Cyprus Museum
Address: Mouseiou 1,
Tel.: 00357-22865864
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 9-17; Sunday 10-13
Priceless and fascinating collections of Cypriot antiquities and treasures from Neolithic Age to Early Byzantine period.
Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia
Address: Ippokratus 17, near Laiki Geitonia,
Tel.: 00357-22661475
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10-16:30
The historical museum of Lefkosia revives life in the capital from ancient times to the present day.
Byzantine Museum and Art Galleries
Address: Archbishop Makarios III Foundation Cultural Center within the Archbishopric, Plateia Arch. Kiprianou.
Tel.: 00357-22430008
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 9-16:30; Saturday 9-13
Largest collection of icons on the island, covering the period from 9th to 18th century AD. The Art Galleries contain oil paintings, maps and lithographs.
Ethnographic Museum of Cyprus
Address: Plateia Arch. Kyprianou.
Tel.: 00357-22432578
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 9-17; Saturday 10-13
(Former: Cyprus Folk Art Museum), founded by the society of Cypriote Studies
Wide collection of Cypriot folk art of 19th and early 20th century, including wood-carved objects, tapestry, embroidery, pottery, national costumes and hand-woven materials.
National Struggle Museum
Address: Near Archbishopric, Plateia Arch. Kyprianou.
Tel.: 00357-22304550
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 8-14; 15-17
Documents, photos and other memorabilia of the 1955-1959 National Liberation Struggle.
Cyprus Postal Museum
Address: Agiou Savva St. 3B
Tel: 00357-22304711
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10-17; Saturday 10-14
Collection of Cyprus stamps from 1800 onwards. These stamps, classified internationally amongst the bests, are of significant value in world philately.
Cyprus Jewelers' Museum
Address: Praxippou 7-9 Lefkosia
Tel.: 00357-22667278
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10-16:30
A display of traditional treasury from the end of 19th century including ornaments, religious items, silver utensils and old tools.
Museum of the History of Cypriote Coinage
Address: Stasinou 51. Agia Paraskevi, Bank of Cyprus Headquarters
Tel.: 00357-22677135
Opening hours: Monday 9-13: 15:30-18 (No afternoon in July and August); Tuesday-Friday 9-13
Permanent exhibition presenting the development of coinage of Cyprus from 6th century BC to the present day. Natural History Museum-Aglantzia
Tel.: 00357-22333141; Opening hours: 9-13
Pancyprian Geographical Museum
Tel.: 00357-22427929
Outdoor Museum of Folk Art
Tel.: 00357-22488485
Fikardou-Rural Museum
(Houses of Katsinioros and Achilleas Dimitri )
Opening hours:
Winter: Tuesday-Friday 9-16; Saturday 9-15:30; Sunday 10:30-14
Summer: Tuesday-Saturday 10-17; Sunday 10:30-14
Byzantine Heritage Museum Palaichori
Opening hours:
April-September: Monday & Friday 10-13, 17-19; Sunday 10-12, 17-19
October-March: Sunday 10-12, 17-19
Pedoulas Byzantine Museum
Opening hours:
Summer: Daily 10-18
Winter: Daily 10-16 |
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The most ancient wine of Cyprus is undoubtedly the wine now known as "Commandaria", which, in the distant past, was consumed in great quantities at the spring time festivals of Aphrodite. The worlds As oldest named wine, "Commandaria", derived its name from the "Grand Commandarie", a huge estate at Colossi belonging to the Knights Hospitallers of the 12th-14th centuries. Richard the Lionheart enjoyed the wine so much that he called it the "wine of Kings" and the "King of wine". |
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