Places to see in Nicosia
Museums, Centres and Sites
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Nicosia |
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| CYPRUS MUSEUM Mouseiou 1 22-865864 |
Collection of Cypriot antiquities | Monday - Saturday 09:00-17:00 Sunday 10:00-13:00 |
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| THE LEVENTIS MUNICIPAL
MUSEUM OF NICOSIA Ippokratous 17 22-661475 |
Life from ancient times to present day | Tuesday - Sunday 10:00-16:30 | |||||||||
| BYZANTINE MUSEUM AND ART
GALLERIES Archbishop Makarios III Foundation Cultural Centre, Plateia Arch. Kyprianou 22-430008 |
Collection of icons | Monday - Friday
09:00-16:30 Saturday 09:00-13:00 |
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| AGIOS IOANNIS CATHEDRAL Plateia Arch. Kyprianou |
Wall paintings depict scenes from Bible | Monday - Friday
09:00-16:30 Saturday 08:00-12:00 |
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| NATIONAL STRUGGLE MUSEUM Plateia Arch. Kyprianou 22-304550 |
Memorabilia of the 1955-1959 Struggle | Monday - Friday
08:00-14:00 Thursday 15:00 - 17:00 |
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| THE ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM OF
CYPRUS Plateia Arch. Kyprianou 22-432578 |
Collection of Cypriot folk art | Monday - Friday
09:00-17:00 Saturday 10:00-13:00 |
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| FAMAGUSTA GATE - LEFKOSIA
MUNICIPAL CULTURAL CENTRE Leoforos Athinon 22-430877 |
Venetian walls which encircle the old city | Monday - Friday
10:00-13:00, 16:00-19:00 June and August 17:00-20:00 |
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| THE HOUSE OF CHATZIGEORGAKIS
KORNESIOS Patriarchou Grigoriou 20 22-305316 |
Most important 18th C building in Nicosia | Monday - Friday
08:00-14:00 Saturday 09:00-13:00 |
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| STATE GALLERY OF
CONTEMPORARY ART Leoforos Stasinou and Kritis 22-302951 |
Collection of paintings and sculpture | Monday - Friday
10:00-17:00 Saturday 10:00-13:00 |
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| CYPRUS POSTAL MUSEUM Agiou Savva str. 3B 22-304711 |
Collection of Cyprus stamps | Monday - Friday
10:00-17:00 Saturday 10:00-14:00 |
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| CHRYSALINIOTISSA CRAFTS CENTRE | Workshops designed in traditional inn architectural concept | Monday - Saturday
10:00-13:00, 15:00-20:00 Monday - Friday in May to September 16:30-19:30 |
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Venetian Walls |
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| MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF
CYPRIOT COINAGE Stasinou 51, Agia Paraskevi 22-677135 |
Exhibition of coinage | Monday 09:00-13:00,
15:30-18:00 Tuesday - Friday 09:00-13:00 |
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| CYPRUS JEWELERS MUSEUM Praxippou 7-9 Nicosia 22-667278 |
Display of traditional jewelry | Monday - Friday 10:00-16:30 | |||||||||
| OMERIYE MOSQUE Trikoupi str |
Converted into mosque in 1571 | Any hour | |||||||||
| THE NICOSIA MUNICIPAL ARTS
CENTRE Apostolou Varnava 19 22-432577 |
An example of industrial architecture in Cyprus | Tuesday - Saturday
10:00-15:00, 17:00-23:00 Sunday 10:00-16:00 |
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| CYPRUS HANDICRAFT CENTRE Leoforos Athalassas 186 22-305024 |
Promotes the traditional art and crafts | Workshops: Monday - Friday 7:30-14:30 Thursday(except July and August) 15:00-18:00 Shop: Monday - Saturday 08:00-13:00 October - April 14:30-17:30 May - September 16:00-19:00 (except Weds and Sat afternoons) |
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| PANCYPRIAN GEOGRAPHICAL MUSEUM STROVOLOS | Monday - Friday 09:00-16:30 | ||||||||||
| NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AGLANTJIA | Monday - Saturday 09:00-13:00 | ||||||||||
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| POLITIKO - TAMASSOS ROYAL TOMBS | City renowned for its copper mines | Tuesday - Friday
09:00-15:00 Saturday - Sunday 10:00-15:00 |
| FIKARDOU-RURAL MUSEUM 22-634731 |
Village with architecture from 18thC | Winter: Tuesday - Friday 09:00-16:00 Saturday 09:00-15:30 Sunday 10:30-14:00 Summer: Tuesday - Friday 09:30-16:30 Saturday 09:30-16:00 Sunday 10:00-13:30 |
| AGIOS NIKOLAOS TIS STEGIS KAKOPETRIA | Tuesday - Saturday
19:00-16:00 Sunday 11:00-16:00 |
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| BYZANTINE HERITAGE MUSEUM PALAICHORI | April - September Wednesday, Friday 10:00-13:00, 17:00-19:00 Sunday 10:00-12:00, 17:00-19:00 October - March Sunday 10:00-12:00, 17:00-19:00 |
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| PEDOULAS BYZANTINE MUSEUM |
Summer: Daily 10:00-18:00 Winter: Daily 10:00-16:00 |
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