside areas and major towns are equipped with automatic pumps, accepting bank notes or credit cards and operating on a 24-hour basis. Banks The currency of the Republic is the Cyprus Pound (CYí) which is divided into 100 cents. Notes are issued in í20, í10, í5 and í1 denominations. Bank opening hours are from 08:30 to 13:30. Certain banks in tourist areas open during the afternoon. Automatic Exchange Machines and ATM Machines operate on a 24-hour basis and most currencies and denominations are accepted. As of 1.1.08 the Cyprus Republic is expected to enter the euro zone and employ the euro as its currency. The prices listed in the contents of this publication (í) are converted into euros (e) based on the exchange rate of the Cyprus pound against the euro which was set on 10.7.07, i.e í1 = e1.71 or e1=í0.58 Business Hours Shop opening hours vary according to the season. In the summer they are usually open between 09:00-14:00 and 17:00-20:00 and at other times of the year from 09:00-3:00 and 14:30-18:00. On Wednesdays and Saturdays morning opening hours are observed. Medical Medical needs in Cyprus are met through government hospitals and private clinics and specialised doctors in private practice. Medical standards in Cyprus are high, as most practitioners are trained in European countries and the USA, while medical diagnostic centres are modern and wellequipped. Almost all brands of pharmaceuticals are available in Cyprus. Pharmacies are open during normal shopping hours. Late night chemists are listed in the daily papers. Weather Cyprus enjoys an intense Mediterranean climate, with long dry summers from mid-May to mid-October and mild winters with some rain and snow on the Troodos range from December to February, separated by short autumn and spring seasons. Extremes of temperature are rare. There is abundant sunshine all the year round, even in December and January when there is an average of six hours of bright sunshine per day. Electricity The Cyprus electricity supply operates on 240 volts a.c 50 H.z with normal 13 amp square pin plugs. Adaptor plugs are widely available from hotel receptions or shops. Water Tap water is safe to drink. It is a precious commodity on the island, especially during the summer months. Telecommunications Cyprus prides itself on having one of the most sophisticated telecommunications systems in the world. High quality value added services such as advanced data transmission systems, facsimile, mobile telephony, cardphones, paging, videoconferencing, private leased circuits, audiotex, and high-speed internet access, make the island an ideal location for businesses depending on fast, reliable telecommunications. �Services 10 Business needs can be catered for by companies that offer office and secretarial services such as typing, photocopying, printing and bookbinding. Translation and interpreter services are readily available, as are tourist guides in many languages. The island offers excellent postal, messenger and courier services. Cyprus’ Department of Postal Services provides a universal, rapid, safe and low-cost service. All major international courier services have offices on the island, while local companies offer messenger services between towns. Specialised forwarding companies and customs clearing agencies can undertake any shipping, packing, insurance and delivery needs and are able to receive any type of goods either for final importation or for re-export TV, Radio and Press There are seven national television channels with many programmes including news reports broadcast in English. Most hotels have satellite television broadcasting major network channels CNN, BBC, SKY, NBC, etc. There are numerous radio stations broadcasting both locally and nationally. CyBC 2 has regular programmes for visitors in several languages and one can also pick up the BBC World Service and the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) in Cyprus. There are three English language newspapers; the Cyprus Weekly and the Financial Mirror are weeklies, while the Cyprus Mail is a daily. Daily newspapers from other European countries are also available. Languages 11 English is widely spoken, while French and German are spoken in tourist resorts. Food and drink The various foreign influences on Cyprus over the centuries have left their mark on the island’s cuisine. On the whole Cyprus follows a Mediterranean diet, similar to that of Greece but with some additional influences. The traditional fast food of Cyprus is a pitta bread filled with souvlakia (kebab) and salad. Tavernas specialise in meze, which is an array of several dishes that enable one to taste everything at one sitting. Local delicacies include ‘halloumi’ cheese, a semi-hard cheese prepared from sheep's milk with the addition of mint, eaten grilled, fried or on its own. Other culinary influences have come from neighbouring Eastern Mediterranean countries. Italian, British and American fast food chains are also in evidence. Cyprus has a long tradition of winemaking that goes back over 4,000 years. One characteristic old wine, Commandaria, is acknowledged to be the oldest in the world. 13 �Cyprus Tourism Organisation Worldwide Offices CYPRUS CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Leoforos Lemesou 19 P.O.Box 24535, CY 1390, Lefkosia Tel: +357 22691100, Fax: +357 22331644 E-mail: cytour@cto.org.cy www.visitcyprus.com BELGIUM OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE DIENST VOOR TOERISME VAN CYPRUS Avenue de Cortenbergh 61, Kortenberglaan B-1000 Bruxelles/Brussel Tel. 02/735.06.21, Fax: 02/735.66.07 E-mail: cyprus@skynet.be IRELAND CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION 71 Lower Leeson Str., Dublin 2 Tel. 00 353-1-662 9269, Fax: 00 353-1-662 9270 E-mail: cyprusinfo@eircom.net SWEDEN CYPERNS TURISTRÅD Norrlandsgatan 20, 111 43 Stockholm Tel. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource EN Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context English_Conf_Incentives_lrg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 35.151625, 33.375048 Cyprus--Conferences--Guidebooks Cyprus--Tourism--Guidebooks Κύπρος--Συνέδρια--Οδηγοί Κύπρος--Τουρισμός--Οδηγοί https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/files/original/eb4c11b766a7a2b46e11e8a692d4ffc3.pdf 148fb34f87587289c7717b7ab37aa4b7 PDF Text Text Flavours of Cyprus A food guide for visitors 1 �Welcome to Cyprus, 2 the sunshine island of exotic fragrances and Eastern Mediterranean flavours. Relax and let yourself slip into the Cypriot pace of life. Why not take a seat by the sea and sip your first brandy sour, or an ouzo. Nibble on a nut or even better, pass the time with a handful of sunflower seeds or passatempo, as the Cypriots call them. Just sniff Cyprus and you could become intoxicated by the tang of fresh lemons and the delicate citrus blossom, the wholesome smell of freshly baked bread or the fermenting grapes from the wine harvest. Cypriots, as you will soon discover, are a naturally hospitable people and generous to the extreme, in a way that is so much part of the Mediterranean. Cyprus lies at the crossroads of three continents Europe, Asia and Africa. Just take a glance at its history and you will see how various empires, invasions, foreign settlers and traders over the centuries have brought their influence to Cyprus. They have also brought their recipes and many of these have been introduced into Cypriot cooking, the main ones coming from Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Lebanon, Syria, Italy, France and latterly Britain. These foreign flavours have combined with the food produced on the island to give Cyprus its own traditional cuisine. Its turbulent past has made Cyprus self-sufficient and in rural areas Cypriot families still produce everything they need. Not so long ago the grain, oil and wine were stored in Pitharia, those enormous onion shaped terracotta pots that adorn the countryside. The island has always produced a huge variety of food due to its fine climate. In fact everyday foods such as figs, beans, chick peas, herbs, olives, dates, almonds and nuts date back to the Bible. The Cypriots enjoy a healthy diet apart from their love of syrup and soaked pastries. Everything is cooked fresh, daily, and the quality of the produce is superb, due no doubt to the motto of the Cypriot housewife… ʻIf it isn’t fresh we don’t want it.ʼ 3 �Welcome to Cyprus, 2 the sunshine island of exotic fragrances and Eastern Mediterranean flavours. Relax and let yourself slip into the Cypriot pace of life. Why not take a seat by the sea and sip your first brandy sour, or an ouzo. Nibble on a nut or even better, pass the time with a handful of sunflower seeds or passatempo, as the Cypriots call them. Just sniff Cyprus and you could become intoxicated by the tang of fresh lemons and the delicate citrus blossom, the wholesome smell of freshly baked bread or the fermenting grapes from the wine harvest. Cypriots, as you will soon discover, are a naturally hospitable people and generous to the extreme, in a way that is so much part of the Mediterranean. Cyprus lies at the crossroads of three continents Europe, Asia and Africa. Just take a glance at its history and you will see how various empires, invasions, foreign settlers and traders over the centuries have brought their influence to Cyprus. They have also brought their recipes and many of these have been introduced into Cypriot cooking, the main ones coming from Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Lebanon, Syria, Italy, France and latterly Britain. These foreign flavours have combined with the food produced on the island to give Cyprus its own traditional cuisine. Its turbulent past has made Cyprus self-sufficient and in rural areas Cypriot families still produce everything they need. Not so long ago the grain, oil and wine were stored in Pitharia, those enormous onion shaped terracotta pots that adorn the countryside. The island has always produced a huge variety of food due to its fine climate. In fact everyday foods such as figs, beans, chick peas, herbs, olives, dates, almonds and nuts date back to the Bible. The Cypriots enjoy a healthy diet apart from their love of syrup and soaked pastries. Everything is cooked fresh, daily, and the quality of the produce is superb, due no doubt to the motto of the Cypriot housewife… ʻIf it isn’t fresh we don’t want it.ʼ 3 �Time to Visit a Taverna 4 Eating out to catch some local flavour is always the high spot of a holiday, but where do you start when faced with the Cypriot menu at your local taverna? In the course of your stay it is quite possible to try everything but why not order a meze and taste all the dishes at one sitting. Meze is short for mezedhes, or little delicacies, and wherever you travel round the Mediterranean they appear in some form or other. Share a meze in Cyprus and you have tasted the true flavours of the island, for you may be served anything up to 30 dishes. It is a complete meal, but, beware, don’t be tempted to finish every dish that arrives on the table, or you may feel as though you’ve eaten for a week by the end! Just take a leaf out of a Cypriot’s book and enjoy your meze’siga siga’ or slowly, slowly. Well, the decision has been made and your meze is ordered – what can you expect to eat? First come the olives, black and green (elies) tsakistes with a dressing of lemon, garlic, herbs, coriander seeds and oil. Dips of tahini, taramosalata, and talattouri arrive with a basket of fresh village bread and a bowl of salata horiatiki, village salad. Octapodi krasato, octopus in red wine, karaoli yahni, snails in tomato sauce, zalatina, kappari, pickles of capers and moungra, pickled cauliflower, are some of the unusual meze dishes that may arrive now. Bunches of greens, some raw, some dressed with lemon juice and salt such as carrots and kohlrabi, and some tossed in oil and bound with egg may fit into your meze at this point. Fish of some kind could be next on the menu. Marida, tiny sardine type fish or barbouni, red mullet which are usually served very small, and kalamari or rings of squid are buttered and deep fried, accompanied with chunks of fresh lemon. Grilled halloumi cheese and lountza, smoked pork, come next followed by keftedes, (meat balls), the popular sheftalia, grilled pork and loukanika, smoked Cyprus sausages. Now for the composite dishes or casseroles such as afelia, moussaka and stifado. Towards the end of the meal come the kebabs or souvlakia, the ofto kleftiko (meat baked in a sealed oven), as well as pieces of chicken, arriving straight from the grill. But perhaps you are beginning to feel full now…No surprise – you’ve survived your first meze! Sit back contented in the knowledge that little else is to follow. Just some fresh fruit, carefully prepared and segmented and, well, perhaps just a few sugar dredged bourekia pastry filled with fresh curd cheese and honey. No more…do I hear you beg? If eating in a tavern seems like hard work then a visit to the local “souvlitzidiko” (kebab place) is recommended. Enjoy the most traditional Cypriot take away: in the shape of a pitta bread envelope filled with souvlakia (kebab) and salad. This is not to say that you cannot enjoy it on the spot accompanied with al cool beer. 5 �Time to Visit a Taverna 4 Eating out to catch some local flavour is always the high spot of a holiday, but where do you start when faced with the Cypriot menu at your local taverna? In the course of your stay it is quite possible to try everything but why not order a meze and taste all the dishes at one sitting. Meze is short for mezedhes, or little delicacies, and wherever you travel round the Mediterranean they appear in some form or other. Share a meze in Cyprus and you have tasted the true flavours of the island, for you may be served anything up to 30 dishes. It is a complete meal, but, beware, don’t be tempted to finish every dish that arrives on the table, or you may feel as though you’ve eaten for a week by the end! Just take a leaf out of a Cypriot’s book and enjoy your meze’siga siga’ or slowly, slowly. Well, the decision has been made and your meze is ordered – what can you expect to eat? First come the olives, black and green (elies) tsakistes with a dressing of lemon, garlic, herbs, coriander seeds and oil. Dips of tahini, taramosalata, and talattouri arrive with a basket of fresh village bread and a bowl of salata horiatiki, village salad. Octapodi krasato, octopus in red wine, karaoli yahni, snails in tomato sauce, zalatina, kappari, pickles of capers and moungra, pickled cauliflower, are some of the unusual meze dishes that may arrive now. Bunches of greens, some raw, some dressed with lemon juice and salt such as carrots and kohlrabi, and some tossed in oil and bound with egg may fit into your meze at this point. Fish of some kind could be next on the menu. Marida, tiny sardine type fish or barbouni, red mullet which are usually served very small, and kalamari or rings of squid are buttered and deep fried, accompanied with chunks of fresh lemon. Grilled halloumi cheese and lountza, smoked pork, come next followed by keftedes, (meat balls), the popular sheftalia, grilled pork and loukanika, smoked Cyprus sausages. Now for the composite dishes or casseroles such as afelia, moussaka and stifado. Towards the end of the meal come the kebabs or souvlakia, the ofto kleftiko (meat baked in a sealed oven), as well as pieces of chicken, arriving straight from the grill. But perhaps you are beginning to feel full now…No surprise – you’ve survived your first meze! Sit back contented in the knowledge that little else is to follow. Just some fresh fruit, carefully prepared and segmented and, well, perhaps just a few sugar dredged bourekia pastry filled with fresh curd cheese and honey. No more…do I hear you beg? If eating in a tavern seems like hard work then a visit to the local “souvlitzidiko” (kebab place) is recommended. Enjoy the most traditional Cypriot take away: in the shape of a pitta bread envelope filled with souvlakia (kebab) and salad. This is not to say that you cannot enjoy it on the spot accompanied with al cool beer. 5 �Home Cooking 6 Eating with a Cypriot family is an experience not to be missed, should you be lucky enough to be invited. Alternatively, buy a local cookbook and have a go yourself! Vegetables, pulses and grains, as well as meat of course, make up the majority of a family diet. Eating home-cooking opens a whole new spectrum of Cypriot tastes and flavours. Here are some of the dishes you could try from a Cypriot cookbook: Pourgouri or cracked wheat is cooked together with some fried onions and chicken stock to make a light and nutty pilaf which is always served with plain yogurt. Louvia me lahana is a good mixture of greens cooked with black eyed beans and served with olive oil and lots of fresh lemon juice. Koupepia (dolmades) are rolled vine leaves stuffed with meat and rice, especially good when prepared with the spring leaves from young vines. Melintzanes Yiahni (Imam bayldi) is a superb mixture of aubergines, garlic and fresh tomatoes. Spanakopitta – a pie of spinach, feta cheese and eggs, wrapped in fillo pastry. Yemista, or stuffed vegetables, uses tomatoes, onions, courgettes, peppers or even aubergines, or marrows. Moukentra – a combination of lentils, rice and onions. Try making Cypriot casseroles such as tavas which should be cooked in particular earthernware pots and combine lamb or beef with tomatoes, lots of onions, potatoes and cumin. Or Stifado, a rich stew of beef or rabbit cooked with plenty of onions, vinegar and wine. Pastitsio is a baked dish rather like macaroni cheese with a layer of spiced meat in the middle and white cream on top. Home made soups are refreshing as well as filling in Cyprus. Taste trahana made from cracked wheat and sour milk, or avgolemono which is egg and lemon soup in chicken stock. For a celebration or large family meal, souvla is very popular. Large chunks of lamb, pork or chicken flavoured with fresh herbs, are threaded onto a spit and grilled over charcoal. Cypriots often cook souvla on a picnic: whilst at home, ofto, or roast meat with potatoes, is usually prepared. If there is a traditional sealed oven in the garden, then ofto Kleftiko will be the order of the day. By this method of cooking the meat cooks completely in its own juices and tastes delicious. The dish got its name from the word Kleftis which means robber, and they say that in the past mountain men would cook their stolen meat in sealed underground ovens. Now for the puddings: Cypriot housewives have a real flair for these and you should try galatopoureko, which is made with fillo pastry and a cream filling or kandaifi, whose pastry strands are wound into a cigar shape and soaked in syrup. Mahalepi is a creamy pudding which floats in rosewater syrup and is much loved by the Cypriots. Even a rizogalo or rice pudding is rather special in Cyprus. 7 �Home Cooking 6 Eating with a Cypriot family is an experience not to be missed, should you be lucky enough to be invited. Alternatively, buy a local cookbook and have a go yourself! Vegetables, pulses and grains, as well as meat of course, make up the majority of a family diet. Eating home-cooking opens a whole new spectrum of Cypriot tastes and flavours. Here are some of the dishes you could try from a Cypriot cookbook: Pourgouri or cracked wheat is cooked together with some fried onions and chicken stock to make a light and nutty pilaf which is always served with plain yogurt. Louvia me lahana is a good mixture of greens cooked with black eyed beans and served with olive oil and lots of fresh lemon juice. Koupepia (dolmades) are rolled vine leaves stuffed with meat and rice, especially good when prepared with the spring leaves from young vines. Melintzanes Yiahni (Imam bayldi) is a superb mixture of aubergines, garlic and fresh tomatoes. Spanakopitta – a pie of spinach, feta cheese and eggs, wrapped in fillo pastry. Yemista, or stuffed vegetables, uses tomatoes, onions, courgettes, peppers or even aubergines, or marrows. Moukentra – a combination of lentils, rice and onions. Try making Cypriot casseroles such as tavas which should be cooked in particular earthernware pots and combine lamb or beef with tomatoes, lots of onions, potatoes and cumin. Or Stifado, a rich stew of beef or rabbit cooked with plenty of onions, vinegar and wine. Pastitsio is a baked dish rather like macaroni cheese with a layer of spiced meat in the middle and white cream on top. Home made soups are refreshing as well as filling in Cyprus. Taste trahana made from cracked wheat and sour milk, or avgolemono which is egg and lemon soup in chicken stock. For a celebration or large family meal, souvla is very popular. Large chunks of lamb, pork or chicken flavoured with fresh herbs, are threaded onto a spit and grilled over charcoal. Cypriots often cook souvla on a picnic: whilst at home, ofto, or roast meat with potatoes, is usually prepared. If there is a traditional sealed oven in the garden, then ofto Kleftiko will be the order of the day. By this method of cooking the meat cooks completely in its own juices and tastes delicious. The dish got its name from the word Kleftis which means robber, and they say that in the past mountain men would cook their stolen meat in sealed underground ovens. Now for the puddings: Cypriot housewives have a real flair for these and you should try galatopoureko, which is made with fillo pastry and a cream filling or kandaifi, whose pastry strands are wound into a cigar shape and soaked in syrup. Mahalepi is a creamy pudding which floats in rosewater syrup and is much loved by the Cypriots. Even a rizogalo or rice pudding is rather special in Cyprus. 7 �Visit a Market 8 If you really want to understand Cyprus food then take a trip to the local market and get to the root of the matter. Go early, though, before the sun gets too hot and Cypriot housewives have taken the freshest produce for lunch. Most of the items in the market will be familiar but some may be quite new to you and this is when the fun starts. Carry a dictionary if you can, or even better, borrow a translator for the day! If you have neither, don’t worry, there will be many friendly smiles and nods of encouragement as well as a taste of anything you like. Let’s start with the fruit and vegetables – so fresh, much of the produce will have been picked before you got up this morning. Everything you see has been produced on the island, and the quality is guaranteed. Just look at those tomatoes ripened and so full of flavour! And the crates full of peppers, courgettes, aubergines and avocado pears. You’ll find some salad stuffs and fresh herbs in untidy bundles, parsley, rocket and leaf coriander too. Then there are some more exotic vegetables – okra, fresh black eyed beans and purple leafy artichokes. But what is Kolokasi? This is a root vegetable (colocasia esculent) rather like a sweet potato and a specialty of Cyprus. It has a rich flavour and is especially good with pork. They say that Richard the Lionheart had kolokasi at his wedding feast in Limassol in 1191. More than likely you will be offered some fresh fruit to nibble as you wander through the stalls, a generous offer given without any pressure to buy. Even after the glut of citrus fruit in the spring there are still oranges, grapefruit and lemons in the market during summer. Strawberries, which first appear in January are still available during the early summer months. Enormous black cherries come in during June as do plums, apricots, peaches and nectarines. July and August are the months for water melons, a juicy refreshing bargain. Sweet seedless grapes flood the market from July to November and taste wonderful. Other varieties to look out for are Rozaki, pinkish grapes, and Ampelisimo which are big and black, as are Veriko which got their name from the British who kept saying “very good”. Don’t miss the delicious green and purple figs which ripen in August and September and taste wonderful just as they are, or even better with a little local brandy poured over 9 �Visit a Market 8 If you really want to understand Cyprus food then take a trip to the local market and get to the root of the matter. Go early, though, before the sun gets too hot and Cypriot housewives have taken the freshest produce for lunch. Most of the items in the market will be familiar but some may be quite new to you and this is when the fun starts. Carry a dictionary if you can, or even better, borrow a translator for the day! If you have neither, don’t worry, there will be many friendly smiles and nods of encouragement as well as a taste of anything you like. Let’s start with the fruit and vegetables – so fresh, much of the produce will have been picked before you got up this morning. Everything you see has been produced on the island, and the quality is guaranteed. Just look at those tomatoes ripened and so full of flavour! And the crates full of peppers, courgettes, aubergines and avocado pears. You’ll find some salad stuffs and fresh herbs in untidy bundles, parsley, rocket and leaf coriander too. Then there are some more exotic vegetables – okra, fresh black eyed beans and purple leafy artichokes. But what is Kolokasi? This is a root vegetable (colocasia esculent) rather like a sweet potato and a specialty of Cyprus. It has a rich flavour and is especially good with pork. They say that Richard the Lionheart had kolokasi at his wedding feast in Limassol in 1191. More than likely you will be offered some fresh fruit to nibble as you wander through the stalls, a generous offer given without any pressure to buy. Even after the glut of citrus fruit in the spring there are still oranges, grapefruit and lemons in the market during summer. Strawberries, which first appear in January are still available during the early summer months. Enormous black cherries come in during June as do plums, apricots, peaches and nectarines. July and August are the months for water melons, a juicy refreshing bargain. Sweet seedless grapes flood the market from July to November and taste wonderful. Other varieties to look out for are Rozaki, pinkish grapes, and Ampelisimo which are big and black, as are Veriko which got their name from the British who kept saying “very good”. Don’t miss the delicious green and purple figs which ripen in August and September and taste wonderful just as they are, or even better with a little local brandy poured over 9 �Mounds of slithering silver fish make an attractive sight in the market but unless you have a stove handy to cook them, you will have to get to know these Cyprus fish in a restaurant. Look out for red mullet or barbouni as it is called in Greek, seabream or fangri, sorgos, skaros, or marida, which is something like whitebait, sea bass known as sfyrida or xyfias, the delicious swordfish. You will also find Cypriot favourites such as octopus, squid and cuttlefish, which are cooked in a variety of ways in the tavernas. In Cyprus, meat is eaten very fresh, hardly hung at all, and you may well notice the difference in flavour. Lamb and beef are lean and tasty and pork is of excellent quality. Goat has a pleasant slightly gamey flavor and is very lean and well worth trying. The delicatessen stall sells an enormous variety of goods, many of which come from small producers in the mountain villages. As well as honey and a range of different olives there will be tubs of cheeses submerged in brine to keep them fresh. Feta, soft and salty, and halloumi, firm and rubbery, are two such cheeses, made from goats’, ewes’ or cows’ milk. Anari is similar to ricotta when sold fresh, but more like parmesan when salted and left to dry. Ask the stall holder where the cheeses have come from and you will be locked into a fascinating discussion for at least half an hour! Loukanika, the Cyprus sausage, varies in flavour depending on where it is made. The meat content is very high and usually crushed coriander and other spices are added. Before being smoked, the sausages are soaked in red wine. Loukanika taste good when fried or grilled. 10 Another smoked pork product is hiromeri, leg of pork which is marinated and spiced like the loukanika, as is lounza, the delicious fillet of pork. A favourite with the Cypriots is pastourma, a sausage full of hot peppers and fenugreek which adds a spicy bite to the barbeque. Peep into the sacks of pulses stacked in front of you to discover a wide range of beans and dried peas as well as nuts of every description. But perhaps itʼs time to leave the market? No, not quite. Let’s stop at one of the mobile baking stands on our way out. Fresh, seed coated bread, eliopitta, buns full of black olives, mint and onions, sesame paste or tahini pies, halloumi pastries and sausage rolls. Lastly look out for delicious almond filled daktyla pastries or ladies fingers, honey soaked loukoumades which look a little like doughnuts or pisides, which literally drip with citrus flower water syrup. 11 �Mounds of slithering silver fish make an attractive sight in the market but unless you have a stove handy to cook them, you will have to get to know these Cyprus fish in a restaurant. Look out for red mullet or barbouni as it is called in Greek, seabream or fangri, sorgos, skaros, or marida, which is something like whitebait, sea bass known as sfyrida or xyfias, the delicious swordfish. You will also find Cypriot favourites such as octopus, squid and cuttlefish, which are cooked in a variety of ways in the tavernas. In Cyprus, meat is eaten very fresh, hardly hung at all, and you may well notice the difference in flavour. Lamb and beef are lean and tasty and pork is of excellent quality. Goat has a pleasant slightly gamey flavor and is very lean and well worth trying. The delicatessen stall sells an enormous variety of goods, many of which come from small producers in the mountain villages. As well as honey and a range of different olives there will be tubs of cheeses submerged in brine to keep them fresh. Feta, soft and salty, and halloumi, firm and rubbery, are two such cheeses, made from goats’, ewes’ or cows’ milk. Anari is similar to ricotta when sold fresh, but more like parmesan when salted and left to dry. Ask the stall holder where the cheeses have come from and you will be locked into a fascinating discussion for at least half an hour! Loukanika, the Cyprus sausage, varies in flavour depending on where it is made. The meat content is very high and usually crushed coriander and other spices are added. Before being smoked, the sausages are soaked in red wine. Loukanika taste good when fried or grilled. 10 Another smoked pork product is hiromeri, leg of pork which is marinated and spiced like the loukanika, as is lounza, the delicious fillet of pork. A favourite with the Cypriots is pastourma, a sausage full of hot peppers and fenugreek which adds a spicy bite to the barbeque. Peep into the sacks of pulses stacked in front of you to discover a wide range of beans and dried peas as well as nuts of every description. But perhaps itʼs time to leave the market? No, not quite. Let’s stop at one of the mobile baking stands on our way out. Fresh, seed coated bread, eliopitta, buns full of black olives, mint and onions, sesame paste or tahini pies, halloumi pastries and sausage rolls. Lastly look out for delicious almond filled daktyla pastries or ladies fingers, honey soaked loukoumades which look a little like doughnuts or pisides, which literally drip with citrus flower water syrup. 11 �Wines of Cyprus 12 Wine is not a new story for Cyprus. Recent archaeological Excavations which have been undertaken on the island have confirmed the thinking that this small tranche of earth has been producing wine for almost 5000 years. The discoveries testify that Cyprus may well be the cradle of wine development in the entire Mediterranean basin, from Greece, to Italy and France. This historic panorama of continuous wine history that the island possesses is just one of the reasons that make a trip to the wine villages such a fascinating prospect. A second important reason is the wines of today –finding and getting to know our regional wineries, which are mostly small and enchanting. Remember, though, it is important always to make contact first to arrange your visit. The third and best reason is the wine you will sample during your journeys along the “Wine Routes” of Cyprus, six routes in all, all equally interesting and fascinating. From the traditional indigenous varieties of Mavro (for red and rosé wines) and the white grape Xynisteri, plus the globally unique Koumandaria to well – known global varieties, such as Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz. Let’s take a wine walk. The wine is waiting for us! Who hasn’t heart of the world’s oldest named wine, Commandaria? It has derived its name from the Grand Commandarie, a huge estate at Kolossi belonging to the Knights Hospitallers of the 12th-14th centuries. Richard the Lionheart enjoyed the wine so much that he called it ‘The Wine of Kings and the King of Wines’. Commandaria is a sweet desert wine, and is made in a designated region in the foothill mountain villages of the southern Troodos range. The grapes are picked late and dried in the sun to enhance their sugar content and give the wine that mature, almost burnt, flavour. Peculiar to Cyprus, Commandaria is certainly worth a taste, but then so are so many of the Cyprus wines, and at very reasonable prices, we suggest you try a range. Stin iya sou, cheers, health to you! 13 �Wines of Cyprus 12 Wine is not a new story for Cyprus. Recent archaeological Excavations which have been undertaken on the island have confirmed the thinking that this small tranche of earth has been producing wine for almost 5000 years. The discoveries testify that Cyprus may well be the cradle of wine development in the entire Mediterranean basin, from Greece, to Italy and France. This historic panorama of continuous wine history that the island possesses is just one of the reasons that make a trip to the wine villages such a fascinating prospect. A second important reason is the wines of today –finding and getting to know our regional wineries, which are mostly small and enchanting. Remember, though, it is important always to make contact first to arrange your visit. The third and best reason is the wine you will sample during your journeys along the “Wine Routes” of Cyprus, six routes in all, all equally interesting and fascinating. From the traditional indigenous varieties of Mavro (for red and rosé wines) and the white grape Xynisteri, plus the globally unique Koumandaria to well – known global varieties, such as Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz. Let’s take a wine walk. The wine is waiting for us! Who hasn’t heart of the world’s oldest named wine, Commandaria? It has derived its name from the Grand Commandarie, a huge estate at Kolossi belonging to the Knights Hospitallers of the 12th-14th centuries. Richard the Lionheart enjoyed the wine so much that he called it ‘The Wine of Kings and the King of Wines’. Commandaria is a sweet desert wine, and is made in a designated region in the foothill mountain villages of the southern Troodos range. The grapes are picked late and dried in the sun to enhance their sugar content and give the wine that mature, almost burnt, flavour. Peculiar to Cyprus, Commandaria is certainly worth a taste, but then so are so many of the Cyprus wines, and at very reasonable prices, we suggest you try a range. Stin iya sou, cheers, health to you! 13 �Cyprus Food Calendar Whatever time of year you visit Cyprus there is bound to be some seasonal or religious festival taking place. Synonymous with these special events there are, of course, traditional celebration foods. Check with the calendar below to see what specialities may be on offer and where to find them. NEW YEAR’S DAY Known as St.Basil’s Day in Cyprus, this is a day for optimism, when Cypriots hope for a fruitful forthcoming year. A special cake - Vasilopitta – is baked by each family, and, when it is cut, the person who finds a coin in his slice is promised luck for the forthcoming year. EPIPHANY (6th January) A holiday, when all Cypriots go to church to ask for a fruitful and prosperous year to come. Families gather and share a feast of mixed dishes. Loukoumades is the popular sweet of the day. CARNIVAL In the preparation for Lent, Cypriots really let their hair down during the two weeks of carnival prior to the fast. Limassol is famous for its Carnival celebrations and processions, although other towns and villages celebrate too. Look out for seasonal specialities such as pastry Bourekia filled with cinnamon flavoured anari cheese. The last week of carnival is 14 called Tyrini or cheese week and it ends on Green Monday, which is the first day of Lent. Cypriots pack a picnic on this day and head for the countryside. They eat vegetables, olives, bread and salad and drink village wine. LENT Still taken seriously by many Cypriots, no meat, fish or dairy products will be consumed during this period. Pulses, vegetables and fruit, though, are allowed and now that the winter rains have brought the vegetation to life again, just watch the Cypriots gather armfuls of edible greens from the countryside-molohes, pangali and radikia. Try some of the pastries or pittes too, kolokotes made from red pumpkin, raisins and cracked wheat, tahinopitta, made with sesame seed paste, even spanakopitta – spinach pie. EASTER The major religious celebration of the year in Cyprus, when all members of the family join in together to celebrate. Avgolemono soup, made from eggs and lemons in chicken stock, is traditional Easter fare as the flaounes or savoury Easter cakes which are baked in every household. These contain a special Easter cheese, eggs, spices and herbs all wrapped in a yeast pastry. The main meal for Easter is souvla when the fast is really broken and chunks of mouthwatering meat are roasted on a spit on the spring sunshine. 15 �Cyprus Food Calendar Whatever time of year you visit Cyprus there is bound to be some seasonal or religious festival taking place. Synonymous with these special events there are, of course, traditional celebration foods. Check with the calendar below to see what specialities may be on offer and where to find them. NEW YEAR’S DAY Known as St.Basil’s Day in Cyprus, this is a day for optimism, when Cypriots hope for a fruitful forthcoming year. A special cake - Vasilopitta – is baked by each family, and, when it is cut, the person who finds a coin in his slice is promised luck for the forthcoming year. EPIPHANY (6th January) A holiday, when all Cypriots go to church to ask for a fruitful and prosperous year to come. Families gather and share a feast of mixed dishes. Loukoumades is the popular sweet of the day. CARNIVAL In the preparation for Lent, Cypriots really let their hair down during the two weeks of carnival prior to the fast. Limassol is famous for its Carnival celebrations and processions, although other towns and villages celebrate too. Look out for seasonal specialities such as pastry Bourekia filled with cinnamon flavoured anari cheese. The last week of carnival is 14 called Tyrini or cheese week and it ends on Green Monday, which is the first day of Lent. Cypriots pack a picnic on this day and head for the countryside. They eat vegetables, olives, bread and salad and drink village wine. LENT Still taken seriously by many Cypriots, no meat, fish or dairy products will be consumed during this period. Pulses, vegetables and fruit, though, are allowed and now that the winter rains have brought the vegetation to life again, just watch the Cypriots gather armfuls of edible greens from the countryside-molohes, pangali and radikia. Try some of the pastries or pittes too, kolokotes made from red pumpkin, raisins and cracked wheat, tahinopitta, made with sesame seed paste, even spanakopitta – spinach pie. EASTER The major religious celebration of the year in Cyprus, when all members of the family join in together to celebrate. Avgolemono soup, made from eggs and lemons in chicken stock, is traditional Easter fare as the flaounes or savoury Easter cakes which are baked in every household. These contain a special Easter cheese, eggs, spices and herbs all wrapped in a yeast pastry. The main meal for Easter is souvla when the fast is really broken and chunks of mouthwatering meat are roasted on a spit on the spring sunshine. 15 �Cyprus Food Calendar SUMMER Summer is the best time for fruit. Just watch the shops as they fill their shelves with an ongoing supply of strawberries, cherries, apricots, plums, greengages, peaches, grapes, figs, apples, pears and a great variety of melons. AUTUMN The busiest time for rural Cyprus. Almonds, carobs, table and wine grapes as well as olives need to be gathered, stored, packed and delivered; but after all this hard work there will be time to celebrate and the Cypriots really know how to do this well! Look out for a village grape festival when palouzes, a blancmange of grape juice, and soutzoukos, a chewy sweet made by dipping strings of almonds into the palouzes juice, are prepared from the unfermented grapes. After the carob harvest there will be the pastelli and carob honey which is made from boiled carob pods and is eaten on slices of fresh breads. CHRISTMAS In the past the order of the day was pork, nowadays poultry is also on the menu. A Cypriot Christmas cake is the basic British recipe which has been adapted to suit local supplies – and jolly good it is too! But traditional Christmas baking only really gets underway just a few days before December 25th when powdery icing sugar covered kourambiedes or shortbread biscuits are baked as well as melomakarona, spicy buns drenched in honey syrup, and of course 16 koulouria, traditional sesame bread. TIME FOR A COFFEE After all this talk of food, let’s stop a while in a cool shady cafe and have a coffee. More often than not an instant or espresso coffee will be offered to a visitor but perhaps you would prefer to drink the same as the locals sitting around you. Cypriots drink lots of local coffee. It is made individually in small, long handled pots, wide at the base and tapering at the top. These are called mbrikia and come in various sizes. Fresh coffee beans are finely ground or powdered daily and one heaped teaspoon is added to each demitasse of cold water. Sugar goes in too at this stage, before heating the coffee on the stove. So you need to know whether you order you coffee glykos (sweet), metrios (medium sweet) or sketos (unsweetened). The mbrikia are heated on the stove and when the sugar has dissolved, the coffee is allowed to come to boil, forming a creamy froth Kaimaki on top. As the froth turns in from the sides and the coffee begins to rise in the pot, it is removed from the heat and a little is poured into each cup to distribute the froth. Cyprus coffee is strong and should always be served with a glass of cold water. It contains no spices, such as the cardamom pod you might find in a cup of Arabic coffee, but sip with care, for at the bottom of every cup lurks a little sediment – don’t drink it! So relax, nibble something delicious, perhaps a kalo prama – what’s that – literally translated, it means good thing, and, like so many flavours of Cyprus, that’s just what it is. 17 �Cyprus Food Calendar SUMMER Summer is the best time for fruit. Just watch the shops as they fill their shelves with an ongoing supply of strawberries, cherries, apricots, plums, greengages, peaches, grapes, figs, apples, pears and a great variety of melons. AUTUMN The busiest time for rural Cyprus. Almonds, carobs, table and wine grapes as well as olives need to be gathered, stored, packed and delivered; but after all this hard work there will be time to celebrate and the Cypriots really know how to do this well! Look out for a village grape festival when palouzes, a blancmange of grape juice, and soutzoukos, a chewy sweet made by dipping strings of almonds into the palouzes juice, are prepared from the unfermented grapes. After the carob harvest there will be the pastelli and carob honey which is made from boiled carob pods and is eaten on slices of fresh breads. CHRISTMAS In the past the order of the day was pork, nowadays poultry is also on the menu. A Cypriot Christmas cake is the basic British recipe which has been adapted to suit local supplies – and jolly good it is too! But traditional Christmas baking only really gets underway just a few days before December 25th when powdery icing sugar covered kourambiedes or shortbread biscuits are baked as well as melomakarona, spicy buns drenched in honey syrup, and of course 16 koulouria, traditional sesame bread. TIME FOR A COFFEE After all this talk of food, let’s stop a while in a cool shady cafe and have a coffee. More often than not an instant or espresso coffee will be offered to a visitor but perhaps you would prefer to drink the same as the locals sitting around you. Cypriots drink lots of local coffee. It is made individually in small, long handled pots, wide at the base and tapering at the top. These are called mbrikia and come in various sizes. Fresh coffee beans are finely ground or powdered daily and one heaped teaspoon is added to each demitasse of cold water. Sugar goes in too at this stage, before heating the coffee on the stove. So you need to know whether you order you coffee glykos (sweet), metrios (medium sweet) or sketos (unsweetened). The mbrikia are heated on the stove and when the sugar has dissolved, the coffee is allowed to come to boil, forming a creamy froth Kaimaki on top. As the froth turns in from the sides and the coffee begins to rise in the pot, it is removed from the heat and a little is poured into each cup to distribute the froth. Cyprus coffee is strong and should always be served with a glass of cold water. It contains no spices, such as the cardamom pod you might find in a cup of Arabic coffee, but sip with care, for at the bottom of every cup lurks a little sediment – don’t drink it! So relax, nibble something delicious, perhaps a kalo prama – what’s that – literally translated, it means good thing, and, like so many flavours of Cyprus, that’s just what it is. 17 �Recipes BRANDY SOUR Brandy sour is “the” drink of Cyprus. It combines local brandy with the fresh tang of Cyprus lemons. • Mix the brandy, lemon squash and angostura bitters in a long tall glass. • Top up with soda. • Add lots of ice cubes. • Serve with a slice of lemon and a straw. Ingredients 2 parts (50ml) Cypriot Brandy ..................................... 1 part (25ml) lemon squash ..................................... 2-4 angostura bitters ..................................... Soda water to top up Ice cubes PASTITSIO Baked pasta with meat dish, rather like macaroni cheese with white bechamel sauce. TALATTOURI A refreshing yogurt, cucumber and mint dip. • Drain all liquid from the yogurt – alternatively you can use strained yogurt. • Peel and coarsely grate (or finely chop) the cucumbers. Put in a sieve and squeeze out as much of the water as possible. • Add the cucumber, dry mint, salt, olive oil and garlic to the yogurt and stir well. • Chill before serving. 18 Ingredients 1 large yogurt ..................................... 2-3 small cucumbers ..................................... 1 garlic glove crushed (optional) ..................................... 1teaspoon olive oil Dry mint Salt Preparing the meat: • Put the mince meat in a saucepan, with oil, and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 3-5 minutes, stirring, until brown. • Reduce the heat; add half a coffee cup of water, cover and simmer till almost cooked, giving an occasional stir. • When the meat is almost cooked add the parsley. • Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in 1-2 tablespoons grated cheese. • While the meat is being prepared cook the pasta in salted boiling water and drain. • Put half of the pasta in a baking dish (27x27), sprinkle with half the cheese, cover with the meat and add the rest of the pasta and cheese. For the white sauce : • Melt butter in a saucepan. • Add the flour gradually stirring with a wooden spoon till the flour is absorbed. • Add the warm milk gradually, over low heat, whisking hard to remove any lumps till the sauce thickens. • Remove the saucepan from the heat, stir in eggs, cheese, salt and pepper. • Pour the sauce over the pasta and cook in medium oven for about 45 minutes. Ingredients 1 packet of thick pasta such as Mezzani 3 ..................................... 650 gr fresh lean mince (beef, pork or lamb) ..................................... 4-5 table spoons oil (corn oil or sunflower oil) ..................................... 1onion finely chopped ..................................... 3-4 tablespoons fresh parsley finely chopped ..................................... 1-11/2 cups of grated cheese preferably halloumi cheese ..................................... Salt and pepper Ingredients for the white sauce (Bechamel) 7 tablespoons unsalted butter ..................................... 7 tablespoons flour ..................................... 31/2 cups warm milk ..................................... 3 eggs beaten lightly ..................................... 4 tablespoons grated cheese. ..................................... Salt and pepper 19 �Recipes BRANDY SOUR Brandy sour is “the” drink of Cyprus. It combines local brandy with the fresh tang of Cyprus lemons. • Mix the brandy, lemon squash and angostura bitters in a long tall glass. • Top up with soda. • Add lots of ice cubes. • Serve with a slice of lemon and a straw. Ingredients 2 parts (50ml) Cypriot Brandy ..................................... 1 part (25ml) lemon squash ..................................... 2-4 angostura bitters ..................................... Soda water to top up Ice cubes PASTITSIO Baked pasta with meat dish, rather like macaroni cheese with white bechamel sauce. TALATTOURI A refreshing yogurt, cucumber and mint dip. • Drain all liquid from the yogurt – alternatively you can use strained yogurt. • Peel and coarsely grate (or finely chop) the cucumbers. Put in a sieve and squeeze out as much of the water as possible. • Add the cucumber, dry mint, salt, olive oil and garlic to the yogurt and stir well. • Chill before serving. 18 Ingredients 1 large yogurt ..................................... 2-3 small cucumbers ..................................... 1 garlic glove crushed (optional) ..................................... 1teaspoon olive oil Dry mint Salt Preparing the meat: • Put the mince meat in a saucepan, with oil, and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 3-5 minutes, stirring, until brown. • Reduce the heat; add half a coffee cup of water, cover and simmer till almost cooked, giving an occasional stir. • When the meat is almost cooked add the parsley. • Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in 1-2 tablespoons grated cheese. • While the meat is being prepared cook the pasta in salted boiling water and drain. • Put half of the pasta in a baking dish (27x27), sprinkle with half the cheese, cover with the meat and add the rest of the pasta and cheese. For the white sauce : • Melt butter in a saucepan. • Add the flour gradually stirring with a wooden spoon till the flour is absorbed. • Add the warm milk gradually, over low heat, whisking hard to remove any lumps till the sauce thickens. • Remove the saucepan from the heat, stir in eggs, cheese, salt and pepper. • Pour the sauce over the pasta and cook in medium oven for about 45 minutes. Ingredients 1 packet of thick pasta such as Mezzani 3 ..................................... 650 gr fresh lean mince (beef, pork or lamb) ..................................... 4-5 table spoons oil (corn oil or sunflower oil) ..................................... 1onion finely chopped ..................................... 3-4 tablespoons fresh parsley finely chopped ..................................... 1-11/2 cups of grated cheese preferably halloumi cheese ..................................... Salt and pepper Ingredients for the white sauce (Bechamel) 7 tablespoons unsalted butter ..................................... 7 tablespoons flour ..................................... 31/2 cups warm milk ..................................... 3 eggs beaten lightly ..................................... 4 tablespoons grated cheese. ..................................... Salt and pepper 19 �Ingredients for the meat dish 1kg boned lean pork meat, diced ..................................... 1glass red dry wine ..................................... 2-3 tablespoons coriander seeds, coarsely crushed ..................................... 7 tablespoons corn or sunflower oil ..................................... 1cup of water ..................................... Salt and pepper Ingredients for the “pourgouri” pilau AFELIA ME POURGOURI Pork cooked in red wine and crushed coriander seeds served with cracked wheat pilau. Preparing the meat • Marinate the meat in wine and coriander seeds for at least 4 hrs or overnight if possible in the refrigerator. • Remove the meat from the marinate, reserve the marinate. Dry the meat with kitchen paper. • Heat oil in a saucepan and sear the cubes of meat until browned. • Add water, cover the saucepan with a lid and simmer till the meat is half cooked. • Remove excess liquid and add the reserved marinate. Season with salt and pepper and leave to cook. Almost all the liquid should evaporate to leave a thick sauce. Preparing the pourgouri • Heat oil in a saucepan and sautee the vermiceli and onion till soft but not brown. • Stir in the tomatoes. • Add the pourgouri, boiling water and salt. • Cover the saucepan with a lid and remove immediately from heat. • Leave to stand in the closed saucepan till all the water has absorbed. 20 (Bulgar wheat) comprises from grains partly cooked, then dried before being ground. ..................................... 3 tablespoons oil (olive, ground nut or sunflower oil) ..................................... 3 tablespoons vermiceli ..................................... 1 medium onion finely chopped ..................................... 3-4 tomatoes coarsely grated 2 cups of pourgouri ..................................... 4 cups of boiling water ..................................... Salt COURGETTES OR OTHER VEGETABLES BOUND WITH EGG Cypriots love to eat various vegetables and greens such as spinach, wild asparagus, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, artichokes etc. bound with egg. A form of vegetable omelet. • Wash and slice courgettes. • Heat oil and fry the courgettes. • Remove the excess oil, add the eggs, salt and pepper, stir and leave to cook. Ingredients ½ kilo courgettes ..................................... 3 eggs lightly beaten ..................................... Corn, olive or sunflower oil for frying ..................................... Salt and pepper Useful tips: > Depending on the vegetable used one can add onion to the dish. For example if using spinach onion adds a nice flavour. > Asparagus needs to be immersed for a couple of minutes in boiling water before frying. CHICKEN COOKED IN COMMANDARIA WINE Commandaria, the oldest named wine in the world, gives a distinct taste to meat dishes. • Combine the meat, Commandaria wine and cinnamon sticks. Leave to marinated for at least 30 minutes to one hour at room temperature. • Remove meat from the marinate, reserve the marinate, drain the meat on kitchen paper. • Heat oil in a saucepan and fry the meat until brown. • Remove cinnamon sticks from the reserved marinate, add to meat and leave to cook. Almost all the liquid should evaporate to leave a thick sauce. Ingredients ½ kilo skinless boneless chicken breast cut into strips ..................................... 125 ml Commandaria wine ..................................... 2-3 Cinnamon sticks ..................................... Corn or sunflower oil for frying ..................................... Salt and pepper 21 �Ingredients for the meat dish 1kg boned lean pork meat, diced ..................................... 1glass red dry wine ..................................... 2-3 tablespoons coriander seeds, coarsely crushed ..................................... 7 tablespoons corn or sunflower oil ..................................... 1cup of water ..................................... Salt and pepper Ingredients for the “pourgouri” pilau AFELIA ME POURGOURI Pork cooked in red wine and crushed coriander seeds served with cracked wheat pilau. Preparing the meat • Marinate the meat in wine and coriander seeds for at least 4 hrs or overnight if possible in the refrigerator. • Remove the meat from the marinate, reserve the marinate. Dry the meat with kitchen paper. • Heat oil in a saucepan and sear the cubes of meat until browned. • Add water, cover the saucepan with a lid and simmer till the meat is half cooked. • Remove excess liquid and add the reserved marinate. Season with salt and pepper and leave to cook. Almost all the liquid should evaporate to leave a thick sauce. Preparing the pourgouri • Heat oil in a saucepan and sautee the vermiceli and onion till soft but not brown. • Stir in the tomatoes. • Add the pourgouri, boiling water and salt. • Cover the saucepan with a lid and remove immediately from heat. • Leave to stand in the closed saucepan till all the water has absorbed. 20 (Bulgar wheat) comprises from grains partly cooked, then dried before being ground. ..................................... 3 tablespoons oil (olive, ground nut or sunflower oil) ..................................... 3 tablespoons vermiceli ..................................... 1 medium onion finely chopped ..................................... 3-4 tomatoes coarsely grated 2 cups of pourgouri ..................................... 4 cups of boiling water ..................................... Salt COURGETTES OR OTHER VEGETABLES BOUND WITH EGG Cypriots love to eat various vegetables and greens such as spinach, wild asparagus, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, artichokes etc. bound with egg. A form of vegetable omelet. • Wash and slice courgettes. • Heat oil and fry the courgettes. • Remove the excess oil, add the eggs, salt and pepper, stir and leave to cook. Ingredients ½ kilo courgettes ..................................... 3 eggs lightly beaten ..................................... Corn, olive or sunflower oil for frying ..................................... Salt and pepper Useful tips: > Depending on the vegetable used one can add onion to the dish. For example if using spinach onion adds a nice flavour. > Asparagus needs to be immersed for a couple of minutes in boiling water before frying. CHICKEN COOKED IN COMMANDARIA WINE Commandaria, the oldest named wine in the world, gives a distinct taste to meat dishes. • Combine the meat, Commandaria wine and cinnamon sticks. Leave to marinated for at least 30 minutes to one hour at room temperature. • Remove meat from the marinate, reserve the marinate, drain the meat on kitchen paper. • Heat oil in a saucepan and fry the meat until brown. • Remove cinnamon sticks from the reserved marinate, add to meat and leave to cook. Almost all the liquid should evaporate to leave a thick sauce. Ingredients ½ kilo skinless boneless chicken breast cut into strips ..................................... 125 ml Commandaria wine ..................................... 2-3 Cinnamon sticks ..................................... Corn or sunflower oil for frying ..................................... Salt and pepper 21 �OCTAPUS COOKED IN RED WINE This is a lovely dish, best accompanied with rice. • Wash the octopus with water and then with lemon juice. • Cut in small pieces (about 2-3 cm each) • Put oil, octopus pieces, wine, tomatoes, bay leaves, salt and water in a saucepan with the lid. • Leave over low heat till the octopus is cooked. If necessary add more water. HALLOUMI KEBAB Halloumi cheese can be enjoyed raw, grilled or fried. It is an essential part of the Cypriot diet. • Cut halloumi cheese into 2.5cm cubes. • Cut and deseed pepper and tomato into 2cm cubes • Thread the halloumi, pepper and tomato onto skewers and sprinkle with the mint or oregano • Preheat the grill and cook the halloumi kebab turning regularly until the halloumi cubes obtain a golden – brown colour. • Serve with pitta bread and green salad. Ingredients 1Kg octopus (fresh or frozen) ..................................... Juice of1 Lemon ..................................... 1glass of oil (preferably olive oil) ..................................... ½ glass of red dry wine ..................................... ½ glass of water ..................................... 2-3 tomatoes coarsely grated ..................................... Bay leaves ..................................... Salt Ingredients 1 packet of halloumi cheese ..................................... 1 large green pepper cored and deseeded ..................................... 1 large tomato ..................................... Dry mint or oregano RICE PUDDNG • Add the rice into boiling water stir and leave to cook till all water is absorbed. • Dissolve corn flour in a cup of cold milk • Add the rest of the milk in the rice and as it reaches almost boiling point add the sugar and dissolved corn flour. • Leave to boil. • Remove from heat and stir in the rosewater. • Divide the pudding in small individual bowls and when they cool down refrigerate. • Before serving sprinkle with cinnamon. MACHALLEPI A popular refreshing summer dessert. • Dissolve the maize powder starch in two cups of water. • Heat almost to boiling point the rest of the water and add the dissolved maize powder starch stirring continually till it boils. • Pour the machallepi into individual bowls and add a little rosewater. • Leave to cool and refrigerate • Machallepi is served cold. Before serving add sugar to taste and top up with cold water. Ingredients MILOPITTA (APPLE PIE) 1 cup of rice (Carolina) ..................................... 6 cups water ..................................... 1½ ltr milk ..................................... 4 tablespoons corn floor ..................................... 8 tablespoons sugar ..................................... 2-3 tablespoons rosewater ..................................... Cinnamon powder Ingredients for pastry Ingredients 10 tablespoons maize powder starch ..................................... 12 cups of water ..................................... Sugar ..................................... Rosewater 1 cup flour ..................................... 3 /4 cup light brown sugar ..................................... ½ cup unsalted butter ..................................... Cinnamon powder Ingredients for the filling 6-8 big apples ..................................... 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar ..................................... 1 cup of almonds or walnuts chopped ..................................... 1 tablespoon cinnamon powder • Peel, core and cut apples in small cubes. Mix with the nuts, sugar and cinnamon and put in ceramic flan. • Sift the flour and cinnamon powder. • Cream together the butter and sugar, then stir in the sifted flour. • Use your hands to create small patches of thin pastry, to cover the filling. • Bake in a medium oven for 1-1½ hours. More recipes available on www.visitcyprus.com 22 23 �OCTAPUS COOKED IN RED WINE This is a lovely dish, best accompanied with rice. • Wash the octopus with water and then with lemon juice. • Cut in small pieces (about 2-3 cm each) • Put oil, octopus pieces, wine, tomatoes, bay leaves, salt and water in a saucepan with the lid. • Leave over low heat till the octopus is cooked. If necessary add more water. HALLOUMI KEBAB Halloumi cheese can be enjoyed raw, grilled or fried. It is an essential part of the Cypriot diet. • Cut halloumi cheese into 2.5cm cubes. • Cut and deseed pepper and tomato into 2cm cubes • Thread the halloumi, pepper and tomato onto skewers and sprinkle with the mint or oregano • Preheat the grill and cook the halloumi kebab turning regularly until the halloumi cubes obtain a golden – brown colour. • Serve with pitta bread and green salad. Ingredients 1Kg octopus (fresh or frozen) ..................................... Juice of1 Lemon ..................................... 1glass of oil (preferably olive oil) ..................................... ½ glass of red dry wine ..................................... ½ glass of water ..................................... 2-3 tomatoes coarsely grated ..................................... Bay leaves ..................................... Salt Ingredients 1 packet of halloumi cheese ..................................... 1 large green pepper cored and deseeded ..................................... 1 large tomato ..................................... Dry mint or oregano RICE PUDDNG • Add the rice into boiling water stir and leave to cook till all water is absorbed. • Dissolve corn flour in a cup of cold milk • Add the rest of the milk in the rice and as it reaches almost boiling point add the sugar and dissolved corn flour. • Leave to boil. • Remove from heat and stir in the rosewater. • Divide the pudding in small individual bowls and when they cool down refrigerate. • Before serving sprinkle with cinnamon. MACHALLEPI A popular refreshing summer dessert. • Dissolve the maize powder starch in two cups of water. • Heat almost to boiling point the rest of the water and add the dissolved maize powder starch stirring continually till it boils. • Pour the machallepi into individual bowls and add a little rosewater. • Leave to cool and refrigerate • Machallepi is served cold. Before serving add sugar to taste and top up with cold water. Ingredients MILOPITTA (APPLE PIE) 1 cup of rice (Carolina) ..................................... 6 cups water ..................................... 1½ ltr milk ..................................... 4 tablespoons corn floor ..................................... 8 tablespoons sugar ..................................... 2-3 tablespoons rosewater ..................................... Cinnamon powder Ingredients for pastry Ingredients 10 tablespoons maize powder starch ..................................... 12 cups of water ..................................... Sugar ..................................... Rosewater 1 cup flour ..................................... 3 /4 cup light brown sugar ..................................... ½ cup unsalted butter ..................................... Cinnamon powder Ingredients for the filling 6-8 big apples ..................................... 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar ..................................... 1 cup of almonds or walnuts chopped ..................................... 1 tablespoon cinnamon powder • Peel, core and cut apples in small cubes. Mix with the nuts, sugar and cinnamon and put in ceramic flan. • Sift the flour and cinnamon powder. • Cream together the butter and sugar, then stir in the sifted flour. • Use your hands to create small patches of thin pastry, to cover the filling. • Bake in a medium oven for 1-1½ hours. More recipes available on www.visitcyprus.com 22 23 �GLOSSARY CREDITS Afelia: pork cooked in red wine crush coriander seeds Koupes: cigar shaped wheat cases with meat filling Loukoumades: doughnuts in syrup Published by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation Arni: lamb Loukanika: Cyprus sausages Text by Gilli Davies Lountza: smoked and marinated loin of pork Photography by Action Photo Library, CTO Archives, Helen Stylianou, Marcus Bessler Moussakas: a pie made from layers of minced beef, spices and vegetables with a cheese topping Produced May 2012 Avgolemono: egg and lemon soup Baklava: filo pastry with nuts and syrup Bourekia: small puff pastries with meat, cheese or cream cheese filling. Daktyla: almond finger pastries Octapodi krasato: octopus in red wine Eliopitta: olive bread Pitta: flat envelope of unleavened bread Feta: salty white cheese usually crumbled on village salads Psari: fish Sheftalia: minced pork and herb rissole Flaounes: Cypriot Easter cakes made with cheese and spices Souvla: large chunks of lamb cooked on a spit Glyko: preserved fruits in syrup Souvlakia: kebabs Halloumi: firm goats or ewes milk cheese, often served grilled Stifado: rich beef and onion stew Hirino: pork Taramosalata: dip made from smoked cods roe Hiromeri: marinated, smoked and pressed ham Horiatiki salata: village salad Tahini: sesame seed paste, served as a dip Trahanas: soup from cracked wheat and yogurt Keftedes: meat balls Tavas: lamb or beef cooked in earthenware pot Kleftiko ofto: lamb or goat baked in a sealed oven Vodino: beef Kotopoulo: chicken Yemista: baked stuffed vegetables with rice and minced beef Koupepia or dolmades: stuffed vine leaves 24 Design by Karamella - McCann Erickson Consortium / Christina Papalexis 25 �GLOSSARY CREDITS Afelia: pork cooked in red wine crush coriander seeds Koupes: cigar shaped wheat cases with meat filling Loukoumades: doughnuts in syrup Published by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation Arni: lamb Loukanika: Cyprus sausages Text by Gilli Davies Lountza: smoked and marinated loin of pork Photography by Action Photo Library, CTO Archives, Helen Stylianou, Marcus Bessler Moussakas: a pie made from layers of minced beef, spices and vegetables with a cheese topping Produced May 2012 Avgolemono: egg and lemon soup Baklava: filo pastry with nuts and syrup Bourekia: small puff pastries with meat, cheese or cream cheese filling. Daktyla: almond finger pastries Octapodi krasato: octopus in red wine Eliopitta: olive bread Pitta: flat envelope of unleavened bread Feta: salty white cheese usually crumbled on village salads Psari: fish Sheftalia: minced pork and herb rissole Flaounes: Cypriot Easter cakes made with cheese and spices Souvla: large chunks of lamb cooked on a spit Glyko: preserved fruits in syrup Souvlakia: kebabs Halloumi: firm goats or ewes milk cheese, often served grilled Stifado: rich beef and onion stew Hirino: pork Taramosalata: dip made from smoked cods roe Hiromeri: marinated, smoked and pressed ham Horiatiki salata: village salad Tahini: sesame seed paste, served as a dip Trahanas: soup from cracked wheat and yogurt Keftedes: meat balls Tavas: lamb or beef cooked in earthenware pot Kleftiko ofto: lamb or goat baked in a sealed oven Vodino: beef Kotopoulo: chicken Yemista: baked stuffed vegetables with rice and minced beef Koupepia or dolmades: stuffed vine leaves 24 Design by Karamella - McCann Erickson Consortium / Christina Papalexis 25 �www.visitcyprus.com 26 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Flavours of Cyprus Subject The topic of the resource Cyprus--Cookery--Guidebooks Κύπρος--Μαγειρική--Οδηγοί Cyprus--Tourism--Guidebooks Κύπρος--Τουρισμός--Οδηγοί Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cyprus Tourism Organisation Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cyprus Tourism Organisation Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Cyprus University of Technology Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cyprus Tourism Organisation Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource EN Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Flavours_of_Cyprus_eng_lrg Description An account of the resource Γεύσεις της Κύπρου, ένας οδηγός διατροφής για τους επισκέπτες Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 35.151625, 33.375048 Cyprus--Cookery--Guidebooks Cyprus--Tourism--Guidebooks Κύπρος--Μαγειρική--Οδηγοί Κύπρος--Τουρισμός--Οδηγοί https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/files/original/85ba8809f81d73b1327c8f101ccc9171.pdf 42e5b65e58b8179cffe9be8c05f629e4 PDF Text Text Food from the heart of Cyprus Enjoy...Kali Orexi... ��Food from the heart of Cyprus h Gazing back through the centuries, one can explore Cyprus’ rich history in gastronomy with indigenous products and unique recipes that cannot be found anywhere else. Cyprus has a variety of authentic recipes for food and a variety of wines among which the most ancient wine in the world; Commandaria! Adding to the above, Cypriot cuisine, being a Mediterranean one, is one of the healthiest in spite of the fullness in flavours. The Cyprus Tourism Organisation in its attempt to further promote Cypriot gastronomy has created this exceptional booklet with traditional recipes as well as variations with a more gourmet essence. Of course, this would have not been possible without the invaluable contribution of Tonia Buxton and her team, Vanessa Courtier and Wendy Veale. Enjoy your ride through Cyprus’ Flavours! �I am delighted to have been asked by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation to write a gastronomy booklet to showcase the finest cuisine in the world…that of Cyprus. I have reason, of course, to be a little biased, but I do truly believe that this island is the prized jewel of the Mediterranean. Steeped in a prolific culinary history Cyprus has been gifted with its location, wonderful climate and rich fertile land to grow in culinary delight! On the crossroads between Europe and the Middle East, along the path of the spice trading routes to China and India, the Cypriot cook has had the world’s finest ingredients at her fingertips. I have many wonderful memories about growing up in a Cypriot household and particularly revolving around food, cooking with my mother and grandmother, sharing food with friends and family. Anything of any importance in Cyprus always happens around food! Thanks to our bygone sea-faring explorers, wise ancient vintners, now today’s thriving state-of-the-art wineries, traditional farmers working alongside exciting new artisan producers, talented chefs...Cyprus from ancient to modern day has evolved without losing its very essence and spirit. This is where my love of our cuisine was born and I am proud to be able to share my passion with you. What is just wonderful about Cypriot cuisine is that whilst a gastronomic delight to eat, its styles and flavours, using quality fresh, local ingredients are so very simple and delicious. I hope you will enjoy this booklet...as a keepsake of your visit. Once back home caught up in daily life, these recipes will be a sunny reminder of when time stood still yet moved on, food revolving around festivals, family, friends.... Recipes from the heart of Cyprus for you, T Filakia 2 onia x ��h Gastronomic delights to try when in Cyprus From the scorching heat of the coast to the cooler, sometimes snowy mountains, Cyprus’s diverse landscape yields an amazing wealth of ingredients, culinary treats and exotic flavours. l Halloumi is a wonderful cheese made from a mix of goat and cow’s milk. You cannot visit Cyprus without tasting this cheese. Its texture is unique and delicious, lending itself to both sweet and savoury accompaniments. Try it with olives and village bread or with a refreshing slice of watermelon. It is magic for cooking as it holds its shape and does not melt, so ideal for barbecuing over hot coals. l Pastelaki is a nut brittle originating from Ancient Greece. The great historian Herodotus made reference proclaimed it a wonderful tonic as well as a sweet delicacy. Made using locally grown peanuts and almonds with select sesame seeds, this snack is deliciously crisp, healthy and nutritious. l Lountza (Cured meat): is fresh pork fillet which has been matured in a mixture of village wine and coriander seeds for about 15 days, followed by a curing process of 20 days. It is one of the main ingredients in our national Cypriot sandwich, halloumi and lountza. Wonderful cubed as part of a meze platter. l Anari cheese is made from the whey produced when making Halloumi. Mild in flavour with a soft creamy texture and low in fat, it is the perfect addition to any healthy diet as part of breakfast or a snack.  Available either salted or unsalted, Anari is delicious eaten freshly made. When hung to dry and harden it is excellent grated onto pasta or salads. l Carob Ceratonia siliqua The carob tree has been cultivated in Cyprus for almost 2,000 years. l Carob honey is extracted from the ground pulp of the carob. 4 l Loukanika, our village sausages are made from selected fresh pork meat, wine, salt and spices. The meat is minced, marinated with coriander seeds, black pepper and salt, then left to mature in dry red wine for 7-15 days to absorb all the flavours. Delicious barbecued or fried, and enjoy with grilled halloumi topped with a fried egg for a great Cypriot breakfast. l Cypriot coffee is wonderfully strong and aromatic. Served in demitasse cups, it is taken sketo, no sugar, metrio, one sugar or gliki, very sweet! The sign of a good cup of coffee is the kaimaki its creamy frothy top layer. You should never drink to the bottom of the small cup else you will end up with a mouthful of bitter coffee pulp! �l Loukoumi is a very sweet, delicious delight made from many popular flavours including rose, lemon, mastic and bergamot; sometimes pistachio and almonds are added. The best varieties are produced without the need for additives, using only the finest ingredients to set it. baby aubergines. They are often flavoured with cinnamon or pelargonium leaves. A wonderful sweet treat enjoyed with a Cypriot coffee or a glass of cold water. l Zivania is a centuries old local hooch common to all Cypriots. A pure white distillate produced from a blend of grape pomace and local dry wine, it has a distinct taste and aroma. Other than enjoying Zivania as an alcoholic drink, it is also used to treat wounds, massage aching bodies, and is a remedy for colds and toothaches. Warming too as a hot toddy during our cold winter months.... l Shoushoukos is a grape-based gastronomic delight made by threading nuts...usually whole almonds or walnut halves...onto string, then repetitively dipping into a liquid jelly made of grape must often flavoured with a little rosewater. If you are in Cyprus toward the end of the summer during the grape harvest, you will catch sight of strings of shoushouko hanging out to dry from many a village veranda. Thinly sliced, shoushoukos is the perfect accompaniment to a glass of wine or brandy. l Glyka tou koutaliou are sweet preserves served in a tiny spoon as a gesture of hospitality. These spoon sweets are made from unusual fruits and vegetables, like figs, cherries, watermelon peel, walnuts or almond stuffed l Recipe notes: Although these recipes are in metric, we Cypriots tend to measure ingredients throughout using a cup or glass of approx. 200ml ...or as my aunts will say, when I revert back to a frustrated North London Cypriot....‘oso sikosi’ which means ‘as much as it will take’ or ‘sto mati’ roughly translating to ‘use your eyes to see if it looks ok’! For electric fan ovens reduce the temperature by 20°C or refer to the manufacturer’s manual. Use level tablespoons unless stated. Herbs are fresh, organic vegetables peeled unless stated. Medium sized eggs are free-range. Season with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper. When frying, do not leave the pan unattended. 5 ��h Traditional Cyprus Elderly ladies sitting on their verandas embroidering Lefkara lace, men gathered around tables at the local café playing backgammon; peep into a courtyard, watch, listen to ladies sitting, rolling both their tongues and Koupepia, stuffed vine leaves for the family dinner, inhale the waft of bread baking. The beautiful landscape of our sea, ancient ruins, donkeys carrying their wares up craggy mountain paths, all this can still be seen in Cyprus today. But most traditional and long-lasting of all is the warmth and hospitality of our people. 7 ��h Meze Meze is part of our daily life...a traditional way to enjoy our favourite food, slowing down the pace of fast food in a modern world. Meze can be a snack, even breakfast for some hardy locals, or the start of a family celebration meal. Wonderful to graze and nibble on with drinks as the sun goes down, meze is a selection of tasty little dishes, spicy or savoury, cooked or raw, hot or cold but always best enjoyed when sharing, chatting and embracing the warmth of Cypriot life. If serving meze for 4 people I suggest 5 or 6 of your favourites such as houmous or tahini dip, grilled halloumi, olives, ravioli, kalamari, beans, aubergine, koupepia, keftedes accompanied with village bread or warm pitta... so kopiaste, ke kali orexi, enjoy our very social way of eating….. l To make Tahini dip use an electric blender to blitz together 2 heaped tbsp tahini paste, 4 -5 cloves garlic, juice 2-3 lemons, 4-5 tbsp olive oil. Blend in just enough cold water to form a consistency similar to thick pouring cream. Season with salt, cover and chill well. When ready to serve sprinkle with parsley, sometimes paprika and drizzle with olive oil. l For Talattouri, coarsely grate or finely chop a firm cucumber into a bowl. Leave to stand for a short while then blot up or drain away any excess water. Finely chop several plump garlic cloves, add to the cucumber then crumble in a handful of our sweet pungent dried mint or use freshly chopped mint if preferred. Now fold in some thick Greek yoghurt to make the perfect consistency and finish with a drizzle of olive oil and some chopped mint to garnish. l For a quick way to prepare Elies Tsakistes, rinse and pat dry some cured Greek green olives, lightly crush them to allow flavours to seep in. Place in bowl, squeeze on some lemon juice, add quartered lemon slices, a generous sprinkling of crushed coriander seeds, lots of garlic slithers, enough olive oil to lightly dress. Fold together, cover and leave at room temperature ideally for a couple of hours to marinate before enjoying. Covered and refrigerated, they will keep for at least 3 months, tasting better as the flavours develop. l For the Koupepia or cigar-shaped stuffed vine leaves, delicacies are served as part of a meze at many of our wedding feasts. 2-3 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, finely chopped 1 kg coarsely minced pork 400g can of chopped tomatoes ½ bunch parsley, finely chopped a handful of dried Cypriot mint, crumbled 1 tsp ground cinnamon 200g pudding rice salt and pepper to taste 1 bunch of fresh vine leaves, destalked (or use canned leaves in brine, drained) juice of 1 lemon Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the onions and cook gently to soften but not brown. Crumble in the pork, cook gently for 5 minutes or until the pork has coloured. Stir in the tomatoes, parsley, mint, cinnamon and rice. Season well and cook for a few minutes more. Have ready a stack of the vine leaves, vein side up, the pork mixture and a shallow circular ovenproof dish ready to put the dolmades in. To form koupepia place 1 tsp of the filling up from the centre base of the leaf, fold the leaf over the mince from the base then fold in the left and right side of the leaf. Now roll up, not too tightly, to make a little cigar shape. Continue making until all the koupepia are packed in the dish. Squeeze on the lemon Clockwise from bottom: Tahini dip, Talattouri, Elies Tsakistes 9 �juice and cover with any remaining vine leaves, like a blanket. Place an inverted plate on top of the vine leaves. Carefully pour boiling water in around the edge of the dish to come up to just touch the plate. Cover with foil, cook in a preheated oven 200°C /Gas 6 for 30 minutes, then reduce the heat to 180°C/ Gas 4 and cook for a further 30 minutes. Serve warm or cold. l For the fried Kalamari This is such a simple dish, popular as part of a meze. Whilst much of our food can be prepared in advance I strongly recommend this has to be freshly cooked, eaten crisp and hot with lashings of lemon juice and tahini dip. 4 small kalamari 1 egg, beaten plain flour seasoned with salt and pepper, for dusting groundnut oil for deep frying Wash the kalamari, slice the body into rings, the final ring attached to the tentacles. Dip into egg then toss into the flour. Lightly shake off surplus flour. Pour enough enough oil into a heavy based deep saucepan to fill to 1/3. Heat until hot. Test by dropping a cube of day-old bread into the oil, it will float to the surface and brown in seconds if the oil is ready. Now carefully fry the kalamari, a few at a time, for around 3-4 minutes or until crispy golden. Remove with a slotted spoon or long tongs, transferring onto kitchen towel to drain whilst you cook the remaining kalamari. Wonderful! l For the Keftedes Delicious, big and oval served with lemon wedges for squeezing, yogurt and a Greek salad. Or as part of a meze make small circular balls and serve with hummous, pitta bread, olives, capers too... 1 kg coaresly minced pork or use 50/50 pork and beef 1 kg potatoes, grated 2 large onions, finely chopped ¼ loaf stale bread, made into fine breadcrumbs 1 large bunch flat leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 small bunch fresh mint leaves, finely chopped 3 eggs, beaten 1 tsp ground cinnamon Olive oil or groundnut oil, for frying In a large bowl mix together all the ingredients. Flatten the mix into the bowl then pour on a thin film of oil. Cover and chill for 30 minutes. Refer to previous recipe for heating up oil. Scoop up some meat mixture and use both hands to shape as required. A bowl of cold water nearby to dip your hands into stops them from getting sticky. Carefully slide a few Keftedhes at a time in the hot oil to cook. For larger oval Keftedhes fry for around 10 minutes on each side, for meze size, around 5 minutes or until golden brown. Drain onto crumpled kitchen towel. Serve hot, at room temperature or chilled, it makes no different, they are delicious however! Olives, Tahini, Talattouri: Rosé; Mavro & Grenache Linos Winery, Lemesos. White; Vouni Panayias, Spouritiko, Vouni Panayias Winery, Panayia, Pafos. Koupepia: White; Keo- Xynisteri, Mallia Winery, Lemesos Kefthedes: Red; Organic Red, Mavro & Cabernet Sauvigon, Lambouri Winery, Kato Platres, Lemesos. Kalamari: White; Ayioklima, Xynisteri,Constantinou Winery, Pera Pedi, Lemesos. Clockwise from topleft: Koupepia, Kalamari, Keftedes 10 ��h Halloumi ravioli In Cyprus ravioli is very much a Lenten dish made in kitchens around Carnival week. It is delicious scattered with crumbled dried Greek mint, enjoyed as part of a meze or supper. Makes approx. 24 Dough 425g plain flour and extra for dusting pinch of salt Filling 3 dry halloumi cheeses (around 500g), grated 2 tbsp dried Greek mint 3 eggs, beaten l Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl or food processor. Work in just enough warm water to form a dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured board, knead well until smooth and elastic. Leave to rest for 20 minutes. l Set aside 2 tbsp grated halloumi and mint for garnishing. Mix the remaining ingredients for the filling adding just enough beaten egg to bind. Divide the dough into 4. Roll each out on a floured board into a long strip about 8cm wide. 12 l Place 1tsp of filling every 4cm along the length of each strip, slightly off centre. Brush water along the edges of the dough, fold and seal well. Cut the filled dough into crescent shapes. Cypriot women use the rim of a small wine glass to stamp out this shape. Use fork prongs to crimp and seal the edges of the ravioli. l Bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to a rolling boil. Cook the ravioli, in batches, for around 10 minutes or until the crescents float up to the surface, a sign that the dough is cooked through. Remove, draining thoroughly with a slotted spoon. l Serve bowls of ravioli with a spoonful of the starchy cooking water to moisten. Sprinkle with the reserved halloumi and mint to garnish. h White: Melapsopodi, Sauvignon Blanc, Tsalapatis Winery, Polemi, Pafos �h Fasolaki yiahni The Mediterranean diet uses lots of pulses and beans, ideal during Fasting. This stew is delicious with feta cheese crumbled in just before serving. Good also as part of a meze with a selection of little tasting dishes. There is a variation below with lamb too. Serves 4-6 3 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 stalk celery, chopped 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes 400g can butter beans, drained 1kg fresh green beans, trimmed 1 tbsp freshly chopped parsley a good pinch each ground cinnamon, sugar, salt and pepper l Heat the oil in a large pan, lightly fry the onion and celery until softened. Stir in the tomatoes, butter beans, fresh beans, parsley and seasoning. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until thickened and the beans are tender. Adjust the seasoning to taste, then ladle into bowls. Serve with village bread and tahini dip or thick yoghurt. To make into a lamb stew add 1kg boneless lamb shoulder, cut into 5cm chunks to the onion and celery, stir and cook until browned then add the tomatoes. Cover and simmer for 1 hour before stirring in the rest of the ingredients. h Rosé: Aes Ambelis, Lefkada and Maratheftiko, Aes Ambelis Winery, Kalo Chorio Orinis, Lefkosia. 13 ��h Village pasta My ‘take’ on a truly delicious fresh pasta dish. If you do not have any sklilitzi or river reeds to form this pasta once back at home you might want to buy similar ready prepared ‘Trofie’ shaped pasta. Serves 4-6 600g village flour (plain flour) 400g fine semolina 200ml warm water 1 pinch salt 1 tbsp olive oil l Work everything together, kneading smooth to a firm pliable dough. Cover and leave to rest for 2 hours. Take a river reed and roll pinches of pasta around it to form into the desired little shapes. For the Pesto anari leaves from 1 big bunch of fresh basil 50g pine nuts 125ml olive oil 100g dry anari cheese, grated l Mix everything in the blender. h For the zucchini or courgette sauce 2 zucchini or courgettes, around 300g, cut into fine strips 3 tbsp olive oil pinch of salt leaves from ¼ bunch of fresh mint To finish 1 zucchini or courgette, cut into matchsticks 1 tbsp olive oil shavings of anari cheese l Plunge the zucchini into boiling water for 1 minute to cook. Drain thoroughly then blend with the remaining ingredients to make a smooth sauce. l Cook the pasta in boiling water for 10-12 minutes. Fry strips of raw zucchini in the olive oil then add the zucchini sauce. Simmer for a few minutes then toss in the pasta. Remove from the heat, stir in the pesto and serve garnished with the anari cheese shavings.. White: Ayios Chrysostomos, Xynisteri, Ezousa Winery, Pafos 15 �h Makaronia tou fournou This dish is a family favourite, delicious eaten hot or cold. All it needs is a fresh village salad and a hearty Cypriot appetite. Serves 8 500g makaroni (ideally no.1 long tubes) 1kg minced pork or beef 4 tbsp olive oil 3 onions, finely chopped a bunch of flat leaf parsley, chopped 400g can chopped tomatoes, optional 1tsp ground cinnamon salt and pepper to taste For the sauce 2 litres fresh milk 3 eggs, beaten 3 tbsp cornflour 100g grated halloumi or kefalotiri cheese l Bring a large pan of lightly salted water to the boil. Add the pasta and cook until just ‘al dente’ then drain thoroughly and toss with 1 tbsp olive oil. l In another pan heat 3tbsp of olive oil and gently cook the onions until translucent. Add the minced meat and parsley, cook until browned and crumbly. Season with salt and cinnamon to taste. If using tomatoes, add at this stage. 16 l Make the sauce by heating ¾ of the milk in a pan. Mix the remaining milk with the cornflour in a large bowl to make a paste. Beat in the eggs. Now briskly beat in some of the hot milk then add this egg mixture back into the remaining hot milk. Heat, stirring all the time until the sauce becomes smooth and thickened. l Assemble the makaronia tou fournou. First pour a thin layer of sauce in the base of a large rectangle ovenproof dish, then cover with half of the pasta. Now spread on the meat mixture, followed by another layer of pasta. Finally cover with the remaining cheese sauce and top with grated cheese. l Cook in a preheated oven at 180°C/Gas4 for 40–45 minutes or until golden brown on top. Leave to cool a little before cutting into generous square portions. h Rosé: Olympos, Cabernet Sauvignon, Olympus Winery, Lemesos. �h Stifado Beef stew Cypriot style, wonderfully robust. This is good served with cracked wheat, pourgouri, and a crisp green salad. The name Stifado refers to any meat that has been cooked with shallots and aniseed. Serves 6-8 100ml olive oil 1.5 kg lean beef, cubed 1.5 kg shallots, peeled 4 cloves garlic, chopped 5 tbsp red wine vinegar 3 pieces cinnamon bark 2 bay leaves 1 tsp whole cloves 1½ tsp aniseed or fennel seeds or 2 whole star anise 3 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes salt and pepper h l Heat the olive oil in a large heavy based pan and brown the cubed meat in batches. Then add the shallots, cooking gently to turn golden and caramelise. Now add the garllic, vinegar, spices and tomatoes. Season well. l Stir in a 200ml glass of water. Cover tightly and simmer for 1½ -2 hours or until the meat is tender and the sauce richly thickened. Red: Tsangarides, Mataro, Tsangarides Winery, Lemona, Pafos. 17 �h Afelia Home-produced pork marinated with aromatic coriander seeds and red wine...this is traditionally served with steamed cracked wheat we call pourgouri. Simplicity at its best! 18 �Serves 6 For the Afelia 1kg (shoulder) pork, cubed 4 tbsp olive oil ½ bottle or 350ml Cypriot red wine (if possible marinate from the night before) 3 tbsp coriander seeds, crushed For the pourgouri 2 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 nest dried vermicelli or angel hair pasta 200g cracked wheat or pourgouri 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes, optional salt and freshly ground black pepper l In a large pan, heat the oil then fry the pork in batches until browned all over. Add the wine, let it bubble for a minute, add the coriander seeds and a pinch of salt. l Part-cover the pan and gently simmer for 30 minutes or until the pork is just tender. Do not over-cook or allow it to dry out, add a splash more wine, if necessary. As the sauce reduces it will become intensely rich. l For the pourgouri, heat the olive oil in a saucepan and cook the onion until softened but not coloured. Crush the vermicelli into the pan, add some seasoning then the cracked wheat. h l Add 400ml of hot water, stirring over a low heat for 2-3 minutes or until all the water has been absorbed. If using tomatoes, stir in at this point. Adjust the seasoning, to taste. l For the pourgouri, heat the olive oil in a saucepan and cook the onion until softened but not coloured. Crush the vermicelli into the pan, add some seasoning then the cracked wheat. l Add 400ml of hot water, stirring over a low heat for 2-3 minutes or until all the water has been absorbed. If using tomatoes, stir in at this point. Adjust the seasoning, to taste. l Remove the pan from the heat, cover with a clean tea towel and let it stand for 10 minutes to allow the pourgouri to finish cooking to perfection. l Ladle the pork Alfelia onto a bed of steaming pourgouri. This is good topped with a dollop of thick Greek yogurt. Red: Gerani, Maratheftiko, Kalamos Winery, Amargeti, Pafos 19 �h At the bakery When you first walk into a Cypriot bakery you will be overwhelmed with the amazing smell of freshly baked bread neatly lined up, rack after rack of huge village loaves. There is everything you could ever desire let alone eat...try sweet koulouraki swirls with a sesame top, perfect for dunking into a bitter Cypriot coffee, or savoury sticks which are great dipped into olive oil. Glass cabinets filled with desserts and cakes, baklavas...some with almonds some with pistachios, delicious galaktoboureka...are deep filled custard pies wrapped in crisp filo pastry, all scented with rose water or orange blossom water. There is so much to see and taste in a Cypriot bakery, it is worth making time for a visit. Aside from bread and cakes, you will find mince and parsley filled koupes or halloumi filled bourekia...you won’t walk out empty handed! 20 �h Baklava Syrup-drenched pastries like Baklava are so Greek...sticky, sweet, steeped with flavours I love so much, aromatic rosewater and my favourite of spice, cinnamon. Enjoy with thick yoghurt. Makes approx.15-16 For the syrup 300g caster sugar 1 tbsp lemon juice 3 tbsp rosewater 1 piece cinnamon bark For the Baklava 250g filo pastry sheets 400g chopped almonds 75g caster sugar 4 tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp ground cloves 150ml rosewater 200ml olive oil l To make the syrup place all the ingredients in a heavy based saucepan with 200ml water. Then bring to a steady boil over a medium heat for 5 minutes until syrupy. Leave to cool. l Preheat the oven to 180’C/Gas 4. Brush the sides and bottom of a 23cm x 33cm shallow ovenproof dish with a little oil. l For the filling mix together the almonds, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and rosewater. l Carefully separate the filo sheets, line half the sheets in the dish, brushing each sheet with the olive oil. Now spread on the filling, cover with the remaining filo, layering and oiling as before, including the top sheet. Score the top to form diamond shaped slices. l Bake in the middle of the oven for 20-30 minutes. Increase the heat for the last 5 minutes to give the pastry a light golden colour. l Remove from the oven. Whilst still hot pour the cooled syrup all over the pastry. Leave to stand for at least 1 hour before cutting through and serving. h White: Vlasides, Xynisteri, Vlasides Winery, Koilani, Lemesos 21 �h Bourekia me Anari Your house will fill with the heady scent of cinnamon and rosewater when cooking these wonderfully delicious sweet cheese puffs...the essence of Cyprus. If you cannot purchase anari then the best substitution is unsalted ricotta cheese. Makes approx. 24 1kg plain flour 200ml groundnut oil plus extra for frying pinch of salt For the filling 800g unsalted anari cheese 1 heaped tsp ground cinnamon 3 tsp caster sugar or to taste rosewater icing sugar l Place 1tsp of filling onto each circle. l For the dough mix together the flour, oil and salt. Work in enough cold water, kneading well, until you have soft pliable dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes to allow the dough to relax. l For the filling lightly mash the anari cheese in a bowl. Add the cinnamon and enough rosewater to make a smooth but spoonable mixture. Stir in sugar, to taste. l To make the Bourekia roll the dough out onto a floured surface, nicely thin yet strong enough to support the cheese. l Fold the dough over the mixture, pressing to seal along the edge. Use a fork to crimp and seal securely. l Deep-fry the Bourekia in batches. First make sure the oil is hot enough by dropping in a small piece of dough; if it bubbles and turns golden brown instantly the oil is ready. Carefully slide a few Bourekia into the hot oil, cooking until golden on all sides. Remove from oil onto crumpled kitchen towel to drain. l Use a wine glass to stamp out rounds of pastry. Brush a little water around the edges. 22 l When cool, arrange on a pretty serving dish dusting liberally with icing sugar and cinnamon. They taste wonderful hot or cold h White: semi-sweet, Ayia Irini, Xynisteri and Semillion, Fikardos Winery, Pafos ���h Modern Cyprus Jasmine-scented nights, street-lined cafés, bars, young people pouring out, laughing, chatting, texting. Lush green golf courses, gourmet restaurants, minimalist interiors, beach bars, banana plantations, fashion events, art exhibitions. Modern wineries, jewellery studios...Cyprus is erupting with new young talent. Swirl a glass of Commandaria over rocky ice, take in the wonderful aroma of grilled halloumi wafting through the balmy air, listen to the word Kopiaste buzzing all around. 25 �h Fresh salad with carob dressing, pomegranate and shaved kefalotiri Do try the unusual flavour of carob as a salad dressing, deliciously sweet with the likes of peppery fresh rocket, or your favourite mixed leaves...I like to then add crunchy pomegranate seeds and Cypriot cheese for a bowlful of vibrant colours and flavours. For the dressing 1tbsp carob syrup 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar ½ tsp wholegrain mustard 1 garlic clove, finely chopped or grated l For the salad, mix your freshly picked leaves and herbs in a large bowl, scatter on shavings of kefalotiri cheese and fresh pomegranate seeds and toss altogether with a good drizzle of the dressing. l Place all the dressing ingredients in a small screw top jam jar and shake to form the dressing. Keep refrigerated until required. h Red: Methi, Cabernet Sauvignon, Vasilikon Winery, Kathikas, Pafos h Carob Known as Cyprus’s Black Gold, Ceratonia siliqua or the carob tree has been cultivated in Cyprus for over 2,000 years and was one of the islands most fruitful exports. It is well known that Cypriot carob is the best in the world. Whilst an aquired taste to many, the syrup is simply delicious so do try it drizzled over vanilla ice cream, as a salad dressing or even on your morning porridge. 26 ��h Warm halloumi and peach salad Traditional meets Modern. This delicious salad is a marriage made in heaven, salty halloumi, sweet honey and sun-ripened fruit. Enjoy as a meze or main meal. Serves 6 as a meze or 2 as a main 3 ripe but firm peaches, halved and stoned 250g block halloumi cheese 2 tbsp olive oil 3 red chicory, root intact, quartered lengthways 1 bunch salad onions, trimmed, cut into 2cm lengths For the dressing 1red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped ½ large bunch fresh coriander, leaves and stalks roughly chopped 5 tbsp white wine vinegar 3 tbsp clear honey l Make the dressing by mixing everything together in a small bowl. Cover and set aside. Cut each peach halves into wedges, cut the halloumi into 1cm thick slices. 28 l Heat half the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the cheese for 3-4 minutes on each side or until golden brown and almost crusty. Remove from the pan and keep warm. l Add the chicory and onions to the hot pan, stir-fry until slightly wilted and coloured. Transfer onto absorbent kitchen towel. l Heat the remaining oil. Add the peach wedges and fry for a minute or two, until softened, lightly coloured but still retaining its shape. Combine all the ingredients together then pour on the dressing. Spoon onto individual plates, sharing out fairly! h White: Kyperounta, Chardonnay, Kyperounta Winery, Lemesos. ��h Commandaria mushrooms A very modern take using our historic wine. Very little else is needed other than time to savour the rich flavours and maybe chunks of bread to mop up the delilcious sauce. Serves 6-8 as a meze 500g white button mushrooms 75g unsalted butter 200ml Commandaria 1 tbsp demerara sugar 3 sprigs fresh rosemary salt and freshly cracked black pepper l Melt the butter in a deep frying pan and toss in the mushrooms cooking to soften for a few minutes. l Scoop out the mushrooms, now add all the remaining ingredients and allow to bubble, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes or so. The sauce will start to caramelise and thicken. At this point return the mushrooms to the pan to soak up the flavours before serving. Drizzle over any remaining sauce and garnish with sprigs of rosemary. h White: Makkas, Chardonnay, Makkas Winery, Statos-Ayios Fotios, Pafos. h Commandaria, the wine of Kings This sweet wine is steeped in a rich history dating back to the time of the Ancient Greeks. In 800BC, poet Hesiod first described a dried grape wine from Cyprus as ‘Cypriot Manna’. In the 11th century, during the Crusades, this was the same wine Richard the Lion Heart favoured, declaring it at his wedding as “the wine of kings and the king of wines”. Commandaria is the oldest ‘appellation d’origine’ wine in the world. Made from the indigenous Mavro and Xynisteri grape varieties, it spends a minimum of two years in oak barrels. To be called Commandaria it has to be produced from grapes grown in the fourteen villages within the perimeter of the Commandaria region. There are now other Cypriot sweet wines produced based on the foundations of Commandaria but with a more contemporary feel. Anama, Agia Mavri and Menargos winery are to name but a few. 30 ��h Fish It is so worth getting up early to wander down to the local harbour, taking in the fresh morning air and the colourful sight of the little fishing boats returning with their fresh haul, their livelihood. We are fortunate - our seas are rich with fish, so many to choose from...sparkling little whitebait to then dust in flour and deep fry, and delicious red mullet, vibrant in colour, so sweet simply cooked in olive oil. We are lucky enough to have great catches of sea bream and sea bass – so fresh and flavoursome that nothing more is needed than a hot grill to cook and an emulsion of olive oil and freshly squeezed lemon to dress. Catch sight too of the weathered fisherman, deftly massaging and beating an octopus against the rocks or quayside to tenderize it before delivering to a local restaurant to be grilled or cooked in a red wine stew. Early summer is the time for schools of tuna to pass by through our warm Mediterranean waters. The local tavernas will chalk up this popular catch on the ‘specials’ board whilst chefs at the growing number of sushi bars will work their artistic skills to present a modern way with fish. But however you like to eat fish, when in Cyprus one thing is for certain...locally caught fish, simply cooked will be a taste you will always remember but rarely replicate! 32 �h Kolokasi with tiger prawns Kolokasi or Taro is a speciality in Cypriot cuisine, a root vegetable often stewed in tomato sauce with pork. Apparently, Kolokasi was brought to Cyprus by the Romans who would cook it in a sauce of pepper, cumin, rue, vinegar, oil and liquamen which is a fish-based sauce they used as a condiment. Here is a modern take on using Kolokasi....a delicious work of art! Serves 4 500g kolokasi 6 tbsp olive oil 1 spring onion, chopped 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley 2 firm tomatoes, deseeded and diced 1 tsp coriander seeds a large pinch of ground cumin 16 fresh tiger prawns, de-veined juice of 1 lemon 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander salt and freshly ground black pepper l Sauté the prawns in the pan with a little extra olive oil as required. Keep warm. Now add the remaining olive oil to the pan with the lemon juice and chopped coriander. Swirl the pan around to blend into a dressing. l Season and divide the kolokasi salad between four plates, topping each with 4 prawns. Drizzle on the dressing. h Rosé: Oenanthi, Grenache, Gaia Oinotechniki, Ayios Amvrosios, Lemesos. l Steam or cook the kolokasi for 45 minutes or until just tender. Peel and cut into small cubes. Pan-fry in 2tbsp olive oil until lightly coloured. Transfer to a bowl …and add the spring onion, parsley, tomato, coriander seeds and cumin, salt and pepper to season. 33 �h Lamb Kleftiko A modern twist on this classic dish. Serves 4 4 x 400g lamb shanks 450ml lamb stock freshly chopped thyme, oregano and rosemary plus sprigs for garnish 1 clove garlic, chopped 8 baby carrots, scrubbed 8 new potatoes, halved 200g baby courgettes, thickly sliced 8 fresh asparagus spears, trimmed 8 spring onions, trimmed 8 cherry tomatoes 2 red onions, quartered 150g feta cheese, cubed olive oil l Heat 2 tbsp oil in a roasting dish, brown the shanks on all sides. Add stock, herbs and garlic, cover with foil to seal. Cook in a preheated oven 160’C/Gas 2 for 2 hours or until tender. l Blanch the carrots and potatoes in boiling water for 4-5 minutes. Drain and refresh under cold running water. Drain thoroughly. Blanch the courgette and asparagus for 30 seconds, drain and refresh as before. l Increase the oven to 200’C/Gas 6, remove foil, scatter in the red onion and roast the shanks for 15 minutes, basting with the jus. Lift the shanks to a warm plate, let the remaining pan juices bubble to reduce to a sauce consistency. Adjust the seasoning. l Quickly sauté the blanched vegetables in olive oil to colour and complete cooking. Either pan-sear the feta cubes to brown on one side. Divide the vegetables between 4 dishes, add the shank ,some juice and garnish with the grilled feta and some sprigs of fresh herb. h Red: Zambartas, Maratheftiko, Zambartas Winery, Ayios Amvrosios, Lemesos. 34 �h A way with Halloumi The picture of this wonderful recipe speaks for itself....a very modern, more complex twist on all that we love in Cyprus...so many of our favourite ingredients making an appearance without wishing to out do one for the other...flavoursome lamb, earthy root vegetables, our love of bright, shiny sun-ripened aubergine, tomato and courgette, pumpkin too...fragrant mountain thyme and rosemary, always garlic and olive oil in abundance and some trading influences have sneaked in from our neighbouring Middle Eastern countries...couscous, raisins and cumin. l For even the most adept of cooks, perhaps a dish you would rather have placed in front of you to masterly disassemble and enjoy rather than attempt to make? Leave this to one of our many top notch chefs working their Cypriot magic! l But a nice touch which you can easily replicate at home is to use our malleable halloumi cheese as a moist savoury cheese crust for lamb or chicken, pork ..good too topped onto stuffed peppers and tomatoes. l So...mix together grated halloumi and as much crumbled dried Greek mint as you fancy with enough beaten egg white to bind. Press an even layer over fillet of pork, lamb or chicken breasts, lamb cutlets, and cook to a golden brown crust. h Red: Hadjiantonas, Cabernet Sauvignon, Hadjiantonas Winery, Parekklisia, Lemesos. 35 �h Pears poached in red wine with cloves Ripe pears yearn to soak up a robust Cypriot wine like Maratheftiko...just delicious! And whilst gently poaching there is an added benefit ...the whole house fills with an amazing aroma of orange, wine and cloves. Serve the pears warm or chilled; they also taste wonderful sliced and offered as part of a cheese plate. Serves 8 8 firm dessert pears 2 bottles of quality red wine preferably Maratheftiko variety. 350g caster sugar a good handful of cloves 2 beetroots, for colour, cut into chunks pared rind and juice of 1large orange l Peel the pears leaving the stalks on. Pour the wine into a saucepan, stir in the sugar, then add the pears, making sure they are submerged in the wine. l Add the cloves, beetroot, orange peel and juice. Cover and gently simmer for around 30-40 minutes until the pears are just soft. Use the tip of a sharp knife or skewer to test....poaching time will vary depending on the ripeness of the pear. Use a draining spoon to carefully lift out the pears. 36 l Bring the red wine to a steady simmer reducing to a syrupy consistency. Strain into a large bowl, cool then add the pears. Cover and chill before serving. l Enjoy with a dollop of Greek yoghurt, or masticha ice-cream. h Sweet white: Muscat of Alexandria, Nicolaides Winery, Anogyra, Lemesos. �h Cypriot wines Cyprus was one of the first countries to start producing wine between 5000BC-4000BC. Its wine was legendary throughout the Ancient world. In those days they were unable to seal the clay vessels that transported wines so most early wines were sweet. Cyprus is one of the few phylloxera-free wine producing countries in the world and because of this, many renowned wines of the world are made from vines brought to Europe from Cyprus after the Crusades. Champagne is said to have originated from a cutting taken from Mount Olympos in Cyprus. Our long, sunny Mediterranean summer produces beautifully ripened full-flavoured fruit. All types of grapes are grown in Cyprus but for a true Cypriot flavour search out some of our indigenous varieties like Mavro, Maratheftiko, Ofthalmo or Lefkada for red wines, Xynisteri or Spourtiko for white wines. All the wines used in this booklet are award winning winery wines either locally or internationally. Cyprus has many fabulous wines, the suggestions here are just a taster to whet your appetite. 37 �h Feta cheese parcels with honey and sesame Serve these delicious cheese pies as part of a meze or as a starter...they can also be made with unsalted anari cheese which is similar to ricotta cheese...then a delicious dessert we eat with masticha ice-cream. Makes 4 8 leaves filo pastry 5 tbsp olive oil. 8 tbsp Greek thyme honey 2 tbsp sesame seeds 4 x 100g pieces feta cheese 3 tbsp ouzo l Heat together the remaining 4tbsp honey and ouzo with 3 tbsp water in a small pan until just hot. Transfer each cooked parcel onto individual plates, cutting in half then drizzling on the warm honey sauce and a final scattering of sesame seeds. Serve immediately. l Pre-heat the oven to 180’C/Gas 4. Place one sheet of filo pastry on a large baking sheet, brush all over with olive oil then lie another sheet directly on top. l Enjoy with a dollop of Greek yoghurt, or masticha ice-cream. l Lay a little slab of feta in the centre of the pastry, drizzle on 1tbsp honey then sprinkle with some sesame seeds. l Fold over the filo pastry, wrapping the cheese, making a secure parcel. Brush with some more oil. Repeat to make the four parcels now evenly spaced out on the tray. Bake for around 20-30 minutes or until golden. 38 h White: Argyrides, Chardonnay, Vasa Winery, Lemesos. �h Fig, walnut and Commandaria compote A match made in Heaven! I enjoy this with a generous spoonful of creamy thick Greek yoghurt – a perfect breakfast to set me up for another busy day. Serves 6 450g dried or semi-dried figs 175g shelled walnut halves 2tbsp clear Greek honey 2 tsp ground cinnamon 6 tbsp Commandaria sweet wine l Alternate the figs and walnuts in a 15cm circular baking dish to make a compact single layer. l Gently heat together the honey and cinnamon in a small pan, just to dissolve. Stir in 150ml water, bring to the boil. Remove from the heat then add the Commandaria. l Pour the honey syrup evenly over the figs. Cook, uncovered in a preheated oven, 180’C/ Gas 4 for 30-35 minutes or until most of the liquid has been absorbed. l Leave the figs to cool in the dish then cover and chill until required. h Sweet Anesperi: Commandaria, Coop Orinis Pitsilias, Kalo Chorio, Lemesos. 39 �h Mahalebi This is a wonderfully refreshing dessert and goes well with triantafilo, our rose-flavoured ice cream. Look out for the Mahalebi vendor selling his wares, walking along the beach or sea front ladling out these heaped little squares topped with icy water. Serves 8 1.2 litre cold water 200g corn flour 100ml rosewater To serve rose cordial sugar to taste very cold water, sometimes ice too l In a pan gently heat all the ingredients together being very careful not to burn the bottom of the pan. Stir all the time until the mixture turns from cloudy white to a transparent glue-like consistency. Very slowly bring to the boil, stirring for approximately 10 minutes. 40 l Pour into individual saucers, which is the traditional way, or into one big dish to cool and set. l Cut the Mahalebi into cubes, place a few into a dessert dish, pour over 1 tbsp of rose cordial, sprinkle with sugar and add ice cold water, sometimes crushed ice. Mmm, so refreshing! h Sweet Red: Anama, Xynisteri and Mavro, The Anama Cellar, Lythrodontas, Lefkosia. �CYPRUS CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION 19, Leoforos Lemesou P.O. 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