I am delighted to welcome you to the website of the Nicosia Municipality. This site, www.nicosia.org.cy, was designed to offer our citizens practical support, while establishing a channel of interactive communication. 

Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus for some one thousand years, is the island’s largest and leading city. It is the administrative, commercial, cultural, educational and religious centre of our country, and is also geographically at the centre of the island.

The city’s origins date back to the Chalcolithic Age. From antiquity and until the first centuries AD, it was known as Ledra. The historical Old Town lies within massive 16th century Venetian Walls, and is home to important museums, Byzantine churches, medieval and neoclassical buildings, all standing along picturesque narrow roads that traverse the town’s fascinating old quarters.

Unfortunately, Nicosia remains the last divided capital in Europe, with the ‘Green Line’ splitting its heart in two.

Click through the different pages of this site and you are bound to discover a host of practical information about our city, its historic monuments, cultural events, municipal services and other helpful details, which we hope will be of interest to both our citizens as well as every visitor.

Eleni Mavrou
Mayor of Nicosia

For a brief biography of Mayor of Nicosia Ms Eleni Mavrou CLICK HERE.