Cyprus: Historical and Descriptive: From the Earliest Times to the Present DayR. Worthington, 1878 - 324 páginas |
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... Building - Strange Doors - Phaneromene Panagia - Female Super- stitions - Salt Lake - Marshes Source of Ill - health PAGE 1 CHAPTER II . ATHIENU . Streets of Larnaka - Game Birds - Mountain of Olympus - Negro Slaves -Natives of Athienu ...
... Building - Strange Doors - Phaneromene Panagia - Female Super- stitions - Salt Lake - Marshes Source of Ill - health PAGE 1 CHAPTER II . ATHIENU . Streets of Larnaka - Game Birds - Mountain of Olympus - Negro Slaves -Natives of Athienu ...
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... Building Houses - Turkish Women , Coquetry - Franciscan Convent - Monastic Graveyard - A new Church - A smart Man - Manufacture of Antiquities -A Parade round the Town - Hospitable Priests - Schools - Domestic Economy of Cyprian Family ...
... Building Houses - Turkish Women , Coquetry - Franciscan Convent - Monastic Graveyard - A new Church - A smart Man - Manufacture of Antiquities -A Parade round the Town - Hospitable Priests - Schools - Domestic Economy of Cyprian Family ...
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... buildings constituted only minor accessories . Larnaka appeared as a mere speck on the bosom of the open country . The haven contains about fifty houses , built in the centre of the curve of the bay , and above them wave the variegated ...
... buildings constituted only minor accessories . Larnaka appeared as a mere speck on the bosom of the open country . The haven contains about fifty houses , built in the centre of the curve of the bay , and above them wave the variegated ...
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... building purposes . Hence the revolting name given to this town , for Larnaka , literally interpreted , means simply a coffin . Others , however , assert that the name is derived from the fact that the houses were built upon the site of ...
... building purposes . Hence the revolting name given to this town , for Larnaka , literally interpreted , means simply a coffin . Others , however , assert that the name is derived from the fact that the houses were built upon the site of ...
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... building . The main part of the church is built in the form of a cross , with a dome in the centre , and is evidently of great antiquity . The building comprises three long large vaults , surmounted by three small cupolas . It seems ...
... building . The main part of the church is built in the form of a cross , with a dome in the centre , and is evidently of great antiquity . The building comprises three long large vaults , surmounted by three small cupolas . It seems ...
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