City Museum Leventis
City Museum Leventis won in 1991 the award for the ‘European Museum of the Year’, what, except for the rich collection presenting Cypriot culture and history, makes the auhtorities of the city very proud.
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Bath house
Bath houses are facilities typical for Turkey, in which men meet not only to take a bath and celebrate the peace, but also to talk and have a nice time.
Museum of Ethnography
In the immediate vicinity of the walls and Kyrenia Gate there is a Museum of Ethnography organised in the building of the monastery.
History
First references to Nicosia were made in the VIIth century, and since the Xth century the city has performed the function of the capital. The years of invasions and often changes of the host created the city’s unique character in regard to both architecture and culture.
