11 Haz 2024
Shakespeare wrote his play Othello in 1603-1604. His source was the story of a Moorish Captain (third decade, story …
04 Haz 2024
Keryneia, Ceryneia, Keronia or Keraunia, Cinyiriam, or Kerini, Kyrenia, Cyrene, has been in existence since the 13th century BC.
28 May 2024
Magda Ohnefalsch-Richter mentions the story of a Greek priest in Famagusta who heals and saves people bitten by the poisonous …
21 May 2024
The Varangians, Scandinavian warriors who often joined the Crusaders, had their fleet anchored at Baffa, as Paphos was then …
14 May 2024
Larnaca was the first town to own a printing press and in September 1878, the first newspaper circulated. It …
07 May 2024
Not many censuses were conducted in Cyprus over the Ottoman period. The census of 1777 by Kyprianos shows that 84,000 …
30 Nis 2024
Corals are invertebrate animals belonging to a large group of colourful and fascinating animals called Cnidaria. Corals are generally …
23 Nis 2024
In the eighteenth century, Mr Treadway, the richest English merchant in Cyprus, built a most magnificent house in …
16 Nis 2024
A wild plant with thorny leaves growing between April and June on rocky grounds. It can be found at the …
09 Nis 2024
Just after the death of James II, better known as James the Bastard, the last of the Lusignan kings …
02 Nis 2024
When Cyprus passed to the British in 1878, the first High Commissioner was Sir Garnet Wolseley. Upon his …
26 Mar 2024
By the 1950s the British administration and the British Government in England were faced with the Greek community’s agitation and …
19 Mar 2024
By the end of the 19th century along with the development of ethnography, the British artists’ interest moved from …
12 Mar 2024
Girolamo Dandini from Perugia was commissioned by the Pope in 1596 to visit the Maronites in Lebanon. On his way, …
05 Mar 2024
In 1925 when Cyprus became officially a crown colony, the Staffordshire potteries produced a series of commemorative plates called …
27 Şub 2024
It is a tradition in Britain to produce and circulate mugs on the occasion of a king or queen’s coronation …
20 Şub 2024
In a display cabinet on the second floor of CVAR, you will see a small porcelain “egg” shaped object with …
13 Şub 2024
When the first High Commissioner, Sir Garnet Wolseley, came to Cyprus, he wanted to give dinner parties to meet …
06 Şub 2024
Patchouli is a species of flowering plant in the family commonly called the mint or deadnettle family.
30 Oca 2024
The Copts are an ethno-religious group that primarily inhabit the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian …
23 Oca 2024
Les fêtes de Paphos (The Festivals of Paphos) is an opera-ballet in three acts by the French composer …
16 Oca 2024
Cyprus was famous for its silk production. Silkworms were fed on mulberry leaves from trees which could be found all …
09 Oca 2024
The Orchis Αnatolica var. troodi species is endemic to Cyprus.
02 Oca 2024
Limassol boasts of interesting achievements. The people of that port claim to be more friendly, more cultured and more internationally …