Nicosia
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- Best time to go
- March to May, September to November
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- wheelchair-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia, is the capital of Cyprus and the world's last divided capital city, partitioned since 1974 by a UN-administered buffer zone separating the Republic of Cyprus from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Within the Venetian star-shaped walled city on the southern side, the Cyprus Museum holds one of the most comprehensive collections of Cypriot antiquities, and the Selimiye Mosque — the former medieval Cathedral of Saint Sophia, converted after the Ottoman conquest — stands on the northern side. The crossing points in the old city allow visitors to pass between the two communities.
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