Timeline of Nicosia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nicosia, Cyprus.

Prior to 14th century
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  • 7th C. BCE - City-kingdom called "Ledra."[1][2]
  • 280 BCE - Leucos, son of Ptolemy I Soter restored it and "changed its name to Leuteon, Leucotheon or Levcosia".[2]
  • 4th C. CE - Bishopric established.[1]
  • 10th C. CE - City becomes capital of island (approximate date); city called "Lefkosia."[1]
  • 1187 - Nicosia besieged by forces of Richard I of England.
  • 1192
  • 1211 - Royal Palace of the Lusignans rebuilt.[3]

14th–18th centuries

19th century

20th century

1960s–1970s
See also: North Nicosia

1980s–1990s

21st century

See also

References
  1. Farid Mirbagheri (2009), Historical Dictionary of Cyprus, Lanham, Maryland, USA: Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810855267
  2. Britannica 1910.
  3. Baedeker 1912.
  4. Joseph Turner Hutchinson; Claude Delaval Cobham (1907), A Handbook of Cyprus, London: Edward Stanford, OL 14010779M
  5. Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006), Medieval Islamic Civilization, Routledge, ISBN 9780415966917
  6. Netice Yıldız (2009), "The Vakf Institution in Ottoman Cyprus", in Michalis N. Michael; et al. (eds.), Ottoman Cyprus, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, ISBN 9783447058995
  7. John Linton Myres; Max Ohnefalsch-Richter (1899), Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum, Oxford: Clarendon Press, OL 7172407M
  8. Cyprus guide and directory. Limassol: J.W. Williamson. 1885.
  9. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (3rd ed.). American Library Association. 1993. ISBN 9780838906095.
  10. "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  11. "Nicosia (Cyprus) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  12. Oktay 2007.
  13. "Four hundred productions: A review of the plays staged by the Cyprus Theatre Organisation". Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  14. "The Nicosia Battle Scene: Shells, Bombs, Paratroops", New York Times, 21 July 1974
  15. "Cinemas in Cyprus". CyprusNet.com. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  16. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  17. "Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre". Lefkosia: Pierides Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
  18. "Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  19. "Cyprus Museum of Natural History". Photiades Natural Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  20. Stanley 2008.
  21. "Emotion as Cyprus border opens". BBC News. 23 April 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  22. "Nicosia Journal; On a Severed Street in Cyprus, the Healing Begins". New York Times. 9 May 2003.
  23. ArchNet.org. "Nicosia District". Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  24. "Symbolic Cyprus crossing reopens". BBC News. 3 April 2008.
  25. "Edging Closer in Cyprus's Divided Capital". New York Times. 18 May 2008.
  26. "Intercultural Centre Nicosia". European Urban Knowledge Network. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  27. "Constantinos Yiorkadjis". Nicosia Municipality. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

This article incorporates information from the Turkish Wikipedia.

Bibliography
Published in 19th century
  • Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Nicosia", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
  • Franz von Löher; Mrs. A. Batson Joyner (1878), "Nikosia", Cyprus, Historical and Descriptive, London: W.H. Allen, OCLC 156001455
  • "Nicosia". Bradshaw's Monthly Continental Railway, Steam Transit, and General Guide, for Travellers Through Europe. London: Adams & Sons. 1887.
Published in 20th century
  • "Nicosia (Cyprus)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 665.
  • "Nikosia", Palestine and Syria (5th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
  • A. O. Green (1914), "(Nicosia)", Cyprus: a Short Account of its History and Present State, Kilmacolm, Scotland: M. Graham Coltart
  • A.L. Salvator (1983). Levkosia: The capital of Cyprus. London: Trigraph.
  • R. Zetter (1985). "City profile: Nicosia". Cities. 2. doi:10.1016/0264-2751(85)90059-9.
  • Kevor Krikor Keshishian (1990), Nicosia, Capital of Cyprus Then and Now (2nd ed.), Nicosia, Cyprus: Moufflon Book and Art Centre
  • B. Mumtaz (1998). "Revitalising Nicosia: A community- based approach to urban renovation". Trialog. 58.
Published in 21st century
  • G. Constantinides; G. Ozen (2004), Nicosia Master Plan - New Vision for the Core of Nicosia: Final Report, Nicosia: UNDP-UNOPS Programme Management Unit
  • Yiannis Papadakis (2006). "Nicosia after 1960: A River, A Bridge and a Dead Zone". GMJ: Mediterranean Edition. 1.
  • Derya Oktay (2007). "An Analysis and Review of the Divided City of Nicosia, Cyprus, and New Perspectives". Geography. UK: Geographical Association. 92.
  • "Liminal Zones: the Nicosia Seminar". Republic of Cyprus, Council for Reconstruction and Resettlement. 2008.
  • Bruce E. Stanley; Michael R.T. Dumper, eds. (2008), "Nicosia", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 275+, ISBN 9781576079195
  • Gisela Welz (2013). "Lefkosia/Lefkosa: Europeanisation and the politics of culture in a divided city". In Kiran Klaus Patel (ed.). Cultural Politics of Europe: European Capitals of Culture and European Union Since the 1980s. Routledge. p. 198+. ISBN 9780203081082.
  • Birtachas, Stathis, Κοινωνία, πολιτισμός και διακυβέρνηση στο βενετικό Κράτος της Θάλασσας: Το παράδειγμα της Κύπρου [Society, Culture and Government in the Venetian Maritime State: The case of Cyprus], Thessaloniki: Vanias, 2011. [in Greek]
  • Birtachas, Stathis, Βενετική Κύπρος (1489–1571): Οι Εκθέσεις των αξιωματούχων του ανώτατου διοικητικού σχήματος της κτήσης / Venetian Cyprus: The Reports by the dominion’s supreme administrative officials, Thessaloniki: Epikentro, 2019. [bilingual edition]
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