Church of Agios Antonios

The Cathedral of Agios Ioannis was founded in 1662 on the site of an ancient medieval monastery dedicated to St. John the Theologian. The monastery seems to have flourished at the end of Frankish (1192-1489) and Venetian (1489-1571) rule. The church that replaced the monastery in the 17th century became the residence of the Archbishop of Cyprus in 1720 and is the place of the enthronement of the Archbishops of Cyprus.

The Ömeriye Mosque was established on the former Church of St. Mary of an Augustinian monastery. The upper part, up to the middle of the window height, was destroyed, probably by Turkish cannonading during the siege of Nicosia in 1570. Later, the Turks completed the walls and covered the building and the vestibule with a wooden roof. The interior of the church was covered with plaster, while the exterior of the minaret was added on the north side.

The Bairaktar Mosque is dedicated to the flag bearer (Bayraktar) who fell while placing the Ottoman flag on the walls of Nicosia, at the Konchantza Gate, on 9 September 1570 during the Ottoman occupation of Cyprus. The grave of the flag bearer is located next to the mosque, but the name of the person remains unclear. The mosque was bombed three times during intercommunal violence in the early 1960s. In September 1975, the building was repaired, except for the minaret. In 1990 the mosque was completely repaired and in 2003 it was opened.