- 1. St Barnabas' Monastery and Icon Museum/ Famagusta
- (Historical Places)
- ... the priests of the temple in Jerusalem were chosen), who had emigrated from Syria to Cyprus. He was originally called Sosis, a variant of Joseph. While undertaking a religious education in Jerusalem, ...
- 2. Salamis Ruins / Famagusta
- (Historical Places)
- ... their revolt was crushed in Jerusalem in AD 70 by the Romans, many Jews settled in Cyprus, particularly in Salamis. Here in AD 115, they rebelled again, and the ensuing carnage over the next two year ...
- 3. Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque / Famagusta
- (Historical Places)
- ... built. After the fall of Jerusalem in 1291, the Lusignan kings, after having been crowned king of Cyprus, came to this cathedral to be crowned king of Jerusalem. It was also here that the last Lusignan ...
- 4. Selimiye Mosque / Nicosia
- (Historical Places)
- ... its portals, Lusignan princes were crowned kings of Cyprus before proceeding to Famagusta for a second, essentially honorary, coronation as king of Jerusalem. The cathedral was restored by the Genoese ...
