Cyprus - Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th October 2003
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For the second time our hosts are the Bank of
Cyprus Cultural Foundation, which previously entertained us in 1984.
We are delighted to be returning to Cyprus for our 22nd Symposium, and
I am sure that we shall be made as welcome this year as last time.
The Symposium's venue is within the Venetian walls of the old city of Nicosia.
The theme will be "The Cartography of Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean."
Monday 13th October
p.m.
Registration upon arrival in hotels
Evening
Free
Tuesday 14th October
09.30
Registration at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation
10.00
Sightseeing tour in the old city of Nicosia
Visit to Cyprus Museum and Famagusta Gate
12.30
Presentation of the new publicaton on the Map Collection of the Bank of
Cyprus Cultural Foundation
13.30
Lunch
16.30
Official Opening of the Symposium at the Cultural Foundation
Paper 1
18.30
Opening of the exhibition "The Cartography of Cyprus" organised by the
Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation
Reception hosted by the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation
Wednesday 15th October
10.00
Paper 2 and Paper 3
11.00
Coffee
11.30
Paper 4 and Paper 5
12.30
Visit to Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia
13.30
Lunch
15.00
Visit to Figardou village and Machairas Monastery
Dinner
Thursday 16th October
10.00
Paper 6
10.30
Coffee
11.00
Seventh Biennial Lecture on Cyprus Cartography sponsored by the Bank of
Cyprus Cultural Foundation
12.00
Official Close of the Symposium
12.30
Lunch
15.00
Visit to Cyprus Map Society members
20.30
Symposium Dinner at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Nicosia
Before the Symposium, three optional tours are available, starting from Larnaca or Paphos.
I. 9th -13th October Tour of Cyprus
II. 12th -13th October Antiquities, South coast
III. 12th -13th October Byzantine Churches
Tour of Cyprus
Thursday 9th October
Arrive at Larnaca International Airport
Hotel: Sun Hall in Larnaca; Dinner at hotel
Friday 10th October
Choirokoitia archaeological site, Lefkara
village
Lunch at Lefkara village
Kolossi castle, Kourion archaeological site, Sanctuary of Apollo Ylatis
Arrive in Paphos: Hotel Aloe or Louis Imperial; Dinner at hotel
Saturday 11th October
Mosaics of Paphos; Tombs of the kings
Lunch at Paphos
Agios Neophytos Monastery
Hotel Aloe or Louis Imperial; Dinner at hotel
Sunday 12th October
Kykkos Monastery in Troodos mountains
Lunch at Kalopanayiotis village
Kalopanyiotis village, Agios Ioannis Lambadistis Monastery
Arrive in Platres village; Hotel: Forest Park; Dinner at hotel
Monday 13th October
Church of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis in Kakopetria
Lunch at Kakopetria village
Church of Panagia Podithou, Asinou church
Arrive in Nicosia for Symposium registration at hotel
Antiquities, South Coast
Sunday 12th October
Arrive at Larnaca or Paphos International
Airport
Hotel in Paphos: Aloe or Louis Imperial;
Dinner at hotel
Monday 13th October
Mosaics of Paphos; Tombs of the kings
Lunch at Paphos
Kourion and Choirokoitia archaeological sites, Kolossi castle,
Arrive in Nicosia for Symposium registration at hotel
Byzantine Churches
Sunday 12th October
Arrive at Larnaca or Paphos International
Airport
Hotel in Paphos: Aloe or Louis Imperial; Dinner at hotel
Monday 13th October Mosaics
of Paphos;
Lunch at Troodos
Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis, Panagia Podithou, Asinou church
Arrive in Nicosia for Symposium registration at hotel