Cyprus map quiz
Explore cities and landmarks of Cyprus!
Quizzes in this pack
Cyprus: cities, landmarks.
| Cities | 8 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- Capital and only divided capital in the world, split between the Greek Cypriot south and Turkish Cypriot north by the UN Buffer Zone running through its Venetian-walled old city
- Answer: Nicosia
- Second largest city and main port on the southern coast, a modern business hub and wine-producing centre, home to Richard the Lionheart's wedding castle from the Third Crusade
- Answer: Limassol
- Southeastern coastal city and home to the island's main international airport, known for its palm-lined Finikoudes promenade and the 9th-century Church of Saint Lazarus
- Answer: Larnaca
- Western coastal city with an entire archaeological district listed as UNESCO World Heritage, including Roman mosaics, the Tombs of the Kings, and the harbour castle
- Answer: Paphos
- Eastern walled city in the Turkish-controlled north, once the richest port in the medieval Mediterranean, with the ghost suburb of Varosha sealed off since 1974
- Answer: Famagusta
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Aphrodite's Rock
Paphos District
Petra tou Romiou, Aphrodite's Rock, is a sea stack off the south-west coast of Cyprus where, in Greek myth, the goddess Aphrodite rose from the foam of the sea. Legend says that swimming around the rock brings eternal youth or love.
- Did you know?
- Its Greek name means “the rock of the Greek”, after the Byzantine hero Digenis, said to have thrown it at raiders
Kourion
Limassol District
Kourion was an ancient city on a clifftop above the sea near Limassol, rich in Roman times. Its theatre, rebuilt by the Romans, is used again for plays and concerts, and the floors of its villas are covered with mosaics.
- Did you know?
- An earthquake in AD 365 destroyed much of the city
Troodos Mountains
Central Cyprus
The Troodos Mountains in the middle of Cyprus rise to Mount Olympus, 1,952 metres, where it can snow in winter. The rock here was once the floor of an ancient ocean, pushed up from deep under the sea, and the valleys hide painted Byzantine churches.
- Height
- Olympus 1,952 m
Cape Greco
Famagusta District, near Ayia Napa
Cape Greco is a headland at the south-eastern tip of Cyprus, near Ayia Napa, with sea caves, natural arches and clear blue water. It is a protected forest park, and people jump from its low cliffs into the sea.
- Did you know?
- A path along the cliffs leads to the Love Bridge, a natural rock arch
Choirokoitia
Larnaca District
Choirokoitia is a Stone Age village, settled around 7000 BC, on a hillside in southern Cyprus. Its people lived in round houses of stone and mud with flat roofs and buried their dead under the floors. A few houses have been rebuilt nearby to show how they looked.
- Built
- About 7000 BC
Hala Sultan Tekke
Larnaca Salt Lake
Hala Sultan Tekke is a mosque by the Larnaca Salt Lake, built over the grave of Umm Haram, said to be a relative of the Prophet Muhammad, who died here in 649. In winter flamingos gather on the lake, which dries out to a crust of salt in summer.
- Built
- Mosque finished in 1816
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
