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The beautiful city of Nicosia in Cyprus is concentrated along its Old City, with its grandiose star-shaped city walls whose moat that once protected the city, is today a pleasant public park for families and visitors alike.
The rich past of the city is best expereinced wandering around the Old City with its smaller city streets and rustic shops and cafes. Visitors are invited to take a a traditional Cypriot Coffee after a long day exploring the city.
A visit to the Cyprus Museum located to the west of the city walls brings to light the best of antiquities of the Cypriot culture from the 9th BCE to later part of ancient civilization.
The Byzantine Museum located on Archbishop Kyprianou Square with its large statue with the likeness of the Archbishop Makarios, is famous for its world-class collection of Greek Orthodox religious icons and art works from the 9th to the 16th Century.
For those who would like to see the spendor of Cyprian lifestyles from the 18th Century, there is the restored House of the Dragoman Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios, today an ethnological musuem.
For those who are interested in the more recent histories of the city, there is the National Struggle Museum which locates the history of the Cypriot independence movement of the late 1950’s.
The Green Line proof of the city’s divisive past among the Greek-Cypriots is an important monument. The round-the-clock guards that keep watch over the Ledra Palace checkpoint give visitors a glimpse into how it is like to live in one of today’s “divided” lands and that social tensions existing between the neighbouring peoples. The view from the Green Line gives a breathtaking vista of the city that is prettier than any postcard. Interested visitors may travel past the Green Line to the north for a short trip but come evening, guests wanting to return may not find the trek back so easy.
