Fresco in Ayios Ioannis church , Nicosia

Ayios Antonios church and the Dragoman's house

 'There are some fine , and a few very large houses : that in which I stayed belonging to the Dragoman of Cyprus , the principal officer of the Greek community in the island , is quite a palace from its adornment of columns , gardens and fountains .'

 Ali Bey (Don Domingo Badia - y - Leyblich)

Travels of Ali Bey (1806)