Town · Sheet 5
NICOSIA (Lefkosía)
- 1881 census
- Nicosia
- Greek
- Λευκωσία · Lefkosía (ELOT 743) (Wikidata)
- Spellings in our records
- Lefkosia, Λευκωσία, Λευκοοσία, Nicosia, Nikosia, NICOSIA, Nikósia
- In the literature
- Nicosia, Nikosia, Lefkosia, Nicosie, Levkosia, Nicossia, Levcosa, Λευκωσία, Νικοσία, Levcosia
- Sites
- Ledra · Nicosia-Acropolis quarter · Nicosia-Agioi Omologites · Nicosia-Alkibiades Street · Nicosia-Archangelos · Nicosia-Asclepius Street · Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi · Nicosia-Bairaktar Bastion · Nicosia-D'Avila Bastion · Nicosia-Dorieon Street · Nicosia-Kykko quarter · Nicosia-Mula Bastion · Nicosia-Old Municipality · Nicosia-Paphos Gate · Nicosia-Passiadou Street · Nicosia-Podocataro Bastion
Nearby on the sheet
Villages within 3 km
- Paliouriótissa · village1.4 km E
- Omorphíta (Kuchuk Kaimakli) · village1.6 km NE
- Beuyuk Kaimakli · village1.8 km NE
- Ayii Omoloyitades · village1.9 km SW
- Trákhona (Kizilbash) · village2.4 km N
- Enkómi · village2.7 km SW
- Áyios Dométios (Injirli) · village2.8 km W
Distances are straight lines between the positions of the names on the sheet.
In the literature
The place's names as printed in works published up to 1974, with the pages they appear on.
Nicosiaprinted 2,646 times
- C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 224 more
- George Hill (1952). A History of Cyprus. Volume 4: The Ottoman Province, The British Colony, 1571-1948. Cambridge University Press, pp. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 193 more
and 154 more works
Nikosiaprinted 405 times
- H.-G. Buchholz; V. Karageorghis (1971). Altägäis und Altkypros. Tübingen, Ernst Wasmuth, pp. 10, 144, 145, 146, 148 and 31 more
- Karl Baedeker (1912). Palestine and Syria with Routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia and the Island of Cyprus. Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, pp. 394, 396, 397, 398, 400 and 7 more
and 5 more works
Lefkosiaprinted 82 times
- Samuel W. Baker (1879). Cyprus as I Saw It in 1879. London, Macmillan, pp. 15, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 23 more
- R. Gunnis (1936). Historic Cyprus: A Guide to its Towns and Villages, Monasteries and Castles. London, Methuen, pp. 264, 268, 334, 373
and 7 more works
Nicosieprinted 68 times
- V. Karageorghis (1968). Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1967. In Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 92, pp. 263, 297, 317, 334, 348 and 1 more
- V. Karageorghis (1972). Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1971. In Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 96, pp. 1005, 1007, 1008, 1021, 1056
and 25 more works
Levkosiaprinted 37 times
- C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 345, 346, 347, 349, 350 and 8 more
- Philip Newman (1953). A Short History of Cyprus. Longmans, Green and Co, pp. 71, 88
and 1 more work
Nicossiaprinted 14 times
Levcosaprinted 8 times
- C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 224, 368, 433, 465, 468
Λευκωσίαprinted 8 times
- P. Åström; L. Åström (1972). The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Vol. IV, Part 1D: The Late Cypriote Bronze Age. Other Arts and Crafts. Relative and Absolute Chronology, Foreign Relations, Historical Conclusions. Lund, p. 793
- C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, p. 338
and 5 more works
Νικοσίαprinted 8 times
- P. Åström; L. Åström (1972). The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Vol. IV, Part 1D: The Late Cypriote Bronze Age. Other Arts and Crafts. Relative and Absolute Chronology, Foreign Relations, Historical Conclusions. Lund, pp. 790, 794
- C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, p. 512
and 1 more work
Levcosiaprinted 5 times
- C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 467, 468, 469
- R. Gunnis (1936). Historic Cyprus: A Guide to its Towns and Villages, Monasteries and Castles. London, Methuen, p. 322
and 1 more work
Our records that name the place
Records are matched to this place by name and position; a record may mean another place of the same name.
Sites20 sites
None has a page of its own yet
Excavations21 excavations
- Apsinthiotissa Monastery: consolidation soundings
- Asclepius Street, Nicosia: salvage excavation (2009)
- Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia: Department rescue of a looted rock-cut tomb (1965)
- Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia: Department rescue of two tombs (1973)
- Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia: Ohnefalsch-Richter's excavation of the Bronze Age necropolis
- Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia: the Cyprus Exploration Fund (1894)
- Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia: the Melbourne Cyprus Expedition
- Bairaktar Bastion, Nicosia: Department rescue of a Late Cypriot III site (1958)
- Eleftheria Square, Nicosia: salvage excavation at the D'Avila Bastion
- Kafizin: the Department of Antiquities excavations
- Laxia-Dhyo Pamboulia: Department rescue of an Iron Age tomb (1964)
- Ledra, Nicosia: emergency excavation of a sanctuary near the Ministry of Communications and Works (1982)
and 9 more
Tombs, by excavation5 tombs
- Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia: Hadjicosti's excavations · 2 tombs
- Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia: Ohnefalsch-Richter's excavation of the Bronze Age necropolis · 1 tomb
- Nicosia-Agioi Omologites: Hadjicosti's excavation of the cemetery (1991) · 1 tomb
and 1 more
Archive473 items
- Ayia Sophia quarter, Nicosia
- Bowls and tools, find from Cyprus, Cyprus Museum
- Buildings and trees in Nicosia
- Buildings, people and textiles in Nicosia
- Building with a man and cloth, Nicosia
- Departure from Omologitades, Nicosia
- Einar Gjerstad at work in Nicosia
- Einar Gjerstad holding a small sculpture or figurine, Nicosia
- Ernst Kjellberg drinking juice in Nicosia
- Find from Cyprus, Cyprus Museum
- Find from Cyprus, Cyprus Museum, Nicosia: building, palm trees and people
- Find from Cyprus in the Cyprus Museum
and 461 more
Documents159 documents
- <i>Northern Cyprus in the Transition from the Early to the Middle Cypriot Period: Typology, Relative and Absolute Chronology of Some Early Cypriot III to Middle Cypriot Tombs</i>. Ina Kehrberg
- 3. The Phoenician Exploration of the Mediterranean World: A Result of the Pax Assyriaca in the Eighth Century B.C.E
- 134. Ploughing in Cyprus in the Early Bronze Age
- A 19th century view of St George's Hill in Nicosia: fact or fiction
- A Byzantine Masterpiece Recovered: The Thirteenth-Century Murals of Lysi, Cyprus
- A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum
- Ages and Days in Cyprus
- A Gothic masterpiece in the Levant. Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Famagusta, North Cyprus
- A Guide to the Cyprus Museum
- A Late Cypriote III Tomb from Kourion Kaloriziki No. 40
- A Late Cypriot tomb group from Nicosia
- A Latin Look at Famagusta: Fragmentary Remains and Some Venetian Heraldic Shields
and 147 more
People551 people
- Vassos Karageorghis
- Luigi Palma di Cesnola
- Max Ohnefalsch-Richter
- Porphyrios Dikaios
- Einar Nilson Gjerstad
- Hector Catling
- Demetrios Pierides
- John Linton Myres
- Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer
- Ian A. Todd
- Marguerite Yon
- Melchior de Vogüé
and 539 more
Institutions69 institutions
- A. G. Leventis Foundation
- A. G. Leventis Gallery
- Antiquities Advisory Board, Cyprus
- Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus
- Association of Friends of the Leventis Museum
- Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation
- Byzantine Museum and Art Gallery, Archbishop Makarios III Foundation
- C. Georgiades & Co.
- Chief Secretary's Office, Cyprus Government
- Church of Cyprus
- Church of Panagia Phaneromeni, Nicosia
- Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus
and 57 more
Museum records536 records
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (395) · Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (67) · British Museum (30) · Metropolitan Museum of Art (17) · Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (11) · Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge (10) · Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2) · Princeton University Art Museum (2) · Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (1) · Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth (1)
Sources
- Map
- H. H. Kitchener, Trigonometrical Survey of Cyprus, 1 inch to 1 mile, 1882 (scans: National Library of Scotland, CC BY)
- 1881 census
- 1881 census places: Harokopio University, Mendeley Data 10.17632/dvvm9cns2x.2 (CC BY 4.0)
- Lands and Surveys
- Department of Lands and Surveys, Geographical Names and Localities (INSPIRE), data.gov.cy (CC BY 4.0)
- Greek names
- Greek names: Wikidata (CC0); romanised by ELOT 743
- GeoNames
- Greek names where Wikidata has none, and other modern names: GeoNames, geonames.org (CC BY 4.0)
- Toponyms
- Department of Lands and Surveys, Toponyms (cadastral map layer 19), data.gov.cy dataset 157 (CC BY 4.0)
All the names on the sheets: Place names on Kitchener's map