29 January 1879
Sir Samuel Baker gives a lively description of the way he travelled within the island of Cyprus:
We left Larnaca for Nicosia on 29th of January. A native two-wheeled cart conveyed the tents and superabundant luggage. ...
29 January 1893
From a letter by British governor Sir Walter Sendall to the Marquis of Ripon, K G, Downing Street:
A deputation of Turkish gentlemen, headed by the Mufti of Cyprus, waited upon me yesterday, to complain of the publication, in a Greek newspaper...
29 January 1935
Rupert Gunnis, ADC to Sir Ronald Storrs and inspector of Antiquities, never stopped working:
Started removing the floor of the Emirighe Mosque which has a crazy pavement of medieval tomb slabs, many of them...
30 January 1839
The American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease visited Kutup Osman Tekye:
The Turkish monastery near the gate was built by the late Governor of Cyprus Said Mehmet Aga. It seems that one of the former Pashas...
30 January 1927
Rupert Gunnis, spending his first festive season in the island, noted what impressed him during the feast of the Three Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church:
Lady Storrs and I to the special service in the Greek cathedral in honour of...
31 January 1929
The palace of Vouni was the major excavation site for the Swedes. But Swedish archaeologist Alfred Westholm decided there was another Vouni he wanted to explore:
Saturday and Sunday Erikos and I are planning an excursion...