Laiki Yitonia 
Rcstored pedestrian area within the walled city, east of' Eleftheria Square. Charming winding alleys with traditional houses and shops, restaurants, galleries, all lovingly restored as typical examples of Cypriot urban architecture of a bygone, more graceful age.

State Collection of Contemporary Art
Corner Stassinos Ave and Crete street Repressentative collection of paintings and sculpture by Cypriot artists 1930-1980.

St. Paul's Angilican Cathehdral Church
Though officially called a Cathedral, this is the parish church for Anglican residents, and was built in I893 in a style reminiscent of many English village churches.

Municipal Theatre
Museum street, opposite the Cyprus Museum.
This spacious theatre in neo-classical style was completed in 1967. It has a seating capacity of 1200 and is used for performances by the Cyprus Theatrical Organisation, musical concerts and recitals, dance performances and for various ceremonies.

Kykko Metochi
Prokopiou street, Engomi.
Monastery dependency of the famous Kykko Monastery, dating from 1890.

Cyprus Handicraft Service
Athalassa Avenue Tel:(02) 30-5024 (Turn right at the beginning of Nicosia-Limassol highway, traffic lights).
The aim of the government-run centre is to promote and improve traditional folk art and craft skills by helping artisans to improve their techniques and maintain the quality of their products. The Centre includes a showroom-shop with a wide selection of Cyprus handicrafts, and also shops in Laiki Yitonia and in all other towns.

The International Conference Center
In Nicosia you will find the most sophisticated Conference Centre on the island which accomrnodates more than 1,OOO delegates.

NICOSIA AREA

Ancient City Kingdom of Idalion and the Byzantine Church at Perachorio
19 km south of Nicosia.
The site of this ancient city kingdom has not yet been fully excavated, but on the high ground, outside the present village of Dhali, part of the ancient walls of the city can be seen. In this area Adonis, mythical lover of the goddess Aphrodite, was killed by a wild boar sent by her jealous husband.
At the nearby village of Perachorio the church of the Holy Apostles contains very beautiful 12th century frescoes.

Panayia Chrysospiliotissa
Near Deftera village, 11 km southwest of Nicosia.
Dedicated to Our Lady of the Golden Cave, the catacomb structure, an enlarged natural cave indicates the church, dates back to the early Christian period. Unfortunately its painted interior is hadly damaged. A religious fair is held near the church on 15th August.

Tamassos
Tamassos, with its rich copper works, was a city kingdom of ancient Cyprus and of great importance throughout early history. Excavations have produced the Royal Tombs and copper workshops associated with Aphrodite-Astarte.

Ayios Herakleidios Monastery
Politiko village, 1/2 km from the Royal Tombs.
When Saints Paul and Barnabas came to Cyprus, they were guided to Tamassos by Herakleidios, whom they later ordained as Bishop of Tamassos. He was martyred at the age of 60 and buried in the cave where he had lived and preached. The Monastery was founded in 400 AD, destroyed and rebuilt several times until Archbishop Chrysanthos renovated the church and cells in 1773. The skull and a bone from the hand of the saint are kept in a silver gilt case, in the church which is decorated with fine frescoes and icons.

Machairas Monastery
41 km south of Nicosia, through Deftera and Pera villages.
Founded by two monks in 1148, when an icon of the Virgin Mary was found in a nearby cave. Set in a picturesque dip in the Makhairas mountains, it is the scene of a large religious fair on 15th August.

Phikardou
1 1/2 km east of Gourri village (Road Makhairas-Nicosia Via Klirou).
The whole village has been declared an ancient 'monument' in order to preserve the remarkable woodwork and folk architecture of the 18th century houses. The house of Katsinioros and Achilleas Demetri some parts of which go back to the 16th century, have been restored as vivid examples of rural architecture. They received the EUROPA NOSTRA award in 1987.

Ayios Panteleimon
1 1/2 km north west of Agrokipia village.
An 18th century monastery with a gabled roof, restored in the early 1960s and now serving as a retreat for three nuns.

Archangelos Michael Monastery
Off the Nicosia-Anthoupolis Road, 10 minutes drive from Nicosia.
The church dates back to the Byzantine period, with rebuilding carried out in 1636 and in 1713 when it was purchased by Kykko Monastery. Founded by Archbishop Nikiforos whose tomb can be seen in the narthex of the church. The iconostasis dates to 1650 and there is a 1785 fresco of the Archangel Michael to whom the monastery is dedicated.

Peristerona
27 km from Nicosia on the Nicosia-Troodos road .
The church, dedicated to Saints Barnabas and Hilarion, was probably erected in the early 10th century, and is an outstanding example of Byzantine architecture. Next to the church stands the Turkish mosque of Peristerona, witness to the long and peaceful co-existence between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots of the village, and the whole of Cyprus. in a time when Turkey had not yet adopted its partitionist and expansionist policy.

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