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  • number 5 Location Dromolaxia, Dromolaxia–Meneou Municipality, Larnaca District On map Historical period Late Bronze Age (the settlement is about 1650-1150) Cultures Cypriot Bronze Age (Eastern Mediterranean maritime network) Site / Monument Type Harbor infrastructure, trade port The port of Hala Sultan Tekke served as a key maritime gateway during the Late Bronze Age, connecting inland Read more

  • number 4 Location The Sykia tou Protara / Fig Tree Bay beaches, Protaras, Municipality of Paralimni, Famagusta District Underwater Shipwreck On map Historical period Roman (2nd century AD) Cultures Roman (2nd century AD) Site / Monument Type Underwater shipwreck Around the 2nd century A.D., a small merchant ship from Cilicia or NW Syria was sailing Read more

  • number 3 Location Nissia Loumbardi Beach, Protaras, Municipality of Paralimni, Famagusta District Underwater Shipwreck On map Historical period Late Roman Cultures Roman (Late) Site / Monument Type Underwater shipwreck The large number of similar Late Roman 1 amphorae found in Area 1 (the western cove) are the scattered remains of a shipwreck (see Fig. 20). Read more

  • number N1 Location Fig Tree Bay Peninsula, Protaras, Municipality of Paralimni, Famagusta District Underwater Shipwreck On map Historical period Post-Ancient, 18th Century (Ottoman Period) Cultures Ottoman Site / Monument Type Underwater shipwreck The Nissia shipwreck, dating to the Ottoman period, lies 28 meters below sea level off the coast of Famagusta. It is the only Read more

  • number 2 Location Between Tsiakkis Bay and Byzakia Beach, Protaras, Municipality of Paralimni, Famagusta District Opened site On map Historical period Hellenistic and Roman periods Cultures Greek (Hellenistic and Roman) Site / Monument Type Group of tombs and a quarry. A cluster of tombs dating to the Hellenistic and Roman periods, which were later converted Read more

  • Makronissos Temple

    number 1 Location Makronissos Beach, Municipality of Agia Napa, Famagusta District Gated and locked site; however, the walls are broken, allowing de facto access On map Historical period Cypro-Classical and Hellenistic periods Cultures Greek (Cypro-Classical and Hellenistic) Site / Monument Type Small necropolis sanctuary A modest sanctuary dating to the Cypro-Classical (475–323 BC) and Hellenistic Read more