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Ledra Palace Hotel. Ledra Palace Hotel is located on Markou Drakou Avenue. The Ledra Palace Hotel used to be a very prestigious hotel in Nicosia before it was damaged in the fighting that had broken out in the area in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Today, it is situated in UN territory inside the buffer zone as UNFICYP headquarters. No one is eligible to visit the actual hotel unless they are on official business. Outside the hotel though, is Nicosia’s so called “Checkpoint Charlie”, the point at which people, such as UN personnel and diplomats for example that have to cross over to the other side.
Lidras Street. This street is one of the most popular streets in Nicosia. It is only open to pedestrians and runs north from the Plateia Eleftherias to the Green Line. It ends at the barriers and sentry posts of the Greek Cypriot’s that make it appear like a vivid war zone.
Leventis Municipal Museum. The museum is located on Ioppkoratou Street at the Laiki Geiotonia. It is part of the renovated area and contains evidence of the times when the Greek and Turkish people of Cyprus lived very peacefully together.
Liberty Museum. The Liberty Museum is located on the Podocataro bastion of the Venetian walls. It is a monument of Cypriot EOKA fighters that raise the bar of their prison cell during the British oppression. It is a monument made out of marble and bronze.
Municipal Gardens. The municipal gardens are located between Mouseion Street, Kinyra Street and Nechrou Avenue. These gardens which can be found beside the Paphos Gate are the most beautiful and easily reachable city’s parks. They are a true paradise during the deadly hit summers for people that need shade and a way to escape from the heat. In addition, there is an open-air café, the Garden Café Restaurant which is located beside the road on the corner of the park, and near that is the neoclassical Municipal Theatre, which was opened in 1967.
Municipal Swimming Pool. The swimming pool is located on Louki Akrita Avenue. This open-air complex is a huge pool that can really help relieve people from the heat in the summer months after a long walk around the city of Nicosia.
National Struggle Museum. The museum is located on Apostolou Varnava Street. This centre presents are exhibitions on various themes and is also houses an art reference library.
Omeriye Mosque. The mosque is located on Trikoupi Street and is a point of interest to many tourists. It is open to the small number of Greek Nicosia’s Muslim population, such as diplomats, businessmen, students and of course tourists. In the past, it was the Latin Church of St. Mary, dating from the 14th century, to 1570, when the Ottoman invasion took place and Lala Mustafa Pasa, ordered for it to be converted to a mosque. If you pay a small fee you can also enter and enjoy a splendid view of Nicosia from the minaret’s high balcony.
Pafos Gate. The Pafos Gate is located at the North end of Mouseion Street. It is one of the three historic openings in the Venetian walls. It is one of the areas most affect but the division of the city, as the Green Line is only a few metres away and overlooks an area filled with Turkish Cypriot flags.
Panagia Chrysaliniotissa (Our Lady of Golden Flax). The church is located on Odysseos Street and is can be found in an area of old Nicosia that seems to be emerging from the neglect of recent decades. There are some remarkable items that can still be seen in the church even though some have been moved to the city’s Byzantine Museum.
State Art Gallery. The gallery is located on Stasinou Avenue. It contains sculptures and paintings that date from 1930 onwards and are creations of Cypriot artists.
Venetian Walls. A few years before the 1570 Ottoman invasion actually took place, the Venetians were aware of the fact that they were unsafe and that it would be extremely difficult for them to escape to Venice, so they decided to fortify the city of Nicosia instead. They tore down the Lusignan walls that were effective enough to protect them and built the defensive system that is present in the city today. Unfortunetely though, even these walls were not able to protect the Venetians when the Ottoman army invaded, killing raping and burning many citizens during that period in time. Despite all that, the walls tremendously impressive in present day Nicosia, with their 11 bastions that are placed around the perfectly symmetrical circumvallation.