HALA SULTAN TEKESI
3 km west of Larnaka on the road to Kiti, passing the Larnaka Airport.
Built in 1816 over the tomb of Umm Haram, allegedly a relative of Prophet Mohammed who died on this spot in 649 during the first Arab raids. The mosque is an important place of Moslem pilgrimage ranking immediately after the shrines of Mecca, Medina and AI Aqsha in Jerusalem.
KAMARES AQUEDUCT
Kamares area on the Larnaka - Lemessos road.
A beautiful 18th century aqueduct which was in use until 1930.
40 km from Larnaka, 2,5 km off the Lefkosia -Lemesos road.
Tenta, one of the most important Neolithic settlements in Cyprus lies near the village of Kalavasos.
ANGELOKTISTI CHURCH
Kiti village 11 km west of Larnaka.
Angeloktisti means 'Built by the Angels'. This 11th century Byzantine church was erected over the ruins of an Early Christian basilica. The original apse survived together with one of the finest pieces of Byzantine ad, a rare 6th century Mosaic of the Virgin Mary and Child between the two archangels, which rivals the Ravenna Mosaics.
ANGELOKTISTI CHURCH
ROYAL CHAPEL
Pyrga village, 35 km south of Lefkosia, 32 km from Larnaka.
Built by the Lusignan King Janus in 1421, it contains a wall painting of
the king with his wife, Charlotte de Bourbon, on one of its walls. It is
considered one of the most interesting structures surviving from the
Frankish Period.
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