Total: 8 results found.

1. St Barnabas' Monastery and Icon Museum/ Famagusta
(Historical Places)
... night, a mob of Syrians stoned him to death. His remains were wrapped in a sheet and hidden in some marshland, prior to being disposed at sea.   However, John Mark and some converted slaves from the ...
2. Salamis Ruins / Famagusta
(Historical Places)
...  discovered is the main road connecting the residential area with the public areas of the city. So far, nearly 300 meters of the road have been uncovered, but it appears that many of the stones used t ...
3. Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque / Famagusta
(Historical Places)
... glass, if replaced at all. He removed gravestones, and even human remains were removed, including thos of the last two Lusignan kings of Cyprus. As in all mosques, the floor of the church was covered by ...
4. Namik Kemal Dungeon & Museum / Famagusta
(Historical Places)
...  a while he was taken to the second storey with the permission of the Cyprus Governor, Veysi Pasa. The steep stone stairs at the side of the building take you to the rectangular second storey which ha ...
5. St Mamas Monastery / Guzelyurt
(Historical Places)
...  18th century Ottoman inns, with stone columns on the ground floor and timber balconies on the second. The monastery buildings are now used for business purposes, ranging from lawyers to a televisio ...
6. Museum of Archaeology and Natural History / Guzelyurt
(Historical Places)
... with the artefacts in Room I, at the start of the exhibition, dating from the Stone Age. One of the rooms is almost exclusively dedicated to the artefacts found at the Bronze Age site of Toumba tou Skoura* ...
7. St Hilarion Castle / Kyrenia
(Historical Places)
... the 7th century to live and die up here, purging the mountain of pagan demons. It is said that  the hermit was stone deaf, so was able to resist the tempting cries of the demons who stalked the mountains ...
8. Selimiye Mosque / Nicosia
(Historical Places)
... The monumental main door and the carved stone window above it  are of particular interest. Construction began in 1209 during the reign of the Lusignan king Henry I, and lasted 150 years. There is evidence ...
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