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Nicosia

Capital of Cyprus

Watercolour of Nicosia, Cyprus. The divided historic capital in the Mesaoria plain, with Venetian Walls and French Gothic.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Venetian Walls; French Gothic; Saint John Cathedral; Famagusta Gate; New Nicosia; Kyrenia Mountains; Lusignan Gothic
Viewpoint
Favor an elevated viewpoint looking north toward the walled city (such as from the Shacolas Tower observatory or an elevated vantage over the southern bastions), showing the green moat gardens in the foreground, the Gothic roofline and minarets of Selimiye Mosque in the middle-ground, and the jagged Pentadaktylos mountains in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the parks filling the Venetian moats, olive and cypress trees, and garden courtyards.
Guarded against
Not a generic Greek island village or Turkish seaside town
Population200,452Wikidata: 276,410
Coordinates35.17°N, 33.35°E
Elevation220 m
Area51 km²
Time zoneAsia/NicosiaUTC+2
Solar noon11:47clock runs 0.2 h behind the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Nicosia and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Mataura, French Polynesia — 1,342 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

BeirutLB243 km
AdanaTR269 km
AntalyaTR307 km
KonyaTR310 km
DamascusSY327 km
AleppoSY363 km
RamallahPS402 km
East JerusalemPS415 km

Twinned cities

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