{"id":3430,"date":"2018-09-10T10:44:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T07:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/?page_id=3430"},"modified":"2018-10-09T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T13:10:14","slug":"history-heritage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/history-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"History &#038; Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='slider_back4'  class='avia-section av-kppx9i-e65900d0cabaa87022bcb75068f6c4eb main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_testimonials  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-parallax av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom av-height-custom  container_wrap sidebar_left'   data-av_minimum_height_px='130'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' style='height:130px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3430'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_left'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3430'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='avia-testimonial-wrapper av-jkvl5y-ffaf165f85674d16687e6aa3125e8e65 avia-grid-testimonials avia-grid-1-testimonials avia_animate_when_almost_visible' >\n<section class=\"avia-testimonial-row\"><div class='avia-testimonial av-av_testimonial_single-e1bf83ff89552bc563979460d7524d64 avia-testimonial-row-1 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop=\"image\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/istoriki_amadromi_1-168x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>City History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Turkish troops invaded the northern coasts of Cyprus using the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat that had taken place against the elected President of the Republic of Cyprus five days earlier&#8230;<\/p>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-fwdcrq-3483f5588120224a844243b82f42c5e7-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_button  avia-builder-el-first '><a href='http:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/history-heritage\/city-history'  class='avia-button av-fwdcrq-3483f5588120224a844243b82f42c5e7 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-\u03bd\u03bf avia-size-small avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'   aria-label=\"More\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >More<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"avia-testimonial-meta\"><div class=\"avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap\"><div class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"avia-testimonial-row\"><div class='avia-testimonial av-av_testimonial_single-eb3527ac1df66cb4a0301992f2cb70e2 avia-testimonial-row-2 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop=\"image\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_logo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_logo.jpg 120w, https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_logo-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_logo-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_logo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"main-title entry-title\"><strong>Population<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first scientific and systematic census of the population of Cyprus was carried out on April 4, 1881. However, an unofficial population census was carried out in 1878 by the British commanders. After that and every ten years&#8230;<\/p>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-c9e7ee-9fc69e42bbee7f3124b7cbbeb3dbfa01-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_button  el_before_av_button '><a href='http:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/history-heritage\/population\/'  class='avia-button av-c9e7ee-9fc69e42bbee7f3124b7cbbeb3dbfa01 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-\u03bd\u03bf avia-size-small avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'   aria-label=\"More\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >More<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"avia-testimonial-meta\"><div class=\"avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap\"><div class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"avia-testimonial-row\"><div class='avia-testimonial av-av_testimonial_single-4c038458ef327c4c02cb345d09eea11b avia-testimonial-row-3 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop=\"image\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kastro1973.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kastro1973.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kastro1973-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kastro1973-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"main-title entry-title\"><strong>Archaeological Sites &amp; Monuments<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The northern part of Cyprus has attracted conquerors throughout the centuries and mainly Saracens, who, using their pirate ships, would approach the coasts and loot the island&#8230;<\/p>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-wm75y-90d7a797b46776859f9580e6bdae18be-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_button  el_before_av_button '><a href='http:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/history-heritage\/archaeological-sites-monuments\/'  class='avia-button av-wm75y-90d7a797b46776859f9580e6bdae18be av-link-btn avia-icon_select-\u03bd\u03bf avia-size-small avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'   aria-label=\"More\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >More<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"avia-testimonial-meta\"><div class=\"avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap\"><div class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"avia-testimonial-row\"><div class='avia-testimonial av-av_testimonial_single-a60ff819a9700dd0d2131952564b2870 avia-testimonial-row-4 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop=\"image\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eklisia_agia_aikaterini-180x168.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"main-title entry-title\"><strong>Churches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christian Monuments of Cyprus \u2013 Under Turkish Military Occupation<br \/>\nChurch of Agia Aekaterini (Panagia Chrysokava)<br \/>\nThe Church of Agios Georgios (Parish)<br \/>\nChurch of Agia Mavri and Chrysokava<br \/>\nChurch of Agios Demetrios<br \/>\nChurch of Agia Varvara<br \/>\nChurch of Agios Georgios<br \/>\nChurch of Panagia Glykiotissa<br \/>\nChurch of Panagia Chrysopolitissa (former Bishopric)<\/p>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-6hfx86-d87cdcfa4fe55414fbd3f2a65d287ed2-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_button  el_before_av_button '><a href='http:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/history-heritage\/churches\/'  class='avia-button av-6hfx86-d87cdcfa4fe55414fbd3f2a65d287ed2 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-\u03bd\u03bf avia-size-small avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'   aria-label=\"More\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >More<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"avia-testimonial-meta\"><div class=\"avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap\"><div class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"avia-testimonial-row\"><div class='avia-testimonial av-av_testimonial_single-f678bb748f5685dea3fda3389c0d8251 avia-testimonial-row-5 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop=\"image\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karavi_kerynias-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karavi_kerynias-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karavi_kerynias-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karavi_kerynias-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karavi_kerynias-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"main-title entry-title\"><strong>The Ship of Kyrenia\u03c2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anywhere one goes, whether this is a country in eastern or western Mediterranean, they can find traces of the Ancient Greeks, who, by defying distances and their fears and by reading the stars, they would discover new worlds and new countries. The ancient Greeks&#8230;<\/p>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-25oa86-fcd43cc182898e23488d0e459bcfc2f1-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_button  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='http:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/history-heritage\/to-karavi-tis-keryneias\/'  class='avia-button av-25oa86-fcd43cc182898e23488d0e459bcfc2f1 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-\u03bd\u03bf avia-size-small avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'   aria-label=\"More\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >More<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"avia-testimonial-meta\"><div class=\"avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap\"><div class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3430","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4509,"href":"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3430\/revisions\/4509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyreniamunicipality.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}