12 Απρ 2024
Philippe De Navarre
When in 1232 Emperor Frederick II attacked Cyprus, claiming the right to rule as guardian of young King Henry …
05 Απρ 2024
In 1890 W. H. Mallock visited St Hilarion.
Seated by a window on the top of the castle he gazed at the view:
29 Μάρ 2024
Edmond Duthoit was in Cyprus in 1860 and 1865
Edmond Duthoit was in Cyprus in 1860 and 1865. He travelled throughout the island and wrote extensively about the …
22 Μάρ 2024
Émile Deschamps
The French periodical LeTour du Monde 1897, in an extensive article by Émile Deschamps, has some interesting and very …
15 Μάρ 2024
Freya Stark
Freya Stark was in Cyprus in 1942. She was invited to Government House where she was appalled by the …
08 Μάρ 2024
Esme Scott-Stevenson visited Asomatos village in 1878
In 1878, Esme Scott-Stevenson visited Asomatos village where a wedding was taking place.
01 Μάρ 2024
Lorenzo Warriner Pease in Nicosia
On 26 March 1838, while walking in the streets of Nicosia, Lorenzo Warriner Pease, an American missionary …
23 Φεβ 2024
John Locke in Famagusta
John Locke, while visiting Famagusta noted the following:
16 Φεβ 2024
A great disaster befell the city of Paphos by a Genoese raid in 1373.
Leontios Macheras describes what happened:
09 Φεβ 2024
The British writer and traveller W. H. Mallock
The British writer and traveller W. H. Mallock stayed at Government House in 1889 as the guest of Sir Henry …
02 Φεβ 2024
In 1835, the American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease arrived in Larnaca.
In 1835, the American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease arrived in Larnaca. This is what he saw when the …
26 Ιαν 2024
Maistre Denis Possot, a priest of Coulommiers in Brie, travelled to Cyprus in June 1533. His ship landed for a short while in Limassol.
However the captain told us he wished to land, and in fact, he did land with a few of the …
19 Ιαν 2024
Nicolai de Marthono, a notary of Carinola, embarked at Gaeta on June 17, 1394, for Alexandria; visited Cairo, M. Sinai and Jerusalem, and on November 27 arrived at Famagusta.
He travelled around the island and visited the Monastery of the Holy Cross. After a steep climb, he arrived …
12 Ιαν 2024
Jacobus de Verona, arriving in Famagusta in June 1335, visited many places and partook in various ceremonies.
Moreover, in that same city of Famagosta, while I was there a certain rich citizen died, and all our clerks …
05 Ιαν 2024
Benedict of Peterborough, in The Chronicle, under the title Gesta Regis Henrici II. et Ricardi I.
On the same day the Emperor of Cyprus, seeing that all his people were deserting him, sent ambassadors to the …
29 Δεκ 2023
As the Reverend Edward Daniel Clarke approached Nicosia in 1801, he had the surprise of his life…
As the Reverend Edward Daniel Clarke approached Nicosia in 1801, he had the surprise of his life…
"As we …
22 Δεκ 2023
In 1765 the Tuscan merchant Antonio Mondaini ventured into Kyrenia.
In 1765 the Tuscan merchant Antonio Mondaini ventured into Kyrenia and there, while conversing with the local Ottoman dignitaries he …
15 Δεκ 2023
Leontios Machairas
Leontios Machairas wrote in the 15th century about the Nestorians in Famagusta.
08 Δεκ 2023
The intrepid Gladys Peto
The intrepid Gladys Peto did not spend much time in Paphos but had some good words to say about the …
01 Δεκ 2023
Alfred Westholm
Writing to his parents, the Swedish archaeologist Alfred Westholm expressed his inner thoughts about Vouni and the locals working with …
24 Νοέ 2023
Frederick Breul
In December 1895 a couple of friends from the British army stationed in Cyprus decided to take a tour of …
17 Νοέ 2023
Edmond Duthoit
The French antiquarian Edmond Duthoit was in Cyprus in 1865. Writing to his parents from Cornos, just a few …
10 Νοέ 2023
Sir Harry Luke
In his book Cyprus: a Portrait and an Appreciation, written in 1957, Sir Harry Luke describes an unusual icon …
03 Νοέ 2023
Giovanni Mariti
In his book The Island of Cyprus, written in the 1760s, Abbe Giovanni Mariti writes about the madder of …