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Cyprus Handicraft Centre. The centre is located on Athalassis avenue. The little centre is filled with traditional handicraft makings. There is a place for all types of village handicraft such as: weaving, basket-making, pottery, iron-working, lace-making, wood-carving. Visitors are allowed to watch the crafts folk while they’re working on their crafts and then the finished items are sold in a modest way.
Cyprus Museum. The Cyprus museum is located on Mouseion Street. The museum contains a vast amount of items that are of great interest. Stone figurines and plain tools of bone and flint are examples of the settlements of Khirokitia and Kastros, which were aceramic (literally, “without pottery”). There are numerous Bronze Age exhibits which include, 2,000 votive terracotta figurines uncovered at the sanctuary of Agia Eirini (Akdeniz) in the Turkish Cypriot Zone. The National Museum is very proud to posses its own image of Aphrodite of Soloi (Soli). The goddess without arms or feet manages to capture the visitors’ fascination. In addition, the goddess is also portrayed by a conical stone, which is an archaic symbol of her worship. There is also a huge statue of the Roman emperor, Septimius Severus. Furthermore, there is the 12th-century BC “honoured god”, which was found at Engomi (Enkomi) near Famagusta (Gazimagusa), as well as an ornamented bronze cauldron from Salamis which are both equally important.
Famagusta Gate. The Famagusta Gate is located at the Caraffa bastion of the Venetian walls. Art exhibitions come and go in this area. The tunnel-like gateway in the city walls, is one of the three-fortified accesses that the Venetians built, when they established the walls between the years of 1567 and 1570. The construction had almost collapsed until it was restored and opened again as the Nicosia Municipal Cultural Centre. The Famagusta Gate encourages the support of the cafes that can be found close by. The gateway’s refurbished passages are used on a regular basis for art exhibitions, conferences and lectures.
Folk Art Museum. The Folk Art Museum is located at the Plateia Archiepiskopou Kyprianou. This museum is also housed in the Old Archbishopric and was rebuilt and opened again in 1996. The museum contains costumes, tapestry, embroidery, pottery and wood-carvings from the 19th century.
Freedom Square (Plateia Eleftherias). The Freedom Square is located between Lidras Street and Evagorou I avenue. The square is the main square that Cypriots gather around in to celebrate important events. It consists of Bridge over the Venetian walls, with a few offices and cafes on either side.
Green Line. This line which symbolizes a great scar to all the Cypriot people runs east-west across the middle of Old Nicosia. Many artisans’ workshops lie along the line. There are Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots guarding each side facing each other with the United Nations forces guard the blue line in between. In a few places theses army camps are so close that there are a few episodes, such as insults amongst the soldiers from the opposing sides and even fatal shootings have occurred.
Hadjigeorgakis Korneios House. The House is located on Patriarchou Grigoriou street. Georgakis Kornesios was a dragoman, which was a Greek official appointed by the Sublime Porte in Istanbul and who had the job of an “interpreter” amongst the Ottoman court and its Greek Cypriot subjects. Kornesio’s job was truly risky and since he had to combine opportunity and great danger. Opportunity is clearly evident by the immense wealth of his mansion and danger by the fact that he was executed in 1809 for not been capable enough to carry out the balance amongst his own people and the distrustful Turkish authorities.
The restored mansion which contains the Ethnographic museum, also consists of a courtyard which has in it’s possession a Turkish hamam, or bath. The upper-level is decorated with tremendous luxury. The servants’ quarters and the storage room can be found downstairs. In addition, other elements that give an additional touch to the mansion’s elegant look are the colonnades and the fine Ottoman style woodwork.
Laiki Geitonia. Laiki geitonia is located adjacent to Lidras street and the D’Avila bastion. Laiki geitonia is an area inside the city walls, close to the Plateia Eleftherias. It is an area of traditional houses and shops that have been completely refurbished and lined with freshly planted trees. Many tavernas, souvenir shops, artisanal works-shops and boutiques have opened up in the area which liven the city up. There is a small Jewellery Museum that is certainly worth a visit.