Constantinos The Great Beach Protaras

... and Cythera in Greece were the prominent places where Aphrodite was worshiped. The Roman goddess, Venus has quite often been related to the Greek goddess, Aphrodite. One of the most powerful among the various Greek Gods and Godesses, Aphrodite had the charm and elegance, which she used, to get whatever she wanted. For some she was ruthless, while for others she was caring. With all these great acts to her credit, she has been rightly regarded as one of the greatest Olympian divinities.

... abstract art of the contemporary world.





City Museum and Archives



The municipal museum is housed in a 1881 building, which was the residence and office of the first colonial Port Master of Larnaca.

On the ground floor is the City museum with exhibits emphasizing the long, glorious and uninterrupted history of ...

... br>At this site, one can admire the migratory birds and the interesting plant life. It is here that the goddess Artemis – Diana and Aphrodite Astarte were worshipped. At this site one can admire the migratory birds life.



The close connection of the area with these Goddesses can be felt especially during the ultra-red sunsets you can enjoy walking the trail.

... 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 what we called the school canteen those days, bought what we wanted, but the girls had to hurry and get to the girls’ yard as we were forbidden to be in the boys yard for too long.

Silly ideas which I am sure don’t exist today!



I spend more than 45 minutes walking around the school premises, and then walk all the way home.

On my way, I take pictures of nice buildings, until ...

... many walks, one or two popular are the Tour B.



SCALA – IT'S CRAFTSMEN



Scala is one of the names of Larnaca.

However, it describes best the area along the Castle seafront, Saint Lazarus church and the nearby city quarters.

The aim of this walk is to explore the area and visit the Handicraft Workshops created recently by young ceramic ...

... every 30 meters you can see the "visiting wells" of this unbelievable project, which channeled the water of the river Tremithos to Larnaca till the 1950’s,

Many researchers and historians believe that this tremendous public work has existed since Roman times.

It was reconstructed in 1745 on the basis of the surviving facilities. It goes back to the ...

... colonial type of architecture was introduced by the English in the years of their rule and was based on the vision of their central designing services and refers strictly to the public buildings of this period.



The best examples of this architecture are, "The District Governors building", The Old Customs Stores ...

... 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).

I'm attending the Recent Advances in Time Series conference (or RATS) here in Protaras, Cyprus. Cyprus, the country near Greece and Turkey, not Cypress in Texas. We left the hotel in Tel Aviv at 4 this morning, but we made it here with no problems. Now Nathan is sleeping and I am sitting in conference sessions. The conference lasts from Sunday to Wed. I'm presenting my research poster here on Tuesday. Cyprus is a ...