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The pound, or lira, was the currency of Cyprus, including the Sovereign Base Areas in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, from 1879 to 2007, when the Republic of Cyprus adopted the euro. However, the self-proclaim
£1 note issued by the colonial government of Cyprus in 1955
£1 note issued in 1978
Cyprus
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Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, located off the coast of the Levant mainland in West Asia. The island of Cyprus, which is the third la
Cypriot pound
…λίρες, and Turkish: lira, Ottoman Turkish: لیره, from the Latin libra via the Italian lira; sign: £, sometimes £C for distinction), was the currency of Cyprus, including the Sovereign Base Areas in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, from 1879 to 2007, when the Republic of Cyprus adopted the euro. However, the self-proclaimed…
A copper mine in Cyprus. In antiquity, Cyprus was a major source of copper.
Archaeological site of Khirokitia with early remains of human habitation during the Aceramic Neolithic period (reconstruction)
Zeus Keraunios, 500–480 BC, Nicosia museum
Kyrenia Castle was originally built by the Byzantines and enlarged by the Venetians.