The Archbishop's Palace, which is only open to the public on special occasions, was completed just after Cyprus' independence in 1960. A 10m-high bronze...

The most important square in north Nicosia, this meeting point can be found where Girne Caddesi and Sarayönü Sokak converge. The grey granite pillar in the...

Faneromeni (or Phaneromeni), the largest church within the city walls, was built in 1871 on the site of a ruined Byzantine nunnery of the same name. It...

Located on the Podokataro Bastion of the city walls, the imposing Liberty Monument (variously translated as the Freedom Fighters' Monument), was erected in...

Now run by the local Muslim community, this is the only functioning mosque in south Nicosia. It was built on the ruins of the 14th-century Church of St Mary...

The oldest Byzantine church in Nicosia, Panagia Chrysaliniotissa (Our Lady of the Golden Flax) was built in 1450 by Helena Palaeologou, wife of the Lusignan...

On the 11th floor of the Debenhams building on Ledra Street, this observatory offers unique views across the city: north and south, traditional and modern,...

The church of Agios Ioannis (St John) was erected in 1662 on the site of a Benedictine abbey's 14th-century chapel. A modest exterior (it could not be...