Next to the Troodos mountain system is a small but quite famous village called Lefkara, which means "White Mountains" - the mountains at the foot of which Lefkara stands are indeed white in colour.
read moreThe city's fortification walls are considered one of the best preserved urban fortifications in Europe.
read moreIn 1520, the city senate decided to build a church on this site to thank God for saving it from the earthquake. Surprisingly, it became one of the few buildings that survived the next terrible earthquake in 1667, and therefore it is still standing... read more
Stradun Street was once the site of a sea strait separating the island of Ragusa from the mainland Slavic settlement. But then the townspeople wisely decided to fill it in and pave it with marble slabs, and since then Stradun has remained the main... read more
