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  2. Nicosia - Wikipedia

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    Map of Nicosia in Cyprus, created in 1597 Famagusta Gate built in 1567. In 1373/4, Nicosia was occupied and ravaged by the Republic of Genoa and in 1426 from the Mamluk Sultanate. [36] In 1489, when Cyprus came under the rule of the Republic of Venice, Nicosia became their administrative centre and the seat of the Republic.

  3. Walls of Nicosia - Wikipedia

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    A map of the walled old city of Nicosia. 10 of the 11 bastions are marked by icons View of part of the Venetian Walls and the nearby gardens. The Venetian walls of Nicosia have a circular shape, with a circumference of c. 5 km (3 miles). The walls contain eleven pentagonal bastions with rounded orillons, similar to the bastions of Palmanova ...

  4. List of cities, towns and villages in Cyprus - Wikipedia

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    Note that even though, prior to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Turkish names existed for some villages/towns, due to political reasons, most of the villages/towns were given a different Turkish name. The largest cities in Cyprus, in order from largest, are Nicosia , Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos, Famagusta and Kyrenia.

  5. List of airports in Cyprus - Wikipedia

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    Map of Cyprus. This is a list of ... Nicosia International Airport: Nicosia: UNBZ: LCNC NIC ... Cyprus". UN/LOCODE 2012-1. UNECE. 14 September 2012. – includes IATA ...

  6. Nicosia District - Wikipedia

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    The Nicosia District, [b] or simply Nicosia [c] (also Lefkosia [d] and Lefkoşa [e]), is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country 's capital city, Nicosia . The de-facto TRNC -controlled northern part of the district is the Lefkoşa District of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

  7. Venetian Cyprus - Wikipedia

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    Map of Nicosia in Cyprus, created by the Venetian cartographer Giacomo Franco, showing the Venetian walls of Nicosia that were built by the Venetians to defend the city in case of an Ottoman attack. Throughout the period of Venetian rule, Ottoman Turks raided and attacked the peoples of Cyprus at

  8. United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus - Wikipedia

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    The meandering Buffer Zone marks the southernmost points that the Turkish troops occupied during the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus in August 1974, running between the ceasefire lines of the Cypriot National Guard and Turkish army that de facto divides Cyprus into two, cutting through the capital of Nicosia.

  9. Ayioi Omoloyites, Nicosia - Wikipedia

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    Ayioi Omoloyites is a Neighbourhood, Quarter, Mahalla or Parish of Nicosia, Cyprus [2] [3] [4] and the parish church thereof. Its name in Greek is Άγιοι Ομολογητές, which means Holy Confessors (a group of saints defined by the church) and also has the name Ayii Omoloyitades (sometimes with "dh" instead of "d") used in older English language works and Turkish.