Sehenswürdigkeiten in Zypern

Kyriazis Medical Museum

The Kyriazis Medical Museum in Larnaca, Cyprus was established in 2011. It displays medical items, books, and framed documents relating to the practice of Cypriot medicine and the history of medicine in Cyprus, from antiquity to the 20th century.

Kyrenia Castle

Kyrenia Castle (Greek: Κάστρο της Κερύνειας Turkish: Girne Kalesi), at the east end of the old harbour in Kyrenia is a 16th-century castle built by the Venetians over a previous Crusader fortification.

Shipwreck museum

The Kyrenia ship is the wreck of a 4th-century BC ancient Greek merchant ship. It was discovered by Greek-Cypriot diving instructor Andreas Cariolou in November 1965 during a storm.

Tamassos

Tamassos (Greek: Ταμασσός) or Tamasos (Greek: Τἀμασος) – names Latinized as Tamassus or Tamasus – was a city-kingdom in ancient Cyprus, one of the 10 Kingdoms of Cyprus.

Ayia Varvara

Agia Varvara (Greek: Αγία Βαρβάρα) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus. Agia is the Greek word for "Saint" .The village is named after Saint Varvara or Saint Barbara. The village is located 22 km south from Nicosia and is at an altitude of 311 meters.

Sourp Magar Armenian Monastery

Sourp Magar (Armenian: Սուրբ Մակար or Magaravank, Մակարավանք) is an Armenian monastery located in a forested valley in the Pentadaktylos range in Cyprus. It is de facto located in Northern Cyprus.

Kyrenia Gate

The Kyrenia Gate, (Greek: Πύλη της Κερύνειας, Turkish: Girne Kapısı, historically known in Italian as Porta del Proveditore) is a gate in the Nicosia walls, in North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus.

Arab Ahmet Mosque

Arab Ahmet Mosque (Turkish: Arabahmet Camii) is situated in the western Arab Ahmet Quarter of North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. It was built in the late 16th century. The Mosque is named after a commander of the 1571 Ottoman army.

Cyprus Museum

The Cyprus Museum (also known as the Cyprus Archaeological Museum) is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus.The museum houses artifacts discovered during numerous excavations on the island.

Agios Ioannis Lambadistis

Church of Saint Euphemianos

The church of St. Euphemianos (Greek: Άγιος Ευφημιανός, Turkish: Agios Efimianos Kilisesi) is a small medieval church (located at 35° 5'8.70"N 33°39'53.00"E), about 2 km to the southwest of the village of Lysi in the Famagusta district of Cyprus.

Idalion

Idalion or Idalium (Greek: Ιδάλιον, Idalion) was an ancient city in Cyprus, in modern Dali, Nicosia District. The city was founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC.

Saint Hilarion Castle

The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus. This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia. It is the best preserved ruin of the three former strongholds in the Kyrenia mountains, the other two being Kantara and Buffavento.

Bellapais

Bellapais Abbey (also spelled Bellapaïs) is the ruin of a monastery built by Canons Regular in the 13th century on the northern side of the small village of Bellapais, now in Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus, about five kilometres from the town of Kyrenia.

Chytri

Chytri (or Khytri, Greek: Χύτροι) was one of the ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus in antiquity. It was beautifully located in the centre of the island, in the territory of Chytraea, west of Mesaoria. Today the modern town of Kythrea (Kyrka) has preserved the ancient name.

Buffavento Castle

Buffavento Castle (Greek: Kάστρο Βουφαβέντο, Turkish: Buffavento Kalesi) is a castle in Northern Cyprus. The exact date of its construction remains unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period. It combines Byzantine and Frankish architectural elements.

Panagia Apsinthiotissa

Panagia Apsinthiotissa or Absinthiotissa (Greek: Παναγία Αψινθιώτισσα) is a Greek Orthodox monastery located at the southern foot of the Pentadaktylos range in the Republic of Cyprus. The nearest settlements are Sychari (Συγχαρί, Tr. Kaynakköy) and Vouno (Βουνό, Tr.

flag of Northern Cyprus

The flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Bayrağı) is the national flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and is based on the flag of Turkey, with the colors reversed and two additional horizontal red stripes at the top and bottom.

Dervish Pasha Mansion

Dervish Pasha Mansion (Turkish: Derviş Paşa Konağı) is a historical mansion and ethnographic museum in the Arab Ahmet quarter of Nicosia, currently located in North Nicosia. It lies on the Beliğ Paşa Street and has two floors.

Church of the Holy Cross

The Church of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic parish located in the city of Nicosia in Cyprus.The first church dedicated to the Holy Cross was built in 1642 and operated continuously until the late nineteenth century.

Sarayönü Mosque

Sarayönü Mosque (Turkish: Sarayönü Camii), also known as the Mosque of the Serai, is a mosque in the walled city of Nicosia, Cyprus, currently located in North Nicosia. It is very close to the Sarayönü Square and has historically been on the square.

Armenian Church

Notre Dame de Tyre or Our Lady of Tyre (Armenian: Հայկական Սուրբ Աստուածածին եկեղեցի), or simply as Armenian church (Turkish: Ermeni Kilisesi) is a monastic church in Nicosia, Cyprus.

A.G Leventis Gallery

The Leventis Gallery is an art gallery in Nicosia, Cyprus. Opened in 2014, it houses a collection of over 800 paintings from Cypriot, Greek and European artists.

Kumarcilar Han

Kumarcilar Han (Gambler's Inn) is a caravansarai located in North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. It is unknown when exactly it was built, however it is thought to be built around the end of the 17th century, is much smaller and modest when compared with Büyük Han (Great Inn).

New Mosque

The New Mosque (Turkish: Yeni Cami) is a mosque in the northern part of Nicosia. The quarter of Yeni Jami, in which it is situated, is named after the mosque.

Lusignan house

Lusignan House (Turkish: Lüzinyan Evi) is a mansion in the Yeni Jami quarter of North Nicosia. It is located on the Yeni Cami Street.

Büyük Han

Büyük Han (lit. Great Inn) (Greek: Μεγάλο Πανδοχείο Megálo Pandocheío) is the largest caravansarai on the island of Cyprus and is considered to be one of the finest buildings on the island.

Church of St.Katerina (14 c.)

Haydar Pasha Mosque (Greek: Χαϊντάρ-πασά τζαμί Chaintár-pasa Tzamí, Turkish: Haydarpaşa Camii), formerly St. Catherine's Church, is a historic mosque in North Nicosia.

Old Nicosia aqueduct

Nicosia old aqueduct is located in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus and is the oldest aqueduct in Cyprus. It is located close to Eleftheria (Liberty) Monument in Nicosia.

Alanya

Alanya ( (listen); Turkish pronunciation: [aˈɫanja]), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a district of Antalya Province on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, 133 kilometres (83 mi) east of the city of Antalya.

Alahan Monastery

Alahan Monastery (Turkish: Koja Kalessi) is a complex of fifth century buildings located in the mountains of Isauria in southern Asia Minor (Mersin province in modern day Turkey).

Tomb of the Kings

The Tombs of the Kings (Greek: Τάφοι των Βασιλέων [ˈtafi ton vasiˈleon], Turkish: Kral Mezarları) is a large necropolis lying about two kilometres north of Paphos harbour in Cyprus. In 1980, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Paphos and Kouklia.

Sanctuary of Aphrodite

The Sanctuary of Aphrodite Paphia was a sanctuary in ancient Paphos on Cyprus dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite. Located where the legendary birth of Aphrodite took place, it has been referred to as the main sanctuary of Aphrodite, and was a place of pilgrimages in the ancient world for centuries.

Larnaca Salt lake

Larnaca Salt Lake (Greek: Αλυκή Λάρνακας, Turkish: Larnaka Tuz Gölü) is a complex network of four salt lakes (3 of them interconnected) of different sizes to the west of the city of Larnaca. The largest is lake Aliki, followed by lake Orphani, lake Soros and lake Spiro.

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region

The Painted Churches in the Troödos Region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Troödos Mountains of central Cyprus. The complex comprises ten Byzantine churches and monasteries richly decorated with Byzantine and post-Byzantine murals:Initially nine of these churches were designated by UNESCO i…

Fikardou

Fikardou (Greek: Φυκάρδου) is an old settlement that has retained its traditional medieval characteristics. It is situated on the south eastern slopes of the Troodos Mountains, approximately 40 km southwest of Nicosia. The village today is almost deserted.

Klirou

Klirou (Greek: Kλήρου, Turkish: Kliru) is a Historic Mining District and covers an area of 18.7 square kilometers. Surrounding villages may call it "pork's head" or "Η κκελλέ του σιήρου" in Greek.

Malounta

Malounta (Greek: Μαλούντα) is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 2 km north of Klirou.

Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum

Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum is a museum in Turkey. The main exhibition of the museum is Nusret minelayer. The museum is free of charge.The museum is an 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) - open air museum in Tarsus ilçe (district) of Mersin Province at 36°54′26″N 34°53′04″E.

Melkite Catholic Archeparchy of Laodicea

Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia (in Latin: Archeparchy Laodicena Graecorum Melkitarum) is an eparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church immediately subject to the Holy See. In 2009 there were 14,500 baptized.

Arch of Septimius Severus

The Latakia Tetraporticus, also sometimes referred to as the Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus is a triumphal arch located in modern-day Latakia in the south-east region of the city, in the Port Said street believed to be built in honour of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, and its date of cons…

Laodicea

Laodicea (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια) was a port city and an important colonia of the Roman Empire in ancient Syria, located near the modern city of Latakia. It was also called Laodicea in Syria or Laodicea ad mare.

Athena relief of Sömek

The Athena relief of Sömek is a Greco-Roman rock relief, located some two kilometres north of the village of Sömek in Silifke district of Mersin province in Turkey, near the valley of the Limonlu river, the ancient Lamos.

Öküzlü ruins

Öküzlü is an archaeological site in Mersin Province, Turkey.Öküzlü (Öküzlüklü) is situated in the rural area of Erdemli district which is rich in archaeological ruins. It is close to Batısandal village at about 36°33′59″N 34°9′39″E. There are many ruins around Öküzlü .

Akkale

Akkale (literally "white castle") is the popular name given to ruins of a building complex in Kumkuyu town of Erdemli district, Mersin Province, TurkeyAkkale (also called Tırtar Akkale where Tırtar is the former name of Kumkuyu) is situated to south west of Kumkuyu at 36°32′N 34°13′E.

Aydıncık Nature Park

Aydıncık Nature Park is a nature park in Turkey. It is at 36°08′52″N 33°21′38″E and situated to the east of Aydıncık ilçe (district) of Mersin Province. Its distance to Aydıncık centrum is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) and to Mersin is about 170 kilometres (110 mi).

Softa Kalesi

Softa Castle (Turkish: Softa Kalesi) is a ruined castle in Bozyazı ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, Turkey.The castle, to the east of Bozyazı district center is situated on a hill of 140 metres (460 ft) high and close to Turkish state highway D.400 at 36°06′15″N 33°01′02″E.

Sourp Kevork

Sourp Kevork (Armenian: Սուրբ Գէորգ; Saint George) is the Armenian Apostolic church in Limassol, Cyprus.The church is located near the town centre of Limassol and was built in 1939 on land purchased and donated by Mrs Satenig Soultanian, in memory of her father, Hampartsoum Kevorkian.

Larnaca medieval museum (Larnaca castle)

Larnaca Castle (Greek: Κάστρο Λάρνακας Turkish: Larnaka Kalesi), is a castle located on the southern coast of Cyprus.

Agios Lazaros Church

The Church of Saint Lazarus (Greek: Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Λαζάρου, Ierós Naós Agíou Lazárou), is a late-9th century church in Larnaca, Cyprus. It belongs to the Church of Cyprus, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church.

Larnaca Synagogue

The Larnaca Synagogue, located in the seaside resort town of Larnaca, Cyprus was inaugurated on 12 September 2005. It is the island's first and only synagogue.

Armenian Genocide Memorial in Larnaca

The Armenian Genocide Memorial in Larnaca, Cyprus, is a monument dedicated to the martyrs and survivors of the Armenian genocide of 1915-1923.

Sourp Stepanos

Sourp Stepanos Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս Եկեղեցի; Saint Stephen) is the Armenian Apostolic church in Larnaca, Cyprus.

Pierides Museum - Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation

The Pierides Museum is a museum in Larnaca, Cyprus that was founded by the Pierides Foundation. It is the nation's oldest private museum.

Church of Cyprus

The Church of Cyprus (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Κύπρου, Ekklisia tis Kyprou, Turkish: Kıbrıs Kilisesi) is one of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox churches that together with other Eastern Orthodox churches form the communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Imprisoned Graves

The "Imprisoned Graves" are a set of graves in a small cemetery located in the Central Jail of Nicosia, where 13 EOKA fighters, during the 1955-1959 liberation struggle for the liberation of Cyprus from the United Kingdom, were interred.

Presidential Palace, Nicosia

The Presidential Palace (Greek: Προεδρικό Μέγαρο Proedrikó Mégaro Turkish: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sarayı) is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the Republic of Cyprus.

Sourp Asdvadzadzin

Holy Mother of God Cathedral (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստուածածին Մայր Եկեղեցի), or Surp Asdvadzadzin Church, is the Armenian Apostolic cathedral of the Armenian Diocese of Cyprus, located in the Strovolos district in Nicosia, Cyprus.Following the 1963-1964 inter-communal troubles…

Omeriye Hamam

Ömeriye Hamam (lit. 'Ömeriye Bath') in Nicosia, Cyprus is a historic Ottoman hammam (public bathhouse). It was created by Lala Mustafa Pasha in the 1570s, soon after the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus, and was part of the larger complex of the Ömeriye Mosque dedicated to the memory of the Caliph Om…

Famagusta Gate

The Famagusta Gate (Turkish: Mağusa Kapısı) is a gate in the Nicosia walls, Cyprus. It is the chief gate of the city: the Porta Giuliana, or "di sotto" of Fra Stefano Lusignano's " Chorograffia", known as Famagusta Gate in modern times.

Omeriye Mosque

Ömeriye Mosque (Greek: Τέμενος Ομεριέ Temenos Omerié, Turkish: Ömeriye Camii), is a mosque in the walled city of Nicosia on the island of Cyprus, currently located in the south section of Nicosia.

Bayraktar Mosque

Bayraktar Mosque (Greek: Τέμενος Μπαϊρακτάρ Témenos Mpairaktár) is a mosque in Nicosia, Cyprus, currently placed in the southern sector of the city administered by the Republic of Cyprus.

Agios Ioannis

The Cathedral of St. John the Theologian is the main church of the Church of Cyprus. It is located in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus.The church was built in the fourteenth century at the site of Benedictine Abbey of St. John the Theologian that had been founded by the House of Lusignan.

Archbishop's Palace

Archbishop's Palace (Greek: Αρχιεπισκοπικό Μέγαρο, Turkish: Başpiskoposluk Sarayı) is the official residence and office of the archbishop of Cyprus located in Nicosia.

House of Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios

The Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios Mansion is situated near the Archbishopric, in the neighbourhood of Saint Antonios in Nicosia, Cyprus, where the wealthy notables of the Greek community traditionally used to live.The mansion is the most important example of urban architecture of the last century of Otto…

Mathiatis

Mathiatis (Greek: Μαθιάτης [locally [maˈθcatis]]; Turkish: Matiyat) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus. Before 1960, it had a mixed Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot population.

Kilise Tepe

Kilise Tepe is a mound in Mersin Province, Turkey. It was formerly known as Maltepe. The original name of the mound is not known and Kilise Tepe in Turkish means "church-hill" referring to a church ruin.The mound is situated in the rural area of Mut at 36°29′N 33°33′E close to road connecting…

Lamos

Lamos was a town of ancient Cilicia and later of Isauria, inhabited in Roman and Byzantine times. It was a bishopric; for its ecclesiastical history see Lamus (see).Its site is located near the settlement of Adanda in Gürçam, Asiatic Turkey.

Adonis Baths

Adonis Baths is a waterfall near Krya Vrysi and Lakkos tou Fragkou. It is located 267 m above sea level. In the village of Koili, in the province of Pafos, where Mavrokolympos flows, the waters gather and form a small waterfall.

Tsiarta

Tsiárta (Greek: Τσιάρτα) is a mountain in Tsada village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, situated at 605 m elevation. It is east of Melissóvounos. The highest part is located 613 m above sea level. It is near Asprovounaro. The average annual rainfall is 572 millimeters.

Nitovikla

Nitovikla is an archaeological site of a fortress located in the Karpas Peninsula. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition investigated the area in 1929, they discovered tombs dating to the Middle Cypriot III (1725-1600 BC) and excavated the fortress.

Makrona

Makrona is a mountain in Tsada in the Paphos District of Cyprus. Is located at 564 m above sea level. Titsiros is only 1.4 km away and Agrioelia at 2.6 km away. The nearest larger city is Pafos, 8.1 km southwest of Makrona. The area around the Makrona consists mostly of agricultural land.

Kokkinokremos

Pyla-Kokkinokremos (Greek: Πυλα-Κοκκινοκρεμος) (red cliff) was a Late Bronze Age settlement on Cyprus, abandoned after a brief occupation.The site of Pyla-Kokkinokremos, located on a rocky plateau, lies about 10 km east of Larnaca, ancient Kition, and some 20 km southwest of Enkomi…

Monastery and Church St.Georgios

The Saint George Monastery cemetery (Greek: Agios Georgios Kontou) in Larnaca, Cyprus is an ancient cemetery.An "Ancient Kition" text on a (governmental) roadsign, points toward this cemetery.It is located on Agiou Georgiou Kontou Street."Vandalism of Larnaca Cemetery". Cyprus Mail. 2009-08-11.

Castle

Sigouri Castle (Greek: Κάστρο του Σιγουρίου, της Σιγουρής Turkish: Sigur Kalesi) was a medieval castle in Cyprus of which there are no remains.

Centre of Cultural Heritage

Cyprus Centre of Cultural Heritage was established in 1979 and has a service covering the areas of archaeology, history of art, cultural heritage, and natural heritage.

Catacomb of Phaneromeni Church

The Catacomb of Phaneromeni Church in Larnaca, Cyprus is a catacomb. It has been dated to the 8th century. It has been used as a church.