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Images of CyprusNicosia / Lefkosia
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 Nicosia
( Lefkosia, Lefkoşa ) is the largest city
in Cyprus
and the capital and seat of government of the Republic of Cyprus. The northern part of Nicosia functions as the capital of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The southern and the northern portions of Nicosia are divided by a UN Green Line. |
 Minarets
of the Selimiye Mosque
( Agia Sofia Cathedral, formerly Cathédrale Sainte Sophie ) This is a prominent landmark in Nicosia. |
 Nicosia
( Lefkosia, Lefkoşa ) - the capital
city of Cyprus.
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 The
Selimiye Mosque
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 Buyuk
Han - a medieval
( b1572 ) Ottoman caravanserai.
Currently it contains cafes, shops and traditional crafts workshops. |
 Mosque
in the Central Courtyard
of Buyuk Han
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 The
Bedesten, a large Greek church in the Byzantine and Gothic styles,
built in the 6th and 14th centuries |
 The
Venetian Column in Ataturk
Square in North Nicosia.
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 Ledra
Street in North Nicosia
looking towards the Green Line crossing point.
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