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... again of my childhood.

This little church is situated just a couple of miles from Larnaca, near Aradipou.
It is on the old road of Larnaca-Nicosia.
Difficult for me to recognize the area because the village of Aradipou has so much stretched out and it is as if it has been united with Larnaca.
Everything is so different now, I believe the church is found very near the industrial area.
I can't see the fields we ...

... by a wild boar, she mourned over his death for a long time. While she was looking for his body, her delicate feet were hurt by thorns and the blood which oozed out from her feet gave rise to beautiful flowers known as Anemones. Her love affair with Ares - the Greek god of war was also renowned. Yet another account describes Aphrodite's love for Anchises, a shepherd prince, whom she allowed to flee from Troy.

Love, Hatred and Deceit
Aphrodite goddess of love represented ...

... 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 ...

... to different countries.

While in a museum yesterday I came across a couple of photos showing these locals working. I was 4 or 5 then.



Salt is no more collected , ever since the airport has been there. The most interesting thing however about this salt lake today is the migration of birds in winter.

Birds like flamingos, ducks, swans and various other ...

... in the world for the Muslims and the first most important religious place for the Turkish Cypriots.

It is actually the only surviving Arab monument in Cyprus, built in 1816 over the tomb of Umm Haram, and was renovated taking its present appearance.

In Ottoman times, it was a Tekke. In the year 2002 a new renovation and ...

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New huge buildings stand around the school area. They belong to the Academy, and everything is so different. I see mothers with little children in the premises. This is something new. There were no classes for young children those days.



I move on to the girls’ yard. The funniest of all was that when the bell rang for the big recess, we would all run to the “Fata”

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... 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 ...

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 ...

... building was also there. This part of the town known in Medieval times as Larnacho – Larnaca.






BEY UK OR KEBIR TZAMI Build in the 16th century to serve the Turkish community of Larnaka. It is situated at the end of Athens Avenue, just opposite the Larnaca Castle.

It is perhaps the first Ottoman mosque in Cyprus.
The Ottomans ...