The small church with the ekklesionym Panagia Thermeiotissa is located at the northeastern edge of the old village centre and was renovated a couple of years ago. Now the church is obviously used as a cultural venue.
For more information on this building visit https://www.cyreligiousheritage.org/districts/Kyrenia/village/41
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.
The church of Agios Antonios dates from the 18th century. It is a simple, single-aisled, tiled church typical of the last period of Turkish rule. Of particular interest are the carved wooden iconostasis and the finely carved stone bell tower of the church.
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.
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