31 May 2024
Galfrid de Vinsauf
When in 1191 Richard I was fighting against the last Byzantine ruler of the island, Isaac Comnenus, he assigned …
24 May 2024
Stochove
The Belgian nobleman Stochove wrote in 1613 about Nicosia:
17 May 2024
Talking of Famagusta, Duthoit wrote the following:
Another sight impressed me in this town: I saw here one of the most famous brigands, Katirci Yianni. He …
10 May 2024
Ms Lewis
Visiting Government House at the end of the 19th century, Ms Lewis commented on the gardens:
03 May 2024
The American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease visited all of Cyprus. In 1836 he went to Paphos:
We did not arrive in Ktema till about one hour after dark. We there found our way to the monastery, …
27 Apr 2024
Lady Franklin
What Lady Franklin noted in 1833 brings to light another construction near the Limassol castle, a smaller version, a fort:
20 Apr 2024
George Jeffery
Almost at the centre of Famagusta Bay lays the town of the same name, the Emporium of the East, …
12 Apr 2024
Philippe De Navarre
When in 1232 Emperor Frederick II attacked Cyprus, claiming the right to rule as guardian of young King Henry …
05 Apr 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 Mar 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 Mar 2024
Émile Deschamps
The French periodical LeTour du Monde 1897, in an extensive article by Émile Deschamps, has some interesting and very …
15 Mar 2024
Freya Stark
Freya Stark was in Cyprus in 1942. She was invited to Government House where she was appalled by the …
08 Mar 2024
Esme Scott-Stevenson visited Asomatos village in 1878
In 1878, Esme Scott-Stevenson visited Asomatos village where a wedding was taking place.
01 Mar 2024
Lorenzo Warriner Pease in Nicosia
On 26 March 1838, while walking in the streets of Nicosia, Lorenzo Warriner Pease, an American missionary …
23 Feb 2024
John Locke in Famagusta
John Locke, while visiting Famagusta noted the following:
16 Feb 2024
A great disaster befell the city of Paphos by a Genoese raid in 1373.
Leontios Macheras describes what happened:
09 Feb 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 Feb 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 …