09 Δεκ 2022
Sir Harry Luke included his first experiences in Cyprus in his book 'Cyprus. A Portrait and an Appreciation.' …
02 Δεκ 2022
Michael de Vezin, of French origin, was for sixteen years His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Aleppo and Cyprus. …
25 Νοέ 2022
The extract comes from the text of a letter by Elias of Pesaro, dated Famagosta, October 18, 1568, to his …
17 Νοέ 2022
Nicolai de Marthono, a noteury of Carinola, wrote about his first site of Famagusta:
On the 27th of the said …
11 Νοέ 2022
Wilbrand, Count of Oldenburg, reached Cyprus in 1211 and visited Stavrovouni. We continued our pilgrimage thence to visit the cross …
31 Οκτ 2022
The ex-Bulgarian ambassador to Cyprus, Mr Hristo Georgiev wrote about an interesting story concerning the church of St Iacovos in …
25 Οκτ 2022
Percy Arnold, former journalist of the Cyprus Post, wrote his reminiscences of the island in his book The Cyprus Challenge, …
22 Οκτ 2022
Antonıo Mondaini, alias Namindıu, was visiting the village of Lapithos in 1786 and took note of what he saw at …
17 Οκτ 2022
Benedict Of Peterborough. The Chronicle, under the title Gesta Regis Henrici II. et Ricardi I., is ascribed to Benedict, who …
29 Σεπ 2022
Edmond Duthoit, a French antiquarian visited Cyprus in 1863 and 1865. He travelled all over the island looking for antiquities …
24 Σεπ 2022
The romantic Esme Scott- Stevenson, wife of the British Commissioner of Kyrenia in 1878, painted a colourful picture of a …
19 Σεπ 2022
After Malta, Ms Gladys Peto, followed her husband, who worked for the British medical administration, to Cyprus in 1926-1929. She …
11 Σεπ 2022
Antonio Mondaini, alias Namindiu, in Cyprus in 1785, was discussing with a priest the method of inoculation in the island.
29 Αύγ 2022
Disappointment was not confined to the appearance of Greek women. Even Turkish Cypriot women appeared disappointing to William Turner in …
22 Αύγ 2022
In 1785, at the village of Piscopia as he called the village better known as Episcopi, Antonio Mondaini or better …
15 Αύγ 2022
In 1834 the first American missionary, Lorenzo Warriner Pease landed in Cyprus, at Lefka. Soon his ship sailed on to …
08 Αύγ 2022
Antonio Mondaini, alias Namindiu, was in Cyprus in the second half of the eighteenth century and travelled around the island …
01 Αύγ 2022
Sylvia Foot, wife of the last Governor of Cyprus Sir Hugh Foot, wrote in her book Emergency Exit, her personal …
25 Ιούλ 2022
When the first Victorian lady to reside in the island, Mrs Esmé Scott-Stevenson, arrived, she was appalled by the appearance …
18 Ιούλ 2022
Emile Deschamps in 1897 described the Cypriot women at the Fete de Venus, the Kataklysmos fiesta:
11 Ιούλ 2022
Patrick Balfour, 3rd Lord Kinross, writer and traveller came to Cyprus in 1950; he spent some months in Lapithos, staying …
04 Ιούλ 2022
Lawrence Durrell loved Kyrenia, where he spent most of his time. In Bitter lemons he writes:
27 Ιούν 2022
The French antiquarian Edmond Duthoit was in Cyprus in 1863 and 1865 collecting antiquities. He came across an interesting acquaintance …
20 Ιούν 2022
Archduke Louis Salvador of Austria was enchanted by Nicosia and wrote a book about his visit in 1873: