Five
municipalities are situated on the outskirts of Lefkosia.
In Aglantzia you could visit Natural History Museum, (Tel:
(02) 33 31 41) and Skali Cultural Center, overlooking the
area with Pentadaktylos mountain range as a
backdrop.
Skali has galleries and lecture theatres in a style that
is in harmony with geological formations of the area.
Aglantzia also has a number of interesting chapels of 18th
century, such as Chapel of Panagia, of Agios Georgios at
Skali and Agios Georgios in Athalassa.
Interesting sites in the old sector of Strovolos include
Pancyprian Geographical Museum, (Tel: (02) 42 79 29),
which is the first of its kind on the island and is housed
in a renovated inn, and 18th century church of Agios
Georgios.
In Agios Dometios you could visit the church of Agios
Dometios, late 17th century, while in Egkomi, there is
Panagia of Makedonitissa, Municipal Gallery and Outdoor
Museum of Folk Art. In Latsia Gorge of Kakaristra is
considered to be an important geological landmark. Tours
can be organized by prior arrangements (Tel: (02) 48 84
85).
In Kaimakli,18th century Church of Archangel is worth
seeing, as is the church of Agia Varvara, of the end of
19th and beginning of 20th centuries.
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