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Walking tours of Nicosia
Monday: Chrysaliniotissa and Kaimakli: Preserving the past

An old, wooden bus is used to assist in the walk… and the experience is really worth it!

The visitors are transferred in one of the quietest regions of Nicosia. Firstly, in the most historic neighbourhood of the city within-the-walls and then in Kaimakli, a "village" within the municipal limits of Nicosia.

The visitors get to know from up close the Municipality's efforts for renovating traditional buildings and constructing new ones, and the maintenance, preservation, and revitalisation of the neighbourhood that is done through Nicosia's Unified Regulatory Plan. Young families relocate in the neighbourhood, giving a new life in a region that was greatly affected by the 1974 Turkish Invasion.

In Kaimakli, at the centre of the village, some of the most significant structures of urban architecture from the ending of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, built by its most known craftsmen, are still preserved.

Walking in Chrysaliniotissa and Kaimakli, the visitor is familiarised with the Municipality's efforts to assist the preservation and maintenance of the old buildings.


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