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unusual facts about The English School, Nicosia


Ezekias Papaioannou

In his last year of school because of health reasons he moved to Nicosia where he finished his studies in The English School, Nicosia.


Achilleas

It has been a part of the community in the suburb of Kaimakli in Nicosia.

Aikaterini Gegisian

Kalfayan Galleries, Athens; Pentalogy, Omikron Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus; Diego Garcia, Centre of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki and Picture This Atelier Space, Bristol; Falling in Place, Elefsina Cultural Center, Greece.

Albert of Schwarzburg

The Hospitallers were among Henry's staunchest supporters, and in July, Albert led a contingent of knights to the capital Nicosia to secure it in preparation for Henry's return.

Albright Institute of Archaeological Research

Today, the Albright Institute is one of three separately incorporated institutes affiliated with the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), the others being the American Center of Oriental Research –ACOR- in Amman, Jordan, and the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute –CAARI- in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Amalric, Prince of Tyre

Amalric de Lusignan or Amaury II de Lusignan, Prince of Tyre (c. 1272 – June 5, 1310, Nicosia), of the Lusignan family, was a son of Hugh III of Cyprus and Isabella of Ibelin.

Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum

Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum (Dasoupolis Lyceum) was established in 1978 in Nicosia.

Armenians in Cyprus

By 1425, the renowned Magaravank – originally the Coptic monastery of Saint Makarios near Halevga (Pentadhaktylos region) – came under Armenian possession, as did sometime before 1504 the Benedictine/Carthusian nunnery of Notre Dame de Tyre or Tortosa (Sourp Asdvadzadzin) in walled Nicosia; many of its nuns had been of Armenian origin (such as princess Fimie, daughter of the Armenian King Hayton II).

Ayios Loukas, Nicosia

Each year, 18 October was the day of festivity in the name of St.Luke and the parishioners staged what was the most famous fair (Panayiri) within the walls of Nicosia.

Bank of Athens

By 1922, the Bank of Athens had branches throughout Greece, as well as in Limassol and Nicosia in Cyprus, Alexandria, Cairo, and Port Said in Egypt, Galata, Stamboul and Pera in Constantinople, Adrianopolis in "the former Turkey in Europe", and London and Manchester in England.

BuySell Magazine

BuySell Magazine covers all districts of Cyprus, including Paphos, Limassol, Larnaca, Famagusta and Nicosia.

Catherine of Vendôme

Charlotte (1388 – 15 January 1422), married in 1411 at Nicosia King Janus of Cyprus

Church of Cyprus

The archbishop was moved from Nicosia to the region of Solia, near Morphou, the bishop of Larnaca was moved to the village of Lefkara etc.

Costas Evangelatos

He has presented sections of his works in solo exhibitions in Athens, Rochester, New York, Thessaloniki, Arezzo, Avignon, Chantilly, Paris, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Nicosia.

Cundall Johnston and Partners

Founded in Newcastle and Edinburgh, Cundall now has United Kingdom offices in London, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester, with Australian offices in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide plus offices in Dubai, Doha, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Cyprus in Paphos and Nicosia, Madrid, Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest in Romania.

Cyprus cat

Many Cypriot cats can be found in the cities of Cyprus, including Limassol, Nicosia, Paphos, and Larnaca.

Cyprus lunar sample displays

The plaque display with the Apollo 17 "moon rock" and the Cyprus flag were kept at the US embassy in Nicosia for protection during the tumultuous events of the 1974 coup d'état (Turkish invasion).

Cyprus Police Academy

In 1945 the Police School was founded at the Kyrenia Castle and in 1951 the School moved from Kyrenia to Strovolos at the location where the Nicosia District Divisional Headquarters was housed until October 2008 and currently the Nicosia Traffic Department is located at.

Demetris Th. Gotsis

Songs of Theodore Oesten (Του Έστεν τα τραγούδια), Children's poetry for Oesten's music in Greek, Nicosia, 1991.

Elections in Northern Cyprus

The mitigated proportional representation system in use for legislative elections obligates each party to cross the 5% of the total vote election threshold in order to be seated in the 50-member parliament, which is chosen from five electoral districts, Lefkoşa (Nicosia), Gazimağusa (Famagusta), Girne (Kyrenia), Güzelyurt (Morphou) and İskele (Trikomo).

Eleni Mavrou

In 2001 she was elected in Nicosia to be among AKEL’s members of the House of Representatives, and was re-elected to the same position in 2006.

Exclusive economic zone

The process of the establishment of Cyprus, Israel and Lebanon Exclusive Economic Zones was held in Nicosia in 2010 with separate meetings between each country.

The agreement was signed in Nicosia by Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau and the Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou.

Frederick University

The University operates from two campuses one in the capital of the island Nicosia and the other from the second largest city, Limassol.

Georgios Grivas

After attending his village school he studied at the Pancyprian Gymnasium in Nicosia (1909–1915) where he stayed with his grandmother.

Giorgos Papadopoulos

Lead single was presented during Anna Vissi sold out concert in Nicosia, Cyprus before reaching #1 in Cypriot airplay.

Helena Palaiologina

Helena resented her husband having appointed James Archbishop of Nicosia when he was sixteen years old.

John II of Cyprus

His second wife, a distant relative of his first one, married in Nicosia, 1441 or February 3, 1442 was Helena Palaiologina (1428 – April 11, 1458), only child and daughter of Theodore II Palaeologus, Despot of Morea and his wife Cleofa Malatesta.

John of Caesarea

John and his wife, Alice de Montaigu—who was the niece of the archbishop of Nicosia, of Guerin, Hospitaller grand master, and of Peter, Templar grand master—had one son (perhaps named Eudes), who died in infancy, and several daughters besides Margaret.

Kaimakli

The Cyprus Government Railway(Section 1) was constructed in 1905 and the line passed through Kaimakli towards Nicosia .

Marie de Bourbon, Princess of Achaea

On 31 January 1330, Marie and Guy were married in person at Santa Sophia, Nicosia.

Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion

Company I was established as "Company I, Marine Support Battalion" on September 1, 1962 and was stationed at the U.S. Naval Facility in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Michalis Attalides

He is currently the Rector at the University of Nicosia, formerly called Intercollege, in Nicosia, Cyprus, serving on the Council and the Senate of the University.

Mike Brant

Mike was born in the British Military Hospital at Nicosia, Cyprus, on February 1, 1947.

Military operations during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus

This offensive lasted three days and caused the defences of the Cypriot National Guard and ELDYK to collapse, leading to the capture of the towns of Famagusta, Morphou, and the northern quarter of Nicosia.

Mobileye

Mobileye N.V. is headquartered in the Netherlands, with a R&D Center in Jerusalem, Israel, and sales and marketing offices in Los Angeles, California; Detroit, Michigan; Nicosia, Cyprus and Tokyo, Japan.

Nicosia International Airport

In 2013 Dr Michael Paraskos of the Cornaro Institute in Cyprus argued that with three other functioning airports in Cyprus the old Nicosia Airport would no longer be needed even in the event of a political settlement on the island.

Ozay Mehmet

Ozay Mehmet (born 1938 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is dean and professor emeritus of economics at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

Philippe de Mézières

Philippe returned to Cyprus in 1368, but was still at Venice when Peter was assassinated at Nicosia at the beginning of 1369, and he remained there until 1372, when he went to the court of the new pope Gregory XI at Avignon.

Russians in Cyprus

Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said June 19 in Nicosia that the Cypriot government is pursuing a loan from Russia to improve its bargaining position in case it has to turn to its Euro-area partners for emergency aid.

Savvas Savva

Born in 1958 in Nicosia (Cyprus), Savvas Savva started playing the piano at an early age with Olga Mavronicola, at the local branch of the Hellenic Conservatory.

Starworld

The company and brand's manufacturing centre is in Alexandria, Egypt, and the brand has offices in Warrington (England), Hoofddorp (Holland) and Nicosia (Cyprus).

Technology for peace

In 1999, with USAID funding given to Dr. Hrach Gregorian, cyber peace cafes on the northern and southern parts of Nicosia have been setup, from where peace builders could communicate with their peers on the other side.

Tennis at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe

Tennis competitions at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe in Cyprus were held from June 2 to June 6 at the National Tennis Centre in Nicosia.

The American International School in Cyprus

American International School in Cyprus (AISC) is a private coeducational school in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Uzeda

Uzeda is a Sicilian math rock group founded in 1987, consisting of lead singer Giovanna Cacciola, guitarists Agostino Tilotta and Giovanni Nicosia, bassist Raffaele Gulisano and drummer Davide Oliveri.

Walter Bor

During the 1970s and 1980s, as well as continuing to work on the development of Milton Keynes, and in Venezuela, he worked on the development plans for Bogotá, Colombia, and Nicosia, Cyprus.

Yılmazköy

The Turkish name of Skylloura, a village in the district of Nicosia, northern Cyprus


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