History

20 Απρ 1787

Dr J Sibthorp, who travelled to Cyprus from England on a botanical tour, reached Bellapais

Dr J Sibthorp, who travelled to Cyprus from England on a botanical tour, reached Bellapais:

Leaving the shore, we entered into a more difficult tract of country called Bel Paese; a ridge of mountains running from north to south, terminated in some rising hills, which, sloping towards the sea, were richly cultivated with corn. Near Cerignes, where we arrived rather late in the evening, I discovered a beautiful species of Salvia, S. cerignensis.