CYPRUS!. C YPRUS IS A LITTLE STATE WITH A LONG HISTORY AND A RICH CULTURE. I T ’ S THE THIRD...
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CYPRUS!. C YPRUS IS A LITTLE STATE WITH A LONG HISTORY AND A RICH CULTURE. I T ’ S THE THIRD ISLAND IN RANGE IN THE M EDITERRANEAN. I T ’ S SITUATED BETWEEN
C YPRUS IS A LITTLE STATE WITH A LONG HISTORY AND A RICH
CULTURE. I T S THE THIRD ISLAND IN RANGE IN THE M EDITERRANEAN. I T
S SITUATED BETWEEN 3 CONTINENTS :E UROPE, A SIA AND A FRICA. T HIS
POSITION HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE SINCE ANCIENT TIMES AND IT
STILL REPRESENTS A BRIDGE BETWEEN DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, CULTURES AND
LIFE STYLES. S INCE THE P REHISTORIC A GE, LOTS OF FOREIGN
POPULATIONS JOINED TO AUTOCHTHONOUS, FIRST OF ALL G REEKS, WHO HAVE
SPREAD THEIR CULTURE THAT NOW CHARACTERIZES C YPRUS. I N VILLAGES
TRADITIONS AND LIFE STYLES ARE STILL ALIVE. I N C YPRUS THEY
CELEBRATE EVENTS DATED BACK TO MANY YEARS AGO, LIKE C ARNIVAL AND F
LOWER F ESTIVAL. A CCORDING TO THE LEGEND, C YPRIOTS ALSO BELIEVE A
PHRODITE, THE G ODDESS OF BEAUTY AND LOVE, WAS BORN THERE, IN P
AFOS SEA.
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LEFKOSIA - NICOSIA LEFKOSIA - NICOSIA L EFKOSIA ( OR N ICOSIA
FOR US ) IS SITUATED IN THE CENTRE OF THE ISLAND AND IT S AN
IMPORTANT CULTURAL CENTRE. H IS HISTORY HAS STARTED IN THE B RONZE
A GE, BUT IT S BEEN THE C YPRIOT CAPITAL CITY SINCE B YZANTINE
PERIOD (XI SEC A.C.)
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L EFKOSIA IS THE ONLY CAPITAL CITY IN THE WORLD DIVIDED BY A
WALL. I N FACT WE SAW THE AREA OF THE CITY WHERE THE T URKISH PART
STARTS AND THE GUIDE EXPLAIN US THE HISTORY OF MONUMENT SITUATED
JUST BEFORE THE DIVIDING WALL : IT S DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE
WHO DIED DURING THE NUMEROUS WARS BETWEEN C YPRIOT AND T URKISH S
ARMS AND THE WORDS AT THE BASE OF THIS MONUMENT TALK, IN G REEK,
ABOUT EVERY CITIZEN S RIGHTS.
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C YPRUS MUSEUM C YPRUS MUSEUM : I NSIDE YOU CAN SEE THE C YPRUS
CULTURE DEVELOPMENT, FROM N EOLITHIC A GE TO B YZANTINE PERIOD. T
HESE COLLECTIONS INCLUDE JEWELS, SCULPTURES, PIECES OF POTTERY,
TERRA - COTTA OBJECTS AND OTHER MANUFACTURED. B ETWEEN THE MOST
IMPORTANT PIECES, WE MUST REMEMBER THE IDOL IN A CROSS SHAPE, GOLD
JEWELS (B RONZE A GE ) AND THE A PHRODITE STATUE (I SEC. A.C.). B
YZANTINE MUSEUM B YZANTINE MUSEUM : I N HIS ROOMS ARE EXPOSED MORE
THAN 200 ICONS, OF THE PERIOD BETWEEN IX SEC AND XIX SEC A.C. :
GOBLETS, BOOKS AND PRIEST S CASSOCKS. T HE PRESTIGIOUS MOSAICS WERE
BROUGHT BACK IN C YPRUS AFTER THEY WERE REMOVED ILLEGALLY FROM THE
T URKISH ZONE OF THE ISLAND. S AINT J OHN S CATHEDRAL S AINT J OHN
S CATHEDRAL : I T WAS BUILT IN 1662 OVER A SITE OF A B ENEDICTINE
CHAPEL, DEDICATED TO S AINT J OHN THE E VANGELIST.. THIS ONE WAS
TRANSFORMED IN A ORTHODOX MONASTERY. N OW IT S A LITTLE ORTHODOX
CHURCH BUT THE ONLY ONE IN N ICOSIA. I NSIDE WE CAN STILL SEE THE
ORIGINAL ICONS OF ORTHODOX RELIGION, THE CHOIR WERE, IN THE PAST
ACCORDING TO THE COMMON CONCEPTION, MEN STAYED DURING THE
CELEBRATION, WHILE WOMEN STAYED UPSTAIRS, DIVIDED.
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LEMESOS - LIMASSOL I T S THE SECOND CITY IN RANGE IN C YPRUS. H
ERE WE CAN FIND IMPORTANT RUINS AND MONUMENTS, EVIDENCES OF HIS
LONG HISTORY. M EDIEVAL CASTLE OF K OLOSSI M EDIEVAL CASTLE OF K
OLOSSI : I T WAS BUILT IN THE XIII SEC. AND IT BECAME THE SITE OF T
EMPLAR K NIGHTS.
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K OURION ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE K OURION ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE : I N
ANCIENT TIMES IT WAS AN IMPORTANT STATE - CITY ; THE THEATRE IS
STILL USED FOR MUSICALS AND SHOWS. N EAR, THE E USTOLIO, A CHILLE
AND G LADIATORS HOUSES TAKE THEIR NAME FROM THEIR BEAUTIFUL MOSAICS
FLOORS.
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. APOLLO SANCTUARY APOLLO SANCTUARY : I N THE PAST, A POLLO WAS
THE K OURION CITY PROTECTOR AND SO THIS SANCTUARY WAS AN IMPORTANT
PLACE OF CULT. IT WAS COMPOSED BY THE TEMPLE, ROOMS TO WELCOME
PILGRIMS AND A HOLY DELIMITED AREA. I N ONE OF THE MOST VISITED
PARKS OF L EMESOS, NEAR THE BEACH, WHILE YOU WALK ALONG THIS PARK
YOU SEE LOTS OF SCULPTURES OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN ARTISTS.
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C ENTRE FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE C ENTRE FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE :
H ERE THEY GIVE HOSPITALITY TO MENTAL HANDICAPPED PEOPLE FROM ALL
THE ISLAND. S OME OF THEM CAN STAY ALL DAY LONG, BUT THE NIGHT. I
NSTEAD, OTHER LIVE THERE CONSTANTLY. D URING THE DAY PSYCHOLOGISTS
AND NURSES TRY TO HELP THEM FOR A PHYSICAL AND A PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT : THEY RE PREPARED FOR P ARALYMPICS GAMES, FOR EXAMPLE,
AND PREPARED TO RETURN LIVING INSIDE THE SOCIETY IN THE BEST WAY
THEY ARE ABLE TO. O VER ALL, SOME OF THEM HAVE OBTAIN ALSO A JOB. H
ERE WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF THIS STRUCTURE AND OF THE TIME WE PASSED
TOGETHER :.
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R EHABILITATION CENTRE R EHABILITATION CENTRE : I N THE PAST
THIS PLACE WAS A CENTRE FOR WAR VICTIMS. N OWADAYS, NURSES AND
EMPLOYEES DEDICATE THEIR TIME TO THE PHYSICAL REHABILITATION. I T S
VERY SIMILAR TO OURS CENTERS HERE IN I TALY ; IN FACT THERE ARE
EMPLOYED PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, SPEECH THERAPISTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS AND
THEY WORK TOGETHER AND IN THE SAME WAYS AS IN I TALIAN
REHABILITATION HOSPITALS.
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LARNAKA O F L ARNAKA WE HAVE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE S ALT L AKE.
I T S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HABITATS FOR WATER BIRDS IN E
UROPE. T HEY, OVER ALL PINK FLAMINGOS, FIND SHELTER HERE FOR FEW
DAYS IN WINTER, DURING THEIR MIGRATIONS TO WARMER PLACES. I N THE
PAST L ARNAKA WAS A BIG AND KNOWN URBAN CENTRE, BUT WHEN THE CITY
WAS ABANDONED, THE BED OF THE SEA SLOWLY, DURING VERY MANY YEARS,
STUFFED OF RUBBLES AND IN THIS WAY THE LAKE WAS BORN. PAFOS T HE K
ATO P AFOS ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE : I T WAS WRITTEN IN THE H UMANITY C
ULTURAL H ERMITAGE OF UNESCO. H ERE YOU CAN SEE SITS AND MONUMENTS
DATED IN A PERIOD BETWEEN THE P REHISTORIC A GE AND THE M IDDLE A
GE. T HE WONDERFUL MOSAICS FLOORS OF THE 4 HOUSES ARE THE BIGGEST
ATTRACTIVE THIS PARK CAN BOAST. T HERE ARE 4 HOUSES (D IONISO, T
ESEO, A ION AND O RFEO S HOUSES ) AND, IN THEIR MOST SHINING
PERIOD, THEY WERE CONSIDERED SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN ALL THE
M EDITERRANEAN.
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P ERSONAL IMPRESSIONS : D URING THESE 7 DAYS IN C YPRUS WE
DISCOVERED A FOREIGN CULTURE, VERY DIFFERENT, WE THINK, FROM OURS.
A T THE FIRST, WE OBSERVED C YPRIOTS LIFE STYLE AND WE DIDN T LIKE
IT, BECAUSE IT WAS STRANGE FOR US : NO TEENAGERS ALONG THE STREETS,
THEIR HOUSES SEEMED VERY POOR. G OING ON WITH THE WEEK, FIRST OF
ALL WE HAVE KNOW BETTER EACH OTHER AND WE HAVE ALSO KNOWN BETTER C
YPRUS AND WE LIKE VERY MUCH ITS VIEW, ITS SEA AND SUN. B ESIDES, WE
HAVE ALSO IMPROVED OUR E NGLISH IN DIFFERENT WAY. S O WE ENJOY IT
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