Agioi Omologites is a Neighbourhood, Quarter,

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Nicosia Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capi ...

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Coexistence in the Disappeared Mixed Neighbourhoods of Nicosia by Ahmet An (Paper read at the conference: Nicosia: The Last Divided Capital in Europe, organized by the London Metropolitan University on 20 June 2011) and the parish church thereof. Its name in Greek is Άγιοι Ομολογητές, which means Holy Confessors (a group of saints defined by the church) and also has the name Ayii Omoloyitades (sometimes with "dh" instead of "d") used in older English language works and Turkish. At the last Census (2011) it had a population of 10,528, an increase from a population of 9,630 in 2001. It covers 153 streets in the south of the municipal area of Nicosia, including Agion Omologiton Avenue, Kyriakou Matsi Avenue and parts of Griva Diyeni Avenue and Arch.Makarios III Avenue.Municipality/Community, Quarter and Street Index published by Ministry of Information (CILIS_streets_022011)

History

It is now one of the Neighbourhoods of Nicosia outside the walls.See map in this article It was annexed to the municipality of Nicosia in 1944, but was previously an independent village. The village was centred on the church of the same name. In 1946 it had a population of 1,810, including 1,678 Greek Cypriots, 9 Turkish Cypriots and 123 others. The church was built in 1674, but was much repaired and altered in 1894."Historic Cyprus - A Guide to its Towns and Villages, Monasteries and Castles", by Rupert Gunnis (former Inspector of Antiquities in Cyprus), pub 1936, reprinted 1973 by Halkin Sesh Ltd, Nicosia. p. 192 It is built over a pagan tomb converted to a Christian church"A description of the historic monuments of Cyprus" by George Jeffery, Printed by the Government Printing Office, Nicosia, 1918

Landmarks

The church is located on Agioi Omologites Avenue in the centre of the old village. It has an icon of the Holy Confessors dated 1663. Beneath the church is a shrine cut from the rock, formerly a Roman tomb. On the south-west side of the village are the grounds of the Presidential Palace, formerly Government House, which is included in the Neighbourhood. On the west side is the river

Pediaios The Pedieos (also Pediaios or Pediaeus or Pithkias; Greek: Πεδιαίος/Πηθκιάς, Turkish: ''Kanlı Dere'') is the longest river in Cyprus. The river originates in the Troodos Mountains close to Machairas Monastery and flows northeast a ...

the main river, although not permanently flowing, of Cyprus, on its approach to Nicosia. The English Cemetery of Nicosia is situated by the road leading from

Pallouriotissa Pallouriotissa ( []) is an area of Nicosia, Cyprus, formerly an independent village, which was annexed to the municipality in 1968. It was subsequently divided into the quarters of Panayia (''Panagia'') and Saints Constantine and Helen (''Agioi ...

to the former Government House (see map), which is now named

Kyriakos Matsis Kyriakos Matsis (Κυριάκος Μάτσης) (23 January 1926 - 19 November 1958) was a Greek Cypriot guerrilla and member of EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston). Early life Matsis was born in Palaichori Morphou, Cyprus. He received h ...

Avenue.

References

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