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Dervish Pasha Mansion

Posted under Nicosia on Monday, 26 October 2009 by Lavinia Neville Smith
Dervish Pasha Mansion The Dervish Pasha Konak is so named after a former owner who published the first Turkish newspaper in Cyprus, titled Zaman or “Time”. The house is situated in the Arabahmet district, where there is continuing restoration work being carried out on the buildings that have...
Dervish Pasha Mansion

The Sultan’s Library

Posted under Nicosia on Sunday, 25 October 2009 by Lavinia Neville Smith
Sultan's Library | Nicosia At the eastern end of the Selimiye mosque, there is a paved pedestrian area where the Sultan’s Library is to be found. It is a square unprepossessing building with a domed roof and most of the time it is kept closed. The books that it once contained have been moved...
The Sultan’s Library

The Great Inn (The Buyuk Han)

Posted under Nicosia on Sunday, 25 October 2009 by Lavinia Neville Smith
The Great Inn (Buyuk Han) | Nicosia This Great Inn is the most important Ottoman structure on the whole of the island. Construction began in 1572 under the guidance of Mustafa Pasha who was the first Ottoman governor of Cyprus and it was quickly established as the major trading point. These Inns...
The Great Inn (The Buyuk Han)

Ataturk Square

Posted under Nicosia on Sunday, 25 October 2009 by Lavinia Neville Smith
Ataturk Square | Nicosia Continuing along Girne Caddesi, it is a five minute walk to Ataturk Square, formerly Konak Square, dominated by the granite column that is topped with a bronze sphere. This column was a symbol of Venetian rule and originally had a marble Lion of St. Mark on the top. When...
Ataturk Square