Artemis Aparthotel Protaras

... god of love. Some of her prominent attributes include dove, apple, mirror and scallops shell. According to ancient Greek mythology, Aphrodite punished those who neglected her worship and despised her power, and favored and protected those who paid homage to her and recognized her powers.

Birth of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love
According to the ancient literature there are two versions of her birth. The first one being that she was the daughter born to Zeus and Dione ...

... town.

A large collection of the city's coins minted in the local mint starting with the fist coin in the city Kingdom of Kition of the late 6th century and a fabulous collection of city photographs through the years dating from 1850, are among the most interesting exhibits.

On the 2nd floor are located the city’s archives, which are ...

... prehistoric times was a small gulf open to the sea. From 1700 B.C. it was a secure natural port in the service of the large prehistoric town next to the Hala Sultan Tekke. It was abandoned by its population at about 1050 B.C., around the time the fiord was closed. Following that, the natural port was destroyed and the central salt lake was formed.



Salt was valuable ...

... was undertaken.

Extraordinary archeological excavations in the same year revealed the place was inhabited since Neolithic times.

Nowadays, the monument receives thousands of pilgrims and tourists.

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THE PHOTOS IN THE ENTRY : some were taken in March, and the others the end of October. Notice the difference!

... is very clean, and there are some students probably waiting for their buses which will carry them to their villages. I remember how my classmates had to wait for their buses too. The students are still wearing uniforms and I can hear them talking in Greek. Probably because the school must have closed an hour ago. We were not allowed talking in Greek while on the school premises those years, but of course whenever we ...

... most of them, inspired by ancient Cypriot art. The walk goes through the picturesque streets of traditional houses with kiosks of the Scala Turkish quarter, where the visitors have the chance to see the present use of this very old residential area, now inhabited by Greek refugees displaced from Famagusta.



Starting from the Castle the walk goes from Eski Carsi Street to Buyuk ...

... and Roman times.





TODAY:



I had the chance for the first time in my life, thanks to Lefteris, to get to the top of these –kamares- and see the gutter pipe where water was flowing providing water to the people those days.

Now I see that the government has spent a lot of money making this area around here very beautiful ...

STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE -LARNACA





I am so excited that I am walking in the Traditional neighbourhoods of my hometown. With the camera in my hand I get pictures of older buildings that remind me of those years.





BRITISH COLONIAL STYLE


Many of the buildings in Larnaca are very old.
The ...

... their armies in Larnaca in 1570 without any Venetian resistance. Having Larnaca as their supply and naval base, the Turks conquered the whole of the island in 1571.
Before it became a mosque, Beyuk Tzami was a Catholic Church devoted to Santa Katerina and it was probably built at the time of Catherine Cornaro, last Queen of the Lusignians (1468 – 1489).

... of a darkened hue of late, for sum reason it has decided to be a magnet for fluff from my umderpants, it could be due to the clammy weather or the fact iv not been ***** to shower much. I unsheathed the dirty devil from its ******y slumber one day and the ****er appeared to have a dark, wooly balaclava on, it looked like a one eyed member of the IRA. Even tho it was quiet season it was still a boozy affair in which i really let the side ...