Friday 26 November 2010

Cyprus; Nicosia, a divided European capital

We visited the Cyprus Museum and the Byzantine Museum in the southern part of the city, the old town with its gothik... mosque in the north.


Nicosia; panoramic view over the city


Cyprus Museum; prehistoric idol: Model of a sanctuary


Nicosia; divided capital


Cyprus Museum; archaic limestone sculpture: Head of ayoung man


Byzantine Museum; Profitis Ilias


Nicosia; Aghios Savvas Church


Nicosia North; gothic... mosque


Nicosia North; prayers in the gothic mosque (Selimiye Mosque, former St. Sophia Cathedral)


Nicosia North; Market Street

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