Silver Sands Protaras

... lot of vines that existed in the area and “Aimatousa” (Bloody) from the tradition that wants the Virgin Mary to cure the women with hemorrhage.



On 8th of September the country-church functions and there is a big festival. The beautiful natural environment of the area becomes an attraction for the outdoor visits of the local people, mainly on “Clean Monday” or Monday of Lent.

... s beauty became a curse for her. Gods began to fear that her beauty would give rise to jealousy among them, which would end up in war among themselves and interrupt the peace. Therefore, Zeus decided to marry her off to Hephaestus - the god of fire, who was not considered to be a threat among the gods. Many accounts refer to Aphrodite as Adonis's lover as well as surrogate mother. One such account states that she spent most of the time going hunting with Adonis, and when Adonis was ...

... 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 ...

... for work early each morning, to come to the salt lake to collect the salt, and late in the afternoon making the same route back again to their homes to rest and get ready for the following morning. Huge sacks were hanging on both sides of their donkeys, and the animals walking slowly one behind the other.

Salt was piled like small mountains in the round area, and was ...

... 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!

... referring to our Turk friends. From the names he mentions, I remember some Turks myself. I remember Sonai, Ibrahim, Aygen-the gentle giant as he calls him, and Mustafa.



All information is found in the site below, and from the photo gallery one can find pictures from the foundation of the Academy.

The seperation, reunion, and the hope
http://www.aa100.info/

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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 ...

... 8220;The building of Cyprus Tourist Organization,” “The Central Police Station”, “The Governors Residence”, and “The Larnaca old Hospital” near the American Academy.



URBAN TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS

(I got from the tourist information)



This is the anonymous ...

... 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).